Selected Work
Arabian Ranches Villa
A five-bedroom family villa that arrived freshly renovated: grey walls, grey floors, a dramatic marble island. Beautiful — and a little cold. I furnished and decorated it end to end — wallpaper, furniture, textiles, lighting, objects. Not a single wall moved.
Project led by Velvet & Wood · furnishing in collaboration with Omelia Design
INTO — Sound Healing Studio
A sound healing and meditation studio in the middle of Business Bay. The brief: a pause, not an escape — a quiet contrast to the city outside. I wanted the interior grounded and gentle, a place where sound leads and everything else follows: light, texture, colour, proportion.
Photography — Liana, @liana.dxb
What I do
Three ways to work with me — from a two-hour conversation to a home built from the first sketch.
Full Design Project
For renovations and new builds — when the space starts from zero.
- A concept for every room: mood, palette, spatial logic
- Drawings and plans your contractor can actually build from
- Finishes chosen by hand — stone, wood, paint, tile
- Furniture, lighting and decor: sourced, specified, budgeted
- Custom furniture and joinery, designed and made to order
- A visual board for each room before anything is ordered
If needed, I also stay on for site supervision, procurement and art sourcing.
Starting from250 AED / sq.m
Design Consultation
Two hours of straight answers. Bring a floor plan, a moodboard or a problem.
- A fresh eye on a space that isn't working
- A second opinion on a project already in progress
- Clear next steps you can act on the same week
Afterwards you receive a written summary with links and references — so nothing gets lost.
Furnishing & Decoration
For finished shells that don't feel like home yet — the Arabian Ranches villa was exactly this.
- Furniture, art, lighting and textiles, selected piece by piece
- One-off pieces designed when nothing off the shelf fits
- Layout planning with no construction and no dust
- Budget, orders and deliveries — handled
- Room-by-room boards with direct purchase links
You see every room before you buy a single piece.
Starting from150 AED / sq.m
Prices are starting points — the exact quote follows your brief.
About
From plates to rooms.
Before interiors, I ran my own online culinary school and worked as a plant-based chef — years of composing colour, texture and light on a plate. Motherhood became the turning point: I slowed down, retrained, and moved the same obsession into rooms.
I've lived in Dubai for over ten years. I work on homes and wellness spaces, always close to the detail — from first sketch to final styling — and in collaboration with artisans, makers and the people who will actually live in the space.
I work in English and Russian.
Alina Shipitsyna — Founder & Principal Designer
Contact
Tell me about your space.
And what you'd like it to become — I'll take it from there.