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Shades Of Green
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 The first question posed to 1st Look Exteriors CEO Greg Lee—“How’s business, being so far from Honolulu?”—was met with a smirk.
“They just broke ground on 20,000 new homes on the ridge line across the street, less than three miles from here,” Lee says confidently. “Still think we’re isolated?”
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Akua Awa
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 First impressions, they say, last the longest. The founders of Akua Awa LLC take this statement to heart, working diligently and creatively to create an appealing first impression for every home with their one-of-a-kind hand carved tropical motif doors and entry systems. Drawing from entryway design traditions of several cultures, Akua Awa (which means "doors to God") knows that every great or humble room is heralded by a door.
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1st Look Exteriors
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 With a focus on "green" design products, designers Greg and Terri Lee have formed 1st Look Exteriors to showcase their creative endeavors using recycled copper, glass, and organic plant material in various artistic mediums. Formed in 2002, 1st Look Exteriors has introduced a wide collection of lighting, water features, lighting accents, and garden furniture for home exteriors ...
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Bali Boo
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 Planning a trip to O‘ahu? (Or just planning a trip to the “other side” of O‘ahu?) Ordinarily, the first locale that comes to mind as a hot destination might not be a furniture store. But one particular furniture store has indeed become “the” not-to-be-missed experience on the windward side of the Island.
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Carats & Karats
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 Are diamonds a girl's best friend?
Brenda Reichel believes they are, along with roughly 200 other known gemstones from agate, jasper and chalcedony to emerald, aquamarine and tourmaline. “As a creative jewelry designer, I love gemstones,” says Reichel, an accredited senior gemologist and senior member of the National Association of Jewelry Appraisers. “They come in a wide variety of colors and prices, and even the simplest piece can dramatically enhance your look and your outlook. From vintage Ming’s jewelry to ultra-modern design lines, jewelry makes you feel good when you wear it.”
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The Indich Collection
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 When Bill Indich put his Hawaiian University philosophy degree to the test teaching in Baltimore, he could not have guessed that this move would set the stage for what later became the largest carpet business in the Pacific.
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Haimoff & Haimoff
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Exclusivity, luxury, and design motifs inspired by ancient and modern cultures around the world are the trademarks of Haimoff & Haimoff. This upscale jewelry designer maintains three locations on the Hawaiian Islands.
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2100 Kalakaua Avenue
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Waikïkï is arguably the metropolitan hub of the entire Hawaiian Island chain, but the fact remains that people arrive in Honolulu seeking not cosmopolitan sophistication but natural splendor. Island visitors crave the beach vibe, the laid-back lifestyle, the back-to-nature feeling, and the multi-cultural flavors of the Islands in their accommodations, their fashions, their recreation, and their dining experiences.
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Baik Designs
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 Baik, which is pronounced “bike” and is the Indonesian word for “fine,” perfectly describes the class of furniture Ed and Linda Tseu consistently bring back to Honolulu. For over two decades, this husband-and-wife team has expertly hand-selected high quality furniture pieces and rare antique treasures from the equatorial island chain and imported them to Hawai‘i.
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Beachy Sophistication
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Pacific Home, the young furniture and design store begun by Jenn Johnson and Aubrey Yee, takes on a third partner and moves to the heart of Kaka‘ako.
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Welcome to The Islands
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 Opened in the spring of 2005 and located on the first floor of Ward Centre near Borders Books and Music, Welcome to The Islands offers consumers an affordable selection of high-quality Island-themed merchandise. Designed to appeal to visitors and residents alike, the store has everything from elegant porcelain dinnerware sets and etched glassware items to a collection of bath and body products and gourmet jams and jellies.
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