In fact, the whole resort is quite simplistic in design, if you look past its gravity-defying guest room wings: basic wooden slats are placed in straight or diagonal stripes, poured concrete provides dividers between the expansive living areas and dining room, every piece of furniture or pillow is locally made by hand, and there are no televisions just acres of glass overlooking the seal-grey sea and the ever-changing weather.

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The Dining Room is dark and elegant with richly upholstered furniture and more than 100 pressed antique herbs adorning the walls.

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"Mama didn't have furniture in the living room and dining room till after high school, " Moore says.

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Chrome furniture from the 50s and 70s gives the dining room a retro, sleek feeling, but the real showstopper is the view from the outdoor patio and terrace bar.

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The colors beiges, grays, taupes are also characteristic of the designer's palette, and most of the furniture, such as a round wooden dining-room table and a lacquered black bookshelf, is influenced by the simple lines and textures of 1930s and '40s Italian architecture.

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Then the porter and his children carried every piece of furniture that was in the reception hall into the dining room.

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Computers started out as discrete objects to be placed on top of furniture a PC on the desk, a laptop on the dining room table.

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