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How to Create Timeless Interiors
The multi-functional room
with ALIDAD — Renowned designer famed for his opulent interiors. AD100, House & Garden Top 100, Elle Decor A-List.
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Multifunctional spaces are one of Alidad's favorites. In this lesson, you'll learn how to create a multifunctional room that will allow for flexibility within your living space.
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The Multi-Functional Room
The ideal multi-functional bedroom for me is to have a very good size bed, ideally a 2-meter bed, and then to have a sitting area and another corner for having supper or lunch. Round tables look great in corners. Another area with perhaps a writing table, where you can deal with your correspondence, is also a great idea and the height of luxury.
Multi-Purpose Family Rooms
I love multi-purpose family rooms where you can place a sofa that is comfortable with a large television. In a multi-purpose family room, you need an area for eating, an area for watching tv, and an area for doing some work.
I like to have a chaise-lounge with a stool in front of it where one can just read, relax or even sleep.
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Alidad
Renowned designer famed for his opulent interiors. AD100, House & Garden Top 100, Elle Decor A-List.
Award-winning interior designer Alidad is world-renowned for his decadent yet homely interiors full of colour, richness and life. He is an expert at creating opulent, elegant rooms that combine comfort with behind-the-scenes practicality. Based in Mayfair, the Iranian-born interior designer Alidad has worked on some of the finest interiors in the world from new residences to period homes and the restoration of historic houses.
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