For a look that’s rich and polished, inject your home with flashes of silver.
1 Laying down a base
Silver doesn’t have to be confined to your smaller decorative accessories – it can work on your larger items, too. For example, a silver carpet will totally transform a room, particularly when it’s as beautiful as this piece from the Fatima Bint Mohammed Initiative.
• Carpet, price on request, FBMI, Yas Mall, Abu Dhabi and Jumeirah Beach Road, Dubai
2 Brilliantly barking
This ceramic Doggy Balloon Money Bank is the perfect place to store those spare dirhams, while introducing a hint of pop art – à la Jeff Koons – into your space.
• Doggy Balloon Money Bank, Dh520, S*uce Gifts, Al Wasl Square, Dubai
3 Getting fruity
Bull & Stein’s oversized ceramic apple sculptures are created by the Brazilian designer Lisa Pappon. Standing 80 centimetres high and weighing 80kg, they’re a bold design statement, but one that will invariably pay off.
• Ceramic apple sculpture, Dh35,277, Cities, The Galleria Mall, Dubai
4 Winging it
Shaped like a metal airplane wing, the studded Aviator Desk by Andrew Martin will look great in a pared-back, industrial-style home office. We love the simple lines and shapely design.
• Aviator Desk, Dh7,029, En Vogue, Jumeirah Beach Road, Dubai
5 Going green
The nickel-plated Yaneva pot will make a stunning statement wherever you put it, and its folds will reflect the light in captivating ways. It’s a creation of Guaxs, a German company that’s dedicated to creating high-quality lighting and design objects out of sustainable materials such as metal, leather, wood, natural stone and primary glass.
• Yaneva pot, Dh8,380, En Vogue
6 Pour one out
De Vecchi has been crafting exquisite silverware since its launch in Milan in 1935, and its creations are currently to be found in the collections of MoMA New York, the V&A Museum in London, the Chicago Athenaeum and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, to name a few. For its latest range, the brand takes traditional forms and gives them a unique twist, as seen with this Trebok water jug.
• Trebok water jug, Dh9,800, De Vecchi, Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Dubai
