Some homes don’t just sit on their sites — they become them. Cliffside, our Balinese-inspired retreat at Point Dume, is that kind of place: a home where architecture, landscape, and light conspire to make you forget you ever had somewhere else to be. For the final chapter of Cocktails & Casas, we’re raising a glass to it with a drink that’s as tropical, rich, and effortlessly cool as the home that inspired it.

Perched at Point Dume with the Pacific stretching endlessly beyond it, Cliffside was designed as a Balinese-inspired coastal sanctuary — a place where the boundaries between inside and outside dissolve completely. Open pavilions step through tropical landscaping, creating a rhythm of shelter and sky that feels more like a retreat in Ubud than a residence in Malibu.

The design language is serene and intentional: natural materials, layered greenery, and a palette drawn entirely from the land and sea. Every pavilion frames a view. Every path leads somewhere worth arriving. The result is a home that doesn’t compete with its setting — it becomes it.

For the interiors, we had the privilege of collaborating with the brilliant Martyn Lawrence Bullard, whose globally inspired, deeply layered design sensibility was a perfect match for Cliffside’s Balinese soul. The result is a home where the architecture and interiors speak the same language — exotic, refined, and completely at ease with one another.

Cliffside is the kind of place that slows you down on arrival and makes it nearly impossible to leave. Which, of course, is exactly the point.

🍹The Coconut Bird

To close out Cocktails & Casas, we wanted a drink that felt like the last hour of a perfect Malibu afternoon — unhurried, tropical, and deeply satisfying. The Coconut Bird is a riff on the classic Jungle Bird, swapping the bitterness for creamy coconut richness. Same exotic soul, softer landing.

Why it works:

Dark rum brings depth and warmth — the architectural bones beneath all that lush greenery. Fresh pineapple is unapologetically tropical, just like the pavilions threading through Cliffside’s landscape. Coconut cream adds a richness that mirrors the home’s layered, indulgent interiors — a softness that makes everything feel a little more luxurious. Lime keeps it bright and coastal. And a few dashes of Angostura bitters tie it all together with just enough complexity to keep things interesting.

Tropical without trying too hard. Just like the home.

✨ The Coconut Bird Recipe

Final Sip

Cliffside is the kind of project that reminds us why we do what we do. When architecture works in harmony with its landscape — when every material, every sight line, every pavilion feels like it belongs exactly where it is — the result is something that goes beyond design. It becomes a feeling.

The Coconut Bird is our toast to that feeling: to tropical light, to coastal sanctuaries, and to the homes that make ordinary evenings feel like something worth remembering.

Thank you for following along with Cocktails & Casas. Here’s to great architecture, great drinks, and the places that hold both.