Interior Design

All this moving we have been doing over the past week or so got me thinking about Omani interior design. We have visited a number of local curtain and furniture stores including a small curtain store in Al Ghubra, the Marina in Qurum, and Home Centre in Muscat City Centre. In traditional Arabic style much of the furniture is rich in colour and extravagant in design. Unless you were to visit Ikea up in Dubai its unlikely you will come across minimalist furnishings. Interior design here is impressive and luxurious and I love it (perhaps not to live with all the time mind you.) Wood is covered in intricately carved patterns and is all solid and somewhat overpowering. Gold, orange and red are really popular colours, particularly for curtains and bed linen. I adore the little ornaments you can find in the souks and shopping malls, especially if you spend some time looking around: small camels, elephants, kunja's and so on. Lanterns are popular too and in the evenings they really help create a magical atmosphere. 

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