A look at the Thousand Islands Linden Homes theme in Second Life

The newest Linden Homes theme – this one again for Premium Plus subscribers – was launched on Monday, February 3rd, 2025. Entitled Thousand Islands, it comprises the tiki-style homes – which topped-out the list of requested Linden Homes styles – and, for the first time for any Linden Home theme, underwater Grotto Homes.

Set around tropically-styled islands, both themes occupy and same shallow waters, the tiki homes sitting on rafts and the grotto homes scattered across the sandy bottom of the seas, marked by their own floating platforms. As common with Linden Homes, each type come in different styles – six for Tiki, two for Grotto.

The Tiki comprise:

• Luau – two circular interconnected rooms, a circular pool with a surrounding deck, and a covered deck with an upper level curricular room reached via an external spiral staircase.
• Ohana – a total of five interconnected circular lower-level rooms, two with upper level connected rooms reached via an interior stairway, with the larger having a balcony. A kidney-shaped pool with large deck area fronts the design with a smaller deck to the rear.

• Puka – a suite of three interconnected circular rooms with a wrap-around deck outside, fronted by a circular pool.
• Lanai – A rectangular multi-room structure built around three sides of a swimming pool, with covered front walkway / deck and an exposed deck.

• Makai – a main room and two (bedroom?) wings to either side, all built around a raised deck fronted by a lower deck with swimming pool, and two smaller decks to the rear.
  Hula – circular in from with a single round roof over a central room with glass floor section (which can be “shuttered” with wood), fronted by a covered deck to the front and flanked to either side and the rear by three rooms, each with access to a narrow wrap-around deck.

The Grotto homes come is two similar styles: the Scallop and the Abalone, each taking the form of a large hollowed rock cut through with glazed window openings, fronts doors and interiors with self-like levels and spaces.

All of the new styles can be previewed at the BelliHub Linden home Demo area, and on first looks, the tiki styles are attractive, with the Ohana giving the greatest amount of internal space, albeit at the cost of mooring space of any boat you might want to leave rezzed out. By contrast, Lanai and Makai offer perhaps the easiest in direct mooring. The inclusion of swimming pools with most of the Tiki designs is a nice touch – although the pools with the Luau, Makai, Ohana styles could benefit from steps/ ladders for getting out of them, rather than having to rely on jumping / flying.

The release of the Thousand Islands theme came with a blog post announcing it to be part of a Month of Surprises for Members – those with a Plus, Premium or Premium Plus subscription to Second Life. This being the case, members should keep their eyes on the official blog through the rest of February.

Additional Information

• A Month of Surprises Awaits for Members!
• Thousand Islands announcement forum post