The newly built Villa My Way (MWY) in fact lets its privileged occupants have it both ways. The first thing that catches your eye after you ascend the steps—which themselves are designed to represent a piano—is a gleaming black-lacquered grand piano, given pride of place in the living room under a curvaceous midcentury-modern lamp. Photos of Frank Sinatra hang on the walls, and a quote from “My Way” decorates the backsplash behind the stove in the open kitchen.

A sense of retro glamour permeates this luxury villa in Colombier, one of the finest new rental properties in St. Barth. But guests’ way of making themselves at home here doesn’t have to involve only unplugged pleasures like tickling the ivories, settling into the sleek Corbusier chairs for intimate conversations, or soaking up the beautiful views of the sea and the islands of Bon Homme and Fregate. Villa My Way (MWY) is also tricked out with marvelous technology. The furniture on the terraces becomes softly illuminated by night, the kitchen is well equipped with gadgetry and walk-in cold room, and the living room is transformed into an entertainment center when a large screen drops down from the ceiling and a projector is turned on.