A Visual Journey Through Munaya

Step into the dream

Gallery

Fifteen acres, nine sacred spaces, and the light that moves across them.

Casablanca dome exterior lit from within at dusk

Casablanca Dome at dusk

Chefchaouen dome exterior in blue hour light

Chefchaouen Dome, blue hour

Fes dome standing in the meadow

Fes Dome from the meadow

Casablanca dome interior with blue velvet chairs, Moroccan lantern, and Persian rug beneath the geodesic glass

Casablanca — where Morocco meets the mountains.

Overhead view of the Fes dome bed with emerald velvet, carved Moroccan headboard, and gold lanterns

Fes — emerald velvet beneath a carved arch.

Fes dome bed seen wide from the mezzanine, showing the full geodesic ceiling

Fes — forest green and quiet.

Fes dome exterior nestled among green trees with a wooden stair

Fes — tucked into the trees.

Dome on stilts with a wooden deck, stairs, and hammock overlooking the valley

A dome above the valley.

The farmhouse in evening light

The Maison, evening light.

Aerial view of the Maison, domes, and Blue Ridge beyond

Fifteen acres, held by the ridgeline.

Porch swing with linen cushions on the wrap-around porch

The porch swing — best seat in the house.

Kitchen with brass sink and honeycomb backsplash

Brass, honeycomb tile, morning light.

Living room with stone fireplace and beamed ceilings

The living room — stone fireplace, beamed ceilings.

Dining room with long table and Moroccan brass pendant

Long table, brass pendant, room for everyone.

Dining table set for dinner at golden hour with pendant light

Dinner, golden hour.

Blue Ridge Suite with painted mountain wall

The Blue Ridge Suite — mountains, painted on the wall.

Sunrise Room with peach mountain headboard wall

The Sunrise Room — peach peaks, morning light.

Sunrise Room with peach mountain wall and plum velvet headboard

Peach peaks, plum velvet.

Lavender bedroom with brass beds and mountain view

Brass beds, lavender curtains, valley view.

Meadow Room with white bunk beds and yellow mountain-shape accent wall

The Meadow Room — bunks, desk, wide meadow light.

Guest room with two double beds and arched Moroccan mirror

Two beds, an arched Moroccan mirror.

Hand-painted black and ivory Moroccan barn door

The Moroccan barn door — hand-painted, ours.

Sun-flooded glass sunroom with plants and mountain view

The sunroom — plants and Blue Ridge through every window.

Bistro table for two beside a sunlit window

A quiet corner for coffee and a book.

Porch loveseat with green pillows

The wrap-around porch, late afternoon.

Wooden rocking chairs on the porch

Rockers, always waiting.

Porch swing at golden hour with vines and stone chimney

Golden hour on the porch.

Pergola dining table with sunflowers on the patio

The pergola — long dinners, sunflowers, cornhole.

Hot tub on the deck overlooking the valley

The hot tub — a valley view and a bowl of stars.

The Sultana pavilion open to the meadow

Sultana Pavilion

The glass studio catching the light

The Glass Studio

Interior of the Medina tea house

Medina Tea House

The fire circle with the mountains beyond

The Fire Circle

The Sultana pavilion lit with warm lanterns at night, tiled roof against a starlit Blue Ridge sky

Pavilion at nightfall.

The fully glass geodesic Medina Tea House catching rainbow light, bistro chairs visible inside

The Medina Tea House, catching the afternoon.

Medina Tea House kitchen with sage cabinetry, gold sink, hexagonal tile, and pierced brass sconce

Gold, sage, and hand-cut tile.

Cedar barrel sauna outdoors

Barrel sauna, cedar-warm

Surface of the hot tub with still steaming water, pearl-marbled rim, and the green Blue Ridge hills soft-focused beyond

Warm water, and nothing to do.

Wood-fired cedar hot tub with chimney flanked by hand-painted blue-and-white Moroccan mosaic planters and a terracotta urn

Cedar and cold water, side by side.

Close-up of dark granite stones resting in a black steel Harvia sauna heater

Stones that hold the heat.

Interior of the cedar barrel sauna with tiered wooden benches, Harvia heater, and a round window framing green trees

Inside the barrel sauna.

Aerial of the Munaya maison and Sultana pavilion set into the green hillside, valley beyond

Fifteen acres, held by the ridgeline.

Aerial view of two geodesic domes and the pavilion set across the meadow with forest behind

Two domes above the valley.

Woven wooden lounge chair on a private deck with flowering planters looking out to the Blue Ridge Mountains

A chair, a view, and time.

White Adirondack chairs ringing the stone fire pit at sunset with the Blue Ridge beyond

Sunset from the fire circle.

Mosaic bistro table and white rattan chairs on a private deck overlooking the meadow and glass dome

Morning coffee, mountain air.

Iridescent glass dome with cedar barrel sauna and hot tub set on the meadow with trees behind

Glass, cedar, and open sky.

Mulched garden path winding through green foliage toward a geodesic dome tucked in the trees

A quiet path through the trees.

Hexagonal wooden picnic bench built around a tree with a dome and meadow in the background

Shade under the old tree.

Tiled corridor with a carved saffron-yellow door, a cobalt-blue door beyond, and a geometric star-pattern floor running to the geodesic glass

Two doors, a thousand stars.

Two pierced copper Moroccan lanterns with stained glass panels beside a rosemary plant on a blue mosaic table

Lanterns on the mosaic table.

Hand-painted blue medina door with brass handles and geometric panels

A medina door, carried from Fes.

Close-up of folded blue, saffron, and cream kilim blankets stacked on a dark wood shelf

Woven textiles, folded and waiting.

Flower-shaped tiled mosaic fountain on the pavilion deck with water arcing at golden hour, the valley behind

The fountain, at sunset.

Silver and brass Moroccan tea vessels arranged on a walnut shelf against a golden engraved platter

The tea service, ready.

Hammered gold sink beneath a round mirror, framed by hand-glazed zellige tile in green, blue, and terracotta, with a carved wooden door at right

Hammered brass, hand-cut tile.

Three clay tagines simmering on the stove, one lid lifted to show vegetables and saffron chicken

Tagines, the slow way.

Mosaic tables and colored rattan bistro chairs on a star-patterned tile floor inside the tea house dome

Where the medina meets the mountains.

Yellow-and-white rattan bistro chairs around a black table with white Moroccan lanterns and a small plant, greenery blurred beyond the dome frame

An empty chair, a full afternoon.

A circle gathered inside the Glass Studio

The circle, Glass Studio

Yoga studio with pink mats laid out, gong and crystal singing bowls, a large window framing the trees

The studio, set for practice.

Meditation seats on green cushions in front of a large brass gong and gilded mirror

A seat by the gong.

Sultana pavilion set with pink yoga mats and bolsters, mosaic fountain center stage, Blue Ridge mountains beyond

Pavilion practice, mountain view.

Mosaic fountain on the pavilion deck at sunset, mountains layered in golden light

Fountain, sunset, stillness.

Woven tray of hand-painted Moroccan bowls filled with cherries, strawberries, grapes, blueberries, pistachios, apricots and prunes

Small bowls, generous mornings.

Moroccan kitchen with terracotta hex tile, patterned floor, and a spread of tagines, olives, pastries and mint tea

The kitchen, the way we love it.

A group gathered in ceremony on the pavilion at Munaya, mountains in the distance

A circle, held.

Three women walking the path together past the cedar sauna, mid-conversation

The long way round, together.

Someone resting in a hammock chair inside a geodesic dome, eyes closed, the green field beyond the glass

Nowhere to be.

Private deck with blue umbrella, hammock chair, mosaic bistro table, and blue rug overlooking the mountains

Private deck, morning tea.

Shaded deck with a green hammock chair, bistro chairs, and kilim rug under string lights

An afternoon that asks nothing of you.

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