Interior Design in Dubai Marina for Homes and Businesses

What we do in Dubai Marina

For residents, the work is usually an apartment or penthouse: fresh finishes and joinery, a layout that suits the household, lighting that works by day and after dark, and furniture chosen for the rooms. For business owners, it is more often a commercial unit such as a salon, where staff, clients and the brand all have to share one floor.

There are two ways to work with us. With design only, your contractor receives our concept, renders, specifications and drawings. With design and build, we also handle procurement, fit-out and supervision on site. The services below can be mixed to suit the project.

• Interior design and space planning
• 3D visualisation and mood boards
• Authority approvals
• Design and build services
• Project management
• On-site supervision
• Procurement and installation

Marina towers and how they shape an interior

Dubai Marina is a waterfront district of towers. Emaar describes its homes as ranging from waterfront apartments to penthouses with marina and skyline views. Nearly every project here takes place inside an existing building, and that raises questions worth answering early.

We settle them at concept stage, so the scheme you sign off is one the building can accept:

• Water and skyline views are a big part of why people live here, so furniture layouts, lighting and window treatments are arranged to frame them, including how each room works after sunset.
• Stone, joinery and furniture share the same lifts and corridors as the residents, so dimensions and the delivery order are agreed early.
• Finishes, joinery and lighting can change a unit a great deal on their own. Changes to the structure, façade or shared building services are raised with building management before they reach the drawings.
• A commercial unit may come as a bare shell or with an old tenant's fit-out still in place, so our first survey records what can be reused and what must be stripped out.

Apartment and penthouse interiors in the Marina

Marina apartments often ask a lot of a fixed footprint: a place to live, work, host friends and store a family's belongings. We settle the layout, storage and circulation first, and only then move on to finishes.

Mood boards and detailed 3D renders follow, so the kitchen, wardrobes and lighting are visible long before an order is placed. Your taste leads the scheme, and we bring the joinery, furniture, textiles and accessories together so the apartment feels designed as a whole rather than assembled piece by piece.

Penthouses can bring extra questions of their own, such as terraces, larger glazed walls and rooms with more height, where shading, outdoor finishes and lighting at a bigger scale all need thought.

Let us know early if the apartment is a holiday home or a rental. That affects how durable the finishes need to be and how much storage is worth building in.

Salon and commercial interiors in the Marina

Our Luxury Salon in Dubai Marina, completed in 2024, covers 2,500 sq ft with reception, treatment areas and display sections. The owner asked for calm, practicality and a luxurious but approachable feel, with nothing bold or overpowering, and wanted the space to feel bright and airy.

The palette stays with warm beiges, creams and subtle blush tones, lifted by reflective surfaces, marble textures and warm metallic finishes that make more of the daylight from large windows. A sculptural stone reception desk and custom curved wall panels with integrated lighting greet clients at the entrance, while custom millwork and careful planning of workstations, storage and client flow keep the salon running smoothly through the day.

Its scope covered interior design and space planning plus 3D visualisation and mood boards, and we delivered it on a design and build basis. For salons and similar client-facing businesses, our salon interior design page explains our approach.

NOCs and contractor access in Marina buildings

In most Marina buildings, a no objection certificate is needed before fit-out works can start. Who signs it off varies with the building and the scope; the developer, building management and the relevant authority can all play a part.

Buildings usually set their own contractor access rules and working hours, and your contractor may need a permit to come on site. We find out what applies at the start and plan the programme around it.

Drawings, compliance sign-off and the submissions are handled by us within the programme. We do not give approval timescales, since they depend on the building, the use and the scope. See our authority approvals page for what we prepare.

What affects the cost of a Dubai Marina interior

Projects start at AED 150,000. Past that point, an apartment or commercial unit costs more or less depending on the factors below, and we can shape the design and materials around a budget you approve. Commercial units can carry extra items, such as signage or specialist equipment, and we list those clearly in the estimate.

Share the building, the floor area and your ideas, and we will prepare an indicative project estimate with a proposed timeline.

• The size of the space
• The extent of bespoke joinery and millwork
• The grade of materials and finishes
• Any MEP works
• The furniture specification

Areas near Dubai Marina we also work in

Because our studio sits in Jumeirah Lakes Towers, a site meeting in the Marina is easy to fit into the day. Close by, we have villa projects on Palm Jumeirah and in Emirates Hills, useful if you own a Marina apartment and a family home that both need attention.