Dubai: The first thing that hits you outside UAE interior designer and entrepreneur Anita Surani Khoja’s sprawling sea-facing Palm Jumeirah mansion isn’t the heat — it’s the Barbie-pink Mercedes G-Wagon gleaming in the driveway, a bold birthday gift for her teenage daughter by her doting tech retail tycoon husband.

Parked near it? A Tiffany blue Lamborghini, a murder-black Rolls-Royce, and a muscle-packed grey Tesla Cybertruck. But that isn’t the ostentatious and decadent bit.

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Step inside their sea-facing 8000-square foot, Dh70 million mansion, and the real flex begins: false ceilings laced with real 24-karat gold.

“It felt right,” Anita shrugs with a smile. “Gold is so Dubai … It’s pure gold because I was particular about the right shade of Gold.”

There are no light switches in Anita’s sprawling mansion either. Not one. Instead, everything — from the blinds to the massive TV that rises silently from the floor — is controlled by her phone.

Welcome to a home where high-tech minimalism meets unapologetic maximalism.

Think sleek shining surfaces, hidden appliances, zero clutter… and then look up: the ceilings are literally gilded in 24-karat gold.

“I always wanted to incorporate modernisation with technology and luxury, everything integrated together,” said Surani. “I think I was able to achieve that.”