Cliffside Oasis Curaçao: Cambridge Blend Stone Panels in the Caribbean

Application(s): Columns and Arches, Outdoor Living, Pools, Stone Walls

White stucco. Blue tile. Real stone. And an ocean view.

Picture it: a hillside above Blue Bay, Curaçao. White stucco glowing in the Caribbean sun. Blue tile that flashes like the sea below. Rick and Nancy Pereira of Ontario, Canada wanted their two-unit vacation rental to feel modern and grounded at the same time, and every bold, bright surface needed something real to hold it down. They chose Stoneyard® Cambridge Blend Stone Panels for the walls everyone sees first.

The result is Cliffside Oasis Curaçao: a penthouse and a main unit with ocean and golf course views, private balcony pools, and a two-minute walk to the beach. And the stone is everywhere you look. It wraps the tall pool wall at the front of the home, crowns the rooftop parapets, climbs the stair tower beside a white spiral staircase, and lines the courtyard columns.

Photography: Inge van Altena. Additional photos courtesy of Rick Pereira.

Real stone, delivered to an island

On an island, every material has to make the trip, and every day on site counts. Stoneyard stone panels are real, trimmed natural stone set into modular, interlocking panels that hide their joints, so walls go up fast and still read as hand-laid, dry-stacked masonry. Matching corner pieces wrap every 90-degree outside corner, a big deal on a design with this many columns, towers and pool walls.

Audio Brief · 1:25

Listen: The Cliffside Oasis Story

Hear how Rick and Nancy Pereira of Ontario built an island villa above Blue Bay, Curaçao. In about a minute and a half: why they chose modular Cambridge Blend Stone Panels, how a 10% waste buffer shaped their order of 1,200 square feet of flats and 90 linear feet of corners, and how the stone traveled from Stoneyard through a Miami freight forwarder to the island.

Cliffside Oasis Curaçao: Project Brief (1:25). Audio summary generated with AI from the project story.

Read the transcript

This is the brief on the Cliffside Oasis Curaçao project. We’re looking at how Ontario’s Rick and Nancy Pereira built an island paradise, grounding their modern Caribbean villa with natural stone and some seriously savvy logistics.

First, well, let’s talk materials. To offset the bright white stucco, they chose Cambridge Blend Stone Panels from Stoneyard, a company around since 1985. Instead of crews handling stones in that intense tropical heat, these are modular, interlocking, real stone panels. They go up incredibly fast, saving crucial construction days. You’ll see the stone beautifully anchoring the front pool wall, rooftop parapets, courtyard columns and a stair tower beside a spiral staircase.

Second, we’ve got to look at the logistics. You know, building on an island means you can’t just run to the hardware store, so precise math is absolutely crucial. They originally needed 1,087 square feet of flat panels and 82 linear feet of corners. With a smart 10% waste buffer, they ended up ordering 1,200 square feet of flats and 90 feet of corners. To ship it, they relied on a Miami freight forwarder, an absolute essential lifeline for navigating cargo across the Caribbean.

Finally, the finished villa. Sitting right above Blue Bay, it’s now officially open and welcoming guests. It boasts a penthouse with a putting green and outdoor chess, plus a main unit with a gym. With those gorgeous stone panels seamlessly tying the whole shebang together. From precise shipping math to a stunning completed getaway, the Cliffside Oasis proves natural stone panels are the perfect anchor for any modern tropical build.

The order, by the numbers

Rick measured 1,087 square feet of wall and 82 linear feet of outside corners, added 10% for waste, and ordered 1,200 square feet of flats and 90 linear feet of corners. Stoneyard shipped it by commercial freight to his freight forwarder in Miami, who sent it on to the island.

Watercolor-style infographic titled From Quarry to Coast: The Crafting of Cliffside Oasis. It shows Stoneyard Cambridge Blend Stone Panels, real natural stone in interlocking modular panels with hidden joints, on the Cliffside Oasis Curaçao two-unit vacation rental above Blue Bay; the order of 1,087 square feet of wall and 82 linear feet of outside corners plus 10% for waste, ordered as 1,200 square feet of flats and 90 linear feet of corners; and the route from Stoneyard in Littleton, Massachusetts through a Miami freight forwarder to the island. — From quarry to coast: the material, the order and the route to the island. Illustration generated with AI from the project story.

Cover of the Stoneyard case study Anchoring the Modern: an aerial view of the Cliffside Oasis vacation rental in Curaçao with Cambridge Blend Stone Panels on the pool wall and stair tower.

Case Study · PDF · 7 pages

Anchoring the Modern: The Cliffside Oasis Case Study

How Stoneyard Cambridge Blend Stone Panels grounded a modern Caribbean vacation rental: the vision, the Homestead system, the component specifications, the corner detail, and the stone in place across the property.

Download the case study (PDF)

Now open. Come stay.

Cliffside Oasis Curaçao is now welcoming guests. The penthouse delivers three king suites, a balcony pool, a putting green and a giant outdoor chess set. The main unit brings four en-suite bedrooms, its own balcony pool, a gym and a games room. Ready to see it in person? Book your stay: Cliffside Oasis Curaçao (also on Airbnb).