SoHa Living

This shop sells coral heads. I saw about 5 different varieties of coral, along with jars full of cheap real shells. I hope consumers don’t buy these items, as the coral is ripped off of the reef alive to be sold. The shells and sea stars are no better, they are taken alive to be sold as decoration too. Coral is protected in Hawaii, so it is all imported from countries with more lax environmental protections, such as the fan corals from Haiti. On top of that, they market themselves as a Hawaii Lifestyle store but almost nothing in the store was made in Hawaii. Some of the stuff in the store was cute, but I hope that companies that so blatantly kill the reefs/​ocean do not find success.

A cute, creative, tourist shop on the island of Kauai. Me and my friends always come here to check out if they have anything new in stock. Everything is usually beach themed, while there are miscellaneous things here and there like dog and baby items.
I haven’t really bought anything from here yet, other than a cute iPhone 6 phone case. I mostly love to window shop and find home décor inspiration.

Okay, I loved this store!
It’s a cute, beachy home décor shop that just expanded to Kauai after finding success on Oahu and through Etsy. I’m a huge fan of the pillow cases and anything pineapple-​themed, and I had to resist the urge to decorate my home like a SoHa display case. The items were all so lovely and better than most of the kitsch found in the more touristy shops. The employees are all very friendly, and they took great care to arrange everything just so and to keep the store nice & neat during business hours.
There are a lot of items that could be used as accents for a variety of styles — I’m more contemporary, while my husband tends toward modern. We ended up taking home several fun kitchen magnets and a cute whale-​shaped pillow that will perfectly match my bedroom. The prices were so reasonable too — how could I pass them up? Once we choose more furniture, I know I’ll be looking to SoHa for accent pillows and frames to remind me of our wonderful time in Kauai. I hope their website (coming soon) will feature a shop; for now, I’ll have to scour their etsy store for any items I can’t live without until my next visit to the Garden Isle.