Ask any interior designer: Light is one of – if not the – most important consideration in the layout of a home.

Quite apart from being essential (cooking in the dark is not advised), light provides the framework for a home’s aesthetic, and the foundation for its – to use a technical term – ambience.

It doesn’t matter how well you’ve feng shui-ed your cellar – if it’s lit by a single, flickering bulb, it’s still going to feel like the set of a horror movie.

In the heart of the urban jungle, space is a fiercely contested commodity.

In Dubai, a one bedroom apartment can cost on average around AED 90,000 per year in areas like Jumeirah Lake Towers, but that rises to more than AED 110,000 in Dubai Marina. And while rents are dropping across the emirate, prices are still high for the amount of space offered.

Small wonder many of the city's expats and residents try to squeeze every drop of use out of nook, corner and cranny when decorating and arranging their homes.

If you love your home, you want to show it off – which these days, of course, means posting fab shots on Instagram.

Some of us are apparently so keen to win those likes that we’ll even cheat with ‘fake’ posts! In a survey for the Ideal Home Show, one in six people confessed to having posted an image of someone else’s home and pretended it was theirs. Plus, 18% of the 18-24-year-olds quizzed said they wouldn’t buy a house if they didn’t think it would impress on social media.

When there are rare rainy days in Dubai you need a comfy sofa, mountains of cushions and curtains to close away the stormy skies, or it’s time to go shopping for interiors, either way you need to know where to buy your soft furnishings in Dubai.

Combining style and creativity in your home just got a lot easier, thanks to the Middle East’s home fashion favourite – THE One. Featuring their finest furniture and accessories in the spotlight, THE One’s new series of “How-To” Videos are full of inspiration on how to complete the perfect space in your home.

There are three video guides to assist you in creating chic décor for the winter season; with Opulent Dining, Iconic Bedroom and Vintage Living Room.

THE One; where interior is designed with love and passion, is unveiling a new series of 3 sofas, each has a dynamic and a unique way of interaction with surroundings.

WINN, KINGSTON, and LOUIE are altogether introduced in short stories, with THE One characters in the lead role. Although every story has its own exclusive set of perspectives, they all share one thing; togetherness.

As part of its pursuit to unveil globally-renowned furniture collections that are in keeping with local trends, IDdesign, a leading international home lifestyle brand offering contemporary furniture and accessories recently unveiled the new home furnishing line from Camelgroup.

Don’t we all dream of the perfect loft apartment? Rooms flooded with light, brick walls, concrete floors... the full package of urban romanticism? Admittedly there aren’t many apartments which satisfy all these requirements.

We have the perfect collection for lovers of the industrial furnishing style who don’t want to invest a fortune, but are looking for special eye-catchers in spite of this.