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"Big Island Production\n(Slide Show) Dayna and Steven Bochco's Getaway on the Kohala Coast\n\"I wanted something casually elegant,\" television writer and producer Steven Bochco (with his wife, Dayna) says about his residence on the Kohala Coast of Hawaii.\n\"Privacy, solitude and a sense of well-being were of great importance in the design,\" says Charles Allem, an old friend of Bochco's, who was asked to do the interiors.\nThe open living/dining room \"has a calm feeling,\" says Allem. The Japanese screen painting is from Imari. Clarence House orchid-print fabric. Henry Calvin sofa linen. Scully &amp;amp; Scully table lamps. Scalamandr\u00E9 armchairs. Vaughan \u00E9tag\u00E8re. Stark carpets. Summit outdoor furniture and cushion fabric; Schumacher fabric on outdoor pillows.\n\"The concept for the dining area was to provide a warm, bright dining experience,\" says Allem. Atop the 16th-century Ming painting table are 19th-century teak Buddhas. Bamboo table and chairs, McGuire for Baker Knapp &amp;amp; Tubbs. Pindler &amp;amp; Pindler chair linen.\nThe dining pavilion, one of a series imagined by the Bochcos and realized by their Hawaii-based architect, Hamlet Charles Bennett. \"We dine out there, depending on the wind,\" says Bochco. The grounds were laid out by landscape architect Greg Boyer. Janus et Cie chairs.\n\"We love to go over with a group,\" says Bochco. \"The house is designed to entertain eight or 10 people at a time.\" A guest room. The bed, chairs, tables and ottoman are from Baker Knapp &amp;amp; Tubbs. Clarence House striped fabrics on pillow and bench.\nThe master bedroom is housed in its own pavilion, which connects to the main house via a bridge. Scalamandr\u00E9 sofa and chaise; George Smith desk chair. Screen painting from Imari. Clarence House palm-tree-print fabric and linen on chaise. Stark carpet.\n\"The property is very well laid out\u2014all the structures are linked conceptually and have the illusion of floating on the water,\" remarks Bochco. Adds Dayna Bochco, \"It's a place where we can really relax and not think about anything. I find it truly beautiful and peaceful.\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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