The Dubai Home Festival (DHF) is back, celebrating the very best shopping experiences that only Dubai offers, with amazing sales and promotions, expert home lifestyle advice and exciting events taking place throughout the city’s malls, from September 24 to October 10. DHF returns for its second year, thanks to Dubai Festivals and Retail Establishment (DFRE), and Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing, bringing world-class entertainment, shopping and events to the emirate with super sales…
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Ebarza, much loved as one of the UAE’s most fashionable furniture e-tailers, debuts its first brick-and-mortar showroom on Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah. It’s time to celebrate! A firm online favourite amongst UAE-based homeowners, renters and interior enthusiasts alike, Ebarza, a homegrown contemporary furniture online retailer of home accessories and furnishings for living rooms, bedrooms, home offices and outdoor spaces, has opened its first brick-and-mortar store in Nakheel Mall, on Palm Jumeirah. The 14,250-square-foot showroom is located…
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If your home is lacking that certain joie de vivre, be inspired by this stunning, contemporary villa project by Valentina Piscopo, founder of the online design platform KUKY. Last summer, the Italian designer was asked by an Abu Dhabi family to help them transition from an apartment to a two-storey villa in Green Community, Dubai. Valentina’s brief was to create a cosy home with a Scandinavian design influence for the couple, Suad and Ali, and…
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If turning your fire extinguisher into a chic Chanel home accessory sounds like your kind of makeover, you’ll love the inspiring hygge-focused home of Canadian-Lebanese expat Cynthia Salloum, which she showcases on her Instagram account White Haven Décor. Cynthia’s villa in Jumeirah Village Triangle (JVT), Dubai, is a sanctuary of layered natural textures and Scandinavian tones, honey woods and heavenly whites — even her fluffy Persian-Angora cat Bella complements the scheme! Here, we find out…
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If you get home from a busy working day or a hectic school run and wonder whose messy house you’ve actually stepped into, it’s probably time you gave your home some TLC and discovered what your carpet really looks like under all that Lego. But just how do you go about Marie Kondo-ing your home here in the UAE? Gina Positano is one of Home Club ME’s approved vendors, offering professional home organisation and interior…
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While some of us are left dreaming of a summer vacation in Bali, others — like Stephanie Farah — have brought the dream to life without leaving Dubai, with a beautiful home decorated in authentic Balinese style. The 28-year-old CEO and Managing Director of Empyre Communications, a boutique public relations and digital marketing agency based in Dubai, has conjured up the calm, boho-beach ambience found on the Indonesian island at her loft-style apartment in Jumeirah…
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This summer we’re all feeling the heat — even at home, with our summer holidays abroad and the children’s summer camps off the roster. If the kids need a creative, engaging space where they can play, revamp their craft corners and play areas to invigorate a new lease of life and adventure into staying home. Read on for inspiring and easy-to-apply ideas to create cool new kids zones at home.    Painted Wall Features A…
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Our resident writer Maja Davies is back with the third instalment from her series The Moving Diaries, exclusive to Home Club ME, which documents her own experience of moving apartments in the UAE. This week, Maja provides some essential pearls of wisdom concerning the ‘fun’ part of moving — decorating! Read on for inspired advice on creating a new home that you’ll love with helpful planning and buying tips that won’t break the bank.   …
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Last week, we revealed the first instalment of The Moving Diaries, with essential budgeting advice from our contributing writer Maja Davies. Throughout June, our readers will benefit from Maja’s insightful dos and don’ts of moving, gained from her own experience of moving home in the UAE, including advice on decorating and dealing with the emotions of moving. If you’re a renter, you’ll find today’s diary entry on dealing with the logistics of moving absolutely essential….
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Remember our contributing writer Maja Davies sharing the exciting highs and lows of moving home live on Home Club ME’s Instagram Stories? Maja, a Swedish expat living in Dubai, relives the challenges she faced and the insights she gained while moving her family from Jumeirah Lakes Towers (JLT) to a new home on Palm Jumeirah in an online series called The Moving Diaries, exclusive to Home Club ME. Starting today and continuing throughout the month…
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