SurfWatch's Second Life Tour of Homes

SurfWatch is proud to present this list of some of Second Life's (SL) finest homes! Take these landmarks (LM) and browse the homes, the designs, and the creativity found in SL.  The tour runs Saturday, July 31, 10:AM SLT, to Sunday, August 1, 6:PM SLT.


Home #1 Thalia and Sebastian Saramago


LM: Our Home, Splendid Land (91, 167, 21)
The Saramago home is nestled in rolling  green hills.  There is a beach to the front of the home and a spanning ocean view from the back deck.  "The Saramago Home" was designed and built by Sebastian and Thalia Saramago and is still a work in progress, with design and creation on-going.  Most of the interior items were designed by Dolphin Designs, Pumpkin Tripsa and Sebastian Saramago.  A special feature of the home that the Saramago's love is the roof entry from the master bedroom and upper deck.  Sebastian and Thalia used some prefab sculpted building parts and custom sculpted features in their design of the home.  Enjoy this sparkling jewel of a home!














Home #2 Emma Portilo and Maxwell Silvansky

LM:  Home of Max and Emma, Isoropia (95, 59, 27)
Set on Isoropia, the Greek word for balance, this home is surrounded by tropical beach island.  The house is named Hookipa Pool House and is by Tiki Tattoo.  The designer is Hatzfeld Runo.  Emma and Maxwell modified the bar area to hold a fish tank instead of a bar.  The bed in their favorite interior room is TnT Irresistible Sex Bed V2.0 by Torix jameson.  Much of the interior pieces are designed either by Tiki Tattoo, Hatzfeld Runo, or JJ Lanes.  The acquarium in the bar area was created by Maxwell Silvansky and is one of their favorite pieces and areas to hang out, and a special feature of their home.  The view out of the back of the house, where the pool sits, shows a waterfall down rocks and the view of the ocean is also a calming, soothing area.  The interior room with the hot tub that opens to the outside is fabulous. Another favorite feature is the outdoor shower located just outside the main bedroom that they recently installed.  There is a loft immediately above the entry area that is comfy with some wonderful pillows for relaxing.  There is also an outdoor seating area right off the pool area that allows for extra seating when guests visit.  It's a wonderful way to open their home even more to the outdoors.  In addition to the main house area, they have an area for their bunnies (Coco and Chanel), a dock with seating area, a floating raft with seating, a pond area with swans, another pond area with a falling waterfall and ducks, and some pirates hanging out in a secret place.  In addition, they have a great dance floor where Bandit (their dog) keeps patrol and Karma (the dolphin), enjoy the water nearby. The dance floor offers a beautiful view of both the sunrise and sunset as well as fireworks that can be triggered at any time.  Stop by and explore all this home has to offer!













































Home #3  Marianna Monentes

LM:  Boracay Islands (77, 183, 3500)
Located at the beautiful Boracay Islands, Mari's home is an AtmoSphere created by Marian Lean.
Mari owns three AtmoSpheres:  a pavillion, a beach, and a mountain cabin.  All furnishings come included and are also created by Marian Lean.  Mari says every room is her favorite as they are so unique, and all spheres are done exceptinoally well.  A magic couch rezzes each sphere.  You set height and select a sphere, and the magic couch goes to the height indicated and rezzes the sphere of your choice!  Stop in the tropical sphere - you'll feel like you are in a world of your own!











Home #4 Lissa Pinion and VW Sands

LM: V & Lissa - Out little slice of, Tuli Bahari (55, 192, 23)
Strategically placed so VW Sands can sit at his desk by 2Xtreme and get up to the minute surf reports on both Mori Pwani and Tuli Bahari while Lissa Pinion sits nearby chatting with friends or baking, it is nestled on the cliffs overlooking Destiny Bay. The house is an Ace's Alta 4 home with some modifications made by VW himself to open the house house up. A combination of modern and comfort are found in each room as well as surfboards, pictures taken by VW and friends (a few pieces also from the galleries of Bobbi Laval), and plants.   Furnishings are by 2Xtreme, Bella, Instinct, and Tiki Tattoo among others. In Lissa's favorite room is a bed by Instinct but what she really loves is the suggestive "Get your woody serviced here" picture hanging above their bed.  Outside below the deck is a lovely waterfall and pool that VW put in for Lissa this past Spring. The waterfall and pool area is created by Hatzfeld Runo of Tiki Tattoo. One of VW's favorite spots is the Bathhouse located behind the house. Furnished with only a hot tub, many relaxing hours are spent here.  Come by and enjoy the relaxed vibe in this beautiful home!






Home #5 The Karillion Bonham's

LM:  Southern Comfort, dooobie (145, 177, 18)
This converted boat house is nestled in between the palms and falls of Southern Comfort on Dooobie.  Within walking distance of sailing, parachuting, and a seven panel epic wave, this house has provided the perfect romantic getaway.  The house is by Designer Prims, Elle Crescendo.  The owners did some modifications to the original design.  The second set of wooden doors were replaced with a bay window to enhance the view of the stunning falls across the bay.  The deck on the front of the house was enlarged to extend over the water and the color of the house was changed from blue to brown.  Nearly all pieces in the home were designed and created by Karbon, Designer Prims and Urbanized. The oversized dock that extends over the bay provides a wonderful area for entertaining and relaxing and exhibits a stunning view of waterfalls and winding waterways that travel through four sims.  Feel the love as you tour this lovely home!







SurfWatch would like to extend a huge thank you to the hosts for sharing their homes and styles, to the lookieloos (like me!) that love to see the beauty and creativity of these homes, and to Lissa Pinion for coming up with this great idea!



SurfWatch hopes to present a Tour of Homes on a regular basis. If you have a home you would like to include, please contact us at SurfWatch and we'll look forward to touring your home next time!
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2 comments:

Colleen Brennan said...

WOW, I love your houses. I live under the pier at Tsunami beach and you are all invited to come and slum a bit any time. It is not much to look at but the sea food is really fresh.

Lissa Pinion said...

Oh Colls! You know you have a room at our house! And yours and Kim's place is awesome! So great to see what others are doing home wise tho. Hiding in the bushes and peeking in is giving me bug bites from hell tho and it's so nice to not be zapped by the orbs!