Lighting can be used to create various effects, from dramatic and theatrical to warm and cosy. Whatever the desired outcome, the aim is to strike a balance between light and shade, with emphasis placed on complementing the existing design. Good lighting will enhance the look of your furniture, textiles and accessories. When choosing lighting, it is important to remember that dark colours absorb the light and pale colours reflect it. So a space with dark walls will require more lights and vice versa.

Whether you’re pinching fils or spending dirhams with your heart’s desire (which, by the way, is rarely the case) — living in Dubai calls for a certain level of luxury.

And when it comes to home décor, the common myth is that you need tonnes of money to update your living area, but that's not true. With some savvy options available at THE One, Middle East’s popular home décor brand, you can totally create an elegant living room in no time.

Here are some quick tips to liven up your living room and take it from drab to fab.

If you want to learn how you can take a simple white couch from basic to fabulous and make your living area come alive, keep on reading.

The aphorism ‘Less is More’ became part of regular parlance after Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, a German-American architect, used the phrase to refer to his efforts of reducing buildings and elements into simpler forms of art.

If you've been having a particularly bad time lately or are falling ill way too often - there might be an underlying reason you never thought of before. It might be because the fengshui in your house is all wrong.

The purpose of fengshui is to harmonise your energy with your home's energy by carefully considering what you bring in, how you arrange your rooms, and how you maintain the place. Everything has energy, even inanimate objects. Fengshui helps guide that energy and let it flow freely through your home.

SIA, which is a globally recognised brand of decorative flowers made its presence felt to shoppers and selected invitees at an exclusive floral workshop organised by IDdesign, a leading international home lifestyle brand offering contemporary furniture and accessories. The event was held recently at the brand’s showroom in Dalma Mall.

Home décor is not something you can change every day and honestly, it can get quite boring to look at the same space on the daily. A quick and inexpensive way to add freshness and colour to your living room is to get some throw pillows.

Here are 10 pillows that will liven up any couch.