Beachshack: Tropical Building Page beachshack.ai St Barts Renovation: Azu Villa Anguilla Construction: Guest cottage. Tech center. Residence. Bookstore. Links. Sources. Contact us. Mary Ann's Tropical Building Page This is the web site for the three villas that I built on Anguilla and the villa that I am renovating in St Barts (see Azu Villa Renovation Page ), plus tropical construction tips and resources as well. These construction projects started in 1997, although land acquisition and architectural planning started in 1995. Every stage of the construction is recorded here. We rent the villa in St Barts and the guest cottage in Anguilla ( La Vanda ) and the villa at the top of the Anguilla property ( Mimosa ), but we keep the beachfront house and pool for our own use. And we have created a name and web page for the overall completed property: Bellamare For details on the main Anguilla beachfront house, visit the Residence Construction Page. For the technology center, visit the "Clubhouse" Construction Page. And finally, for the guest cottage, our first attempt at construction on Anguilla, visit the La Vanda Construction Page. -- Mary Ann Green Construction Tips Wednesday, May 18, 2005   Permalink What About 3D Panels Today Our project was built using 3D Insteel panels. The panels are still produced in Mexico. Dear Mary Ann: The name of the company is can be reached at panel@tridipanel.com and it's headquarters is in Mexico. That's for the effort, since you indicated several have inquired, you might want to save this address. Again, thanks, Mike Furman (TRADERMIKETX@aol.com) Saturday, April 30, 2005   Permalink Questions About Kitchen Cabinets Paul Walter writes: I stumbled upon your website looking for cabinets that work in the tropics. My wife and I live in Kailua, HI and need to replace the kitchen cabinets as the builder used cabinets with...press board. Yes, they soak up moisture. I like your louvered cabinet concept. Did you use solid wood and paint them Thanks. Aloha. Mary Ann replies: Yes I did paint marine plywood. I keep thinking they could make press board for cupboards that was waterproof. They do Trek decking (plastic and wood saw dust) which is completely imprevious to the weather. So far I don't know of any such pressboard. Maybe one of my readers