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Majlis
Striped silk sofas, carved white screens and a crystal chandelier.
Residential
206 | Private Villa
Location
Sharjah, UAE
Type
Private Villa
The idea
A majlis and a quiet master suite.
The majlis of this private villa in Sharjah draws on Moroccan detail. Carved white screens, arched niches and a crystal chandelier under a moulded ceiling frame a room of low sofas in striped silk, set around octagonal fretwork tables on a warm timber floor. Lilac walls, washed with concealed light, keep the palette soft.
The master suite is calmer. A tufted blue headboard stands against a wall of square upholstered panels, between pale lacquered wardrobes, over dark timber floors. The bathrooms continue in pale stone and grey, with pebble mosaic around the bath and vanities, twin basins and lit open shelves below.
Material palette
Striped silk upholstery
Majlis
Upholstered wall panels
Master bedroom
Pebble mosaic
Master bathroom
About the project
From a patterned majlis to calmer rooms
The tour starts in the majlis, the room for receiving guests, where carved screens and arched recesses set a decorative frame around the seating. Light here comes mostly from within: a chandelier at the centre of the ceiling and hidden fittings that wash the walls. The private side of the villa follows. The master bedroom is quieter and more ordered, built around the bed wall and its storage, and it leads on to the bathrooms, where the colours turn to stone and grey.
Striped silk covers the majlis sofas, its sheen and repeated lines answering the pattern of the fretwork. In the master bedroom, square upholstered panels line the wall behind the bed and give the blue headboard a soft, tactile backdrop. Pebble mosaic frames the bath and the vanity in the master bathroom, its rounded pieces adding texture against the flat stone. The villa is in Sharjah, UAE.
In a Sharjah villa, the majlis is often the room guests remember, and this one is designed to make that welcome warm. Moroccan detail, carved screens and arched niches give it craft and a sense of occasion, while lilac walls and striped silk keep it soft rather than heavy. Light from within the room flatters faces and fabrics in the evening. The master suite then does the opposite: ordered, calm and made for rest, with its storage close to hand. That contrast between welcoming guests and quiet private life shapes the whole villa. It comes from IAIA's practice across the UAE, where interior architects plan for guests and family alike.
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