Villa in Doha, Qatar

Salon with Sliding Doors – A pair of bespoke Moroccan-style sliding doors with eglomise glass panels and teak frames.. Eglomise is a process that introduces a gilded pattern on the surface of a piece of glass which is then protected by a second piece of glass fitted on top: each door is gilded and varnished.

Powder Room - Washstand - majestic in its design with early Colonial features and is made with an ebonised American walnut exterior with inlaid horizontal strips of brass. Designed with a stepped construction, this ornate washstand has four drawers with ebonised walnut interiors and all inlaid brass work was carried out in-house by William Garvey.

Gallery - fitted Cupboards and Doors evoking the Art Deco styling of the 1920s synonymous with Western Europe, are these beautifully designed cupboards with geometric gilded door fronts, hung on custom made pivot hinges.

Living Room - Media Unit - TV surround combining natural Rosewood and Stainless Steel. Designed to be recessed in to the wall, this TV surround is designed using rosewood panels

Master Bedroom - Wardrobes consist of a pair of double cupboards with single overhead storage. These fitted wardrobes have Rosewood interiors and also Rosewood frames, which perfectly inset the Altfield Kyoto Hemp fabric wrapped door panels for a tactile surface texture that exudes ‘Ma’, the Japanese interior design principles for creating a zen interior. Rosewood integrated dressing table and mirror and Rosewood chest with glass fronted drawers and glazed countertop.

Bedroom 2 - For the height of visual impact, the second bedroom features an expanse of Magenta fitted wardrobes.The door fronts embrace the art of East Asian soft furnishings with Japanese fabric wrapped doors and painted frames.

Bedroom 3 - Complete wall of wardrobes with integrated central desk alcove. The classically English white painted interior, door frames and back panels provide the perfect backdrop to the Phillip Jeffries Japanese Silky Strings Hope Diamond Wallpaper that adorns each door panel.

Bedroom 4 - double wardrobes are capped by overhead cupboards. Each door front is finished with recessed fabric panels in the ever popular Garret Stripe in a mix of navy blue, grey and biscuit beige.

Lacquered storage unit with integrated desk, painted doors, drawers, carcase and four cantilevered shelves.

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British Furniture Designers & Makers, William Garvey, work with award winning British interior designer, Katharine Pooley, and design and make bespoke furniture for a suburban new build villa in the modern city of Doha, Qatar. www.williamgarvey.co.uk/gal...

Located within walking distance of the recently built Museum of Islamic Art, which sits on a man-made island, Doha is a multicultural city oozing confidence and style and is considered ‘the shining jewel of Qatar’: just like this inner-city dwelling.

Expressing different cultural identities from around the world, this residential project successfully introduces both traditional British woodcraft and international design values into an urban environment.

In light of this artistically visual design brief, William Garvey had to work with a high degree of accuracy to create quality pieces of furniture for the family that occupy this intercontinental inspired villa. Following an on-site survey in Qatar by William Garvey, conceptual drawings were then created with the collaboration of Katharine Pooley and then approved and made at the Garvey workshop in Devon.