Turning small spaces into personal resorts

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Turning Small Spaces into personal resorts

If there is one thing that we’ve learned from the global pandemic, it’s that our living space is precious and our outdoor space is even more precious, regardless of its size!

Case Study

A young Dubai couple wanted an intelligent living space for their townhouse in Meydan by Milestone. They wanted to create a luxurious

space that they could use daily so we started by utilizing their large terrace area and building their own personal resort with facilities to match. Since the townhouse garden was small in size, we couldn’t fit a pool but instead we met their requirement for a fun outdoor area with a Jacuzzi.

Design details:

The villa is a modern linear structure with a geometric front pathway and large silver antique finish travertine with lights leading to the door. The pathway continues to the backyard with tiles and grass in a geometric pattern.

The Jacuzzi is framed by circular steps to give the impression of a suspended tub and comes with color changing lights, 20 jets, aqua blue mosaic tiles and adjustable height seating. The

Jacuzzi pump room is hidden behind the wall, which is lit with a metal CNC cut panel design with a four way lighting system, making it a chic design feature and effortless back drop for the Jacuzzi.

Large Ficus Cone plants of 2m provide a privacy fence near the Jacuzzi and act as a green wall, leading across the pathway to the backyard. The Barbeque counter with a four burner Cal Flame grill and a Sedona wood fired Pizza oven make a convenient outdoor kitchen with storage for wood and cooking utensils. A distinctive water feature is placed cleverly right opposite the villa entrance door and living room, making it an eyecatching feature to look at from the window.

The villa was purchased with an interesting flame tree( Delonix Regia or Flame of the Forest tree). A 45 cms height planter box was made with a wide 40 cms coping with concealed LED strip lights to make it into a seating area for guests — their very own chef’s table!

The lighting design is a highlight of the project, creating the perfect ambience for night time dining and relaxation after a long day! The Lantern wall is a signature design that is key to that ambience, it creates a beautiful partition and lighting feature just as you climb the steps going up to the Jacuzzi.

Materials

All Neutral shades of beige, grey, black, brown with an aqua blue color reflecting from the Jacuzzi. Black metal panels, green plants and flowers add color in this neutral landscape.

Porcelain tiles are used as paving in the villa with some highlight of wood looking porcelain in the seating and Jacuzzi deck. Nice travertine mosaic, large porcelain polished marble slabs, Silver travertine used in steps and at the entrance, blend together to create this harmonious design.

Terrace garden in the Polo Townhouses villas is one of the best highlights of purchasing a property there. It’s blessed with a large space and we used that fully to create a pergola, a nice shade structure that is completely waterproof and protects the furniture cushions at the bottom from

bird droppings and mist droplets. It’s highlight is the fairy lights backdrop with Metal panels.

A bar, buffet counter, dining sail shade pergola, a nice dining table below that with lights and fan, make this terrace the go to place for this young couple with their friends. You get to see the view from a height.

Tomato Red Bougainvillea, Rosemary, Lemon grass, Basil, Flowering Ixora Chinensis, Taebernaemontana and many other plants are grown on the terrace. Murraya Jasmine gives an amazing fragrance near the seating area. Large potted plants are planted with Plumeria trees giving nice shade.

This small town house villa is a private haven for its owners to be enjoyed with family and friends. They travel for a change to explore different places in the world when they want to but never to get away from the mundane as their home is not their own personal resort!

Photo credit: Mr. Orkun Orcan

Sejal Nagjee Creative Director Milestone Landscaping LLC. 0559497312 https://milestonedubai.com/