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‘My favourite room in the house has to be the lounge – our family room. We all literally live in here as it’s such a warm and cosy space to spend time’ a stone bath from South Africa for us, which I love. We also used Selva and I went to Harvey Nichols and Ralph Lauren in Mall of the Emirates for some home accessories and bits of furniture and to Ethan Allen for our master bedroom. The curtains throughout were made by a local company called Asnaa and our wooden shutters were made by a company called Couture Interiors. Did you have to do any work on the villa, or were you able to move straight in? We did extensive work here on the finishing and had lots of people (including my husband and myself) working on it non-stop, all hours, for 10 weeks. We changed everything outside, too. For that we used a company called A&BB landscapes who were just fabulous, I can’t fault them at all. The garden did come with a pool and we brought in a company called Exclusive to put in red tiles and add a step. Again, we didn’t have to worry about a thing with them, they literally did everything for us. December 2010
Which is your favourite room in the property and why? My favourite room has to be the lounge – our family room. We all literally live in here and it’s such a warm and cosy space to spend time. For Rayeez, it’s the garden – he’s there all the time. The girls love the third floor; it was originally created for Rayeez but he travels so much that they’ve claimed it! There’s a huge screen inside and a pool table, so it’s a cool place for them to hang out with their friends. Finally, what would you consider to be the highlights of life on the Palm? The main highlight of living here has to be the beach; to wake up in the morning and see the sea or sit outside in the evenings and watch the sea life, which is just beautiful. There’s amazing blue jellyfish and stingrays. Sometimes I’m upstairs in my bedroom and will look down to see them in the water and people swimming across the sea, it’s so safe. It’s just a different kind of lifestyle here and one that our kids love, too.