After months of experiencing the "Inshallah Factor" when it came to moving, Pete and I have finally found a place to live! We should be moving out of the Hilton Corniche Residence sometime in the next week...inshallah. The place that we settled on is a sweet four bedroom villa in the Sas Al Nakheel development, just outside of town. (Yes, that means we have room for visitors!) Since we won't be mooching hotel towels, or furniture for that matter, to deck out our place, we had to brave the crazy world of furniture shopping in Abu Dhabi last weekend. We went to the typical destinations (IKEA, Home Centre) but also scoped out some bargains at some of the lesser known haunts. After this whole experience, I can now understand why so many expats have such similar furniture. The choices were endless, but the style was just a little bit extravagant.
We scored a great deal on some couches at Home Centre.
We are still on the fence about these lovely chairs, found at Options in Khaladiya Mall.
No living room would be complete with a Lover Seat.
This bed was hard to pass up.
"The choices were endless, but the style was just a little bit extravagant."
ReplyDeleteThat's ... diplomatic.
Surely you're not suggesting that Arabian-Bedouin meets Baroque meets Japo-indo-china-semi-modern... in the same room... don't work as a style combination?
I hear you - some of the stuff in the lesser frequented stores just makes ones eyes blister. Mimicking the behaviour of the poorly applied plastic faux-timber veneer.
Grats on the new place!
Sounds ace.
Oooh I love the bed! Congrats on your new place - that is so exciting! I want to see pictures!
ReplyDeleteJust for clarification, we actually DID buy the couches in the top picture...
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