Renovated villa living and dining space with a curved sofa, plum armchairs, walnut joinery and a pool view

01 · Concept study · Villa · Dubai

Contemporary villa: full renovation and bespoke joinery

A design direction for renewing a family villa from the structure inwards: open living, a calmer palette and joinery that carries one material language from the entrance to the master suite.

Study: 01 · Concept study
Setting: Villa · Dubai
Property: Private villa
Scope: Full renovation & bespoke joinery
Style: Contemporary, warm minimal

Concept study. The images are SOVA design-direction visuals, not photographs of a completed commission. No client, address or completion date is implied. Client and trade-partner names are never published.

The challenge

What the space needed.

Developer layouts often divide villa living space into small, dark rooms, with finishes and storage that no longer suit the family. The aim here is to reopen the ground floor, bring daylight deeper into the plan and replace mismatched storage with joinery designed as part of the architecture.

Design intent

How it should feel.

A quiet, warm-minimal interior: travertine, walnut and plaster in a restrained palette, with long sight lines to the garden and lighting that makes the villa feel calm at every hour.

Sunlit villa living room with a travertine fireplace wall, walnut joinery, curved bouclé sofas and a garden view through floor-to-ceiling glass

Scope

What SOVA delivers.

Measured survey and brief
Space planning and layout changes
Demolition and site preparation
MEP coordination, ceilings and lighting
Flooring, stone and wall finishes
Kitchen, wardrobes, vanities and media wall
Staircase cladding and feature joinery
Snagging and handover

Material palette

Chosen by hand.

Honed travertine
Walnut veneer
Lime plaster
Bronze details
Linen and bouclé

Spatial plan

How the plan works.

The ground floor is planned as one continuous living, dining and kitchen space around the garden, with a separate service kitchen and storage hidden behind full-height joinery. Upstairs, each suite gains a dressing area and a renewed bathroom.

Key joinery details

Made in our factory.

01Full-height walnut storage walls with shadow-gap detailing
02Fireplace and media wall in travertine and timber
03Walnut-clad staircase wall with integrated step lighting
04Floating vanities with stone tops

Delivery process

One team, one programme.

One project lead coordinates design, site works and the joinery programme. Joinery is measured on the finished walls and produced in the SOVA factory while site works progress, then installed, aligned and snagged by our own team.

Advanced precision machinery, skilled craftsmanship and controlled finishing, working together from shop drawing to final installation.

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