How much did it cost to furnish this two-bedroom apartment?

The furniture came to AED 65,532 for 65 pieces, against a 70,000 budget. This was a high-end brief with a premium sofa, a trading office and real leather. A more typical 2BR lands lower. My design fee for a two-bedroom pack is a separate AED 750 flat, with no markup on what you buy.

Can a full two-bedroom really be designed in 72 hours?

Yes. The Design Pack, the layout, the full 65-item shopping list, and the walkthrough, is ready in 72 hours from the finished brief. That is the design and sourcing. The furniture itself then arrives on each retailer's delivery schedule, which I lay out for you so you know what lands when.

What if I only want one room done?

You can. A single room is a flat AED 350. But most people furnishing a new two-bedroom want the whole place to hang together, which is where a full pack earns its keep, one coherent style across every room.

Where did the furniture come from?

Home Centre, 2XL Home, and IKEA UAE for most of it, plus a few specialist pieces, all retailers that deliver to Dubai. Every item was price- and stock-checked, and each one carries a named backup in case it sells out before you order.

Can I get the same for my apartment?

Yes. Send me your floor plan and a short style quiz and I will build your two-bedroom pack for a flat AED 750. Message me on WhatsApp at +971 55 742 5475.

Is the furniture cost included in the design fee?

No, and that is the point. You pay me a flat design fee, then you buy the furniture directly from the retailers at their price. I never mark anything up, so the AED 65,532 here went to the shops, not to me.

2BR apartment furnished in 72 hours: 65 pieces, AED 65,532

The short version: I furnished a complete two-bedroom apartment in Jumeirah Village Circle in 72 hours, with 65 real pieces coming to AED 65,532 against a 70,000 budget. Here is how a whole two-bedroom comes together that fast, and where the money went.

The brief

The client, a solo professional who trades for a living, had bought a two-bedroom in JVC and knew exactly the feeling he wanted: industrial. Cool grey walls, black steel, warmed up with aged wood, cognac leather, and plants in concrete pots. A light Formula One thread ran through it (framed race photography, a model car on a shelf, one pit-lane wall clock), never loud, just present. He was keeping his own 65-inch TV, wanted a big U-shaped sofa that could seat seven or eight, and asked for the second bedroom to become a proper trading office rather than a spare room.

So the direction I wrote was a loft-style bachelor apartment on cool grey and black steel, warmed by wood, leather and greenery. The big move is the living room. Bedroom two becomes a serious workspace. Earthy green and terracotta come in through cushions, ceramics and plants so the grey never turns cold.

The budget was AED 70,000 for the furniture. This was the top end of what I furnish: a premium brief with real leather, a statement sofa and a full office fit-out.

Room by room, and why

Living and dining (AED 35,741)

More than half the budget lives here, which is right for a room that has to seat eight and double as a dining space. The hero is the Angeles Corner Sofa from 2XL Home (AED 12,199), a premium chenille U-shape sized for the seven-to-eight-seat brief, with its open side facing the TV wall. It is the single biggest line in the pack, and it is the piece the whole room is built around. (For anyone wanting the same look for less, the pack carries a named fit-checked alternative, an IKEA JÄTTEBO 7-seat U-shape at AED 8,480, plus a budget backup, so the layout holds whichever you choose.)

The client's own 65-inch TV sits on the Harley TV unit, 209 cm (AED 2,879), a low black-metal-and-wood piece with the width the wall needed. A Pietro leather armchair (AED 3,499) brings in the cognac leather, and a Sullivan solid-wood coffee table (AED 1,599) sits inside the sofa's U.

The dining side is a Miles 6-seater table in mango wood on a metal frame (AED 2,299) with six Jay leather dining chairs (AED 3,294 for the set), leather and metal legs, exactly the industrial-but-comfortable register the brief called for. Under it all, a large Mood woollen rug, 300x400 cm (AED 6,299) anchors the seating zone. That rug is the second most expensive line in the whole apartment, and it earns it: in a big open room, a proper rug is what turns furniture into a room.

Master bedroom (AED 14,566)

The master got the second-largest allocation, built around sleep quality. The Palace gel-visco pocket-spring king mattress (AED 3,699) sits on the Alba upholstered king bed (AED 3,299), with a large Ambient woollen rug, 240x300 cm (AED 4,499) running out both sides. Charcoal and grey bedding, one olive-green throw, a terracotta cushion: the same warm-industrial palette as the living room, dialled quieter.

Bedroom 2, the trading office (AED 6,381)

This was the room that made the brief specific. The centrepiece is the one item worth spending real money on in a home office: an IKEA GRÖNFJÄLL ergonomic chair with headrest (AED 1,895). Around it went a long aged-wood desk on black steel legs, a dual-monitor arm for his ultrawides, pipe-style shelving, and a small metal locker for documents. Blackout blinds handle screen glare. The F1 thread concentrates here: a framed circuit-map print set and a pit-lane wall clock over the shelving.

Balcony, kitchen, foyer and the rest (AED 8,844 combined)

The balcony became real outdoor living with a Zamora 5-seater outdoor lounge set (AED 3,599). The kitchen, where the joinery is fixed, was dressed rather than rebuilt (AED 873). The foyer got a mirror and a landing spot (AED 1,302), and the walk-in closets, pantry, hallways and bathrooms were finished with fit-out and textiles so the whole apartment reads as one place, not a set of furnished rooms and empty ones.

What it added up to

Room	Spend (AED)
Living / dining	35,741
Master bedroom	14,566
Bedroom 2 (trading office)	6,381
Balcony	4,529
Foyer	1,302
Kitchen (dress-only)	873
Closets, pantry, halls, baths, whole-home	2,140
Total	65,532

That is 65 items landing at AED 65,532 against the 70,000 budget, about 94% of it, with the rest held back as a documented allowance for delivery and assembly services. Every line was price-checked and stock-checked, and every one carries a named backup.

What "a complete two-bedroom in 72 hours" actually means

The thing worth pausing on is not just the number, it is the completeness. Within 72 hours of the finished brief, the client had:

A layout for every room, including the closets, pantry and hallways, with 16 walkway and door-swing clearances checked so nothing fights for space.
A 65-item shopping list with live links, verified AED prices, and a backup for each, 130 URLs checked in total.
A 3D walkthrough of the finished apartment, which you can spin through in the turntable above.
A single, honest total, and a services allowance held back on purpose so delivery and assembly did not blow the budget.

No showroom weekends, no interior-designer day rate, no half-finished rooms. One brief in, one complete home out, three days later.

Get yours

If you are furnishing a new two-bedroom in Dubai and want the whole place to hang together, I can build you the same kind of pack. Send me your floor plan, answer a short style quiz, and I will design every room, source every piece at real prices, and deliver it as a Design Pack. A two-bedroom is a flat AED 750, and I take no markup on anything you buy. See the full price list.

Curious what a pack contains? Here is everything you get, the rest of the portfolio, and my honest breakdown of what it costs to furnish a 2-bedroom in Dubai.

Ready to start? Message me on WhatsApp at +971 55 742 5475 or get started here.