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Twenty-five Years · Kuwait

The Art of
Crafted Living

Bespoke interiors, heirloom fabrics, and curated furniture for those who measure life by the spaces they inhabit.

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02 — The Atelier
25 Years of Distinction

A quarter century of quiet excellence.

Founded in Kuwait in 2000, Yalda began as a small workshop of master upholsterers and drapery artisans. Twenty-five years later, we remain a workshop at heart — only larger, and entrusted with the homes, majlis spaces, and commercial projects of a discerning clientele across the Gulf and beyond.

Every fabric is sourced. Every seam is hand-finished. Every space is its own commission.

2,400+Completed Projects
1,560+Fabrics in Stock
40+Master Artisans
03 — Fabric Library

Heirloom collections

Sourced from Italian mills, Belgian weavers, and traditional ateliers across Europe — fabrics for the long lifespan of a well-loved room.

Velluto

01

A library of Italian woven plains — twelve tones of stone, walnut and warm taupe, in linen, mohair, and silk velvet.

Sahra

02

Hand-loomed weaves in the colours of the Gulf at first light — sunrise terracotta, ochre, and shore sand.

Notte

03

A study in dusk — navy bouclé, charcoal herringbone, brown silk, and charred leather.

Oro

04

Silk-thread jacquards in champagne, brass and pale gold.

Custom

05

Bring us a memory, a fragment, a colour. We will weave the rest.

04 — Ready Sofas

The collection

In-stock signatures, ready for delivery. Each available in any fabric from our library, finished to your specification within fourteen days.

Signature · No. 01

Aria Lowback

A clean low-profile sectional in raw Italian linen, with hand-rolled chocolate leather accent cushions and a sculpted walnut plinth base.

Length320 cm
Depth110 cm
Lead time14 days
Fabric
05 — The Workshop

Made by the same hands

An eight thousand square metre workshop on the outskirts of Kuwait City. Every Yalda piece is framed, padded, upholstered, and finished by the same team — from kiln-dried plywood to final hand-stitch.

The Yalda workshop floor — a large sectional frame in construction
The workshop floor 8,200 m² · 40 master artisans
A carpenter assembling a sofa frame
Stage 01

The Frame

Kiln-dried birch plywood, hand-cut, dovetailed, clamped, and assembled by a single carpenter per piece. We do not run an assembly line.

A chair frame at the burlap webbing and horsehair stage
Stage 02

The Foundation

Traditional jute webbing on the seat, layered horsehair padding, hand-rolled edge — the same method our master upholsterers have used for forty years.

Hands sculpting a curved chair back
Stage 03

The Shape

Curved backs and arms are sculpted under hand — no production presses, no shortcuts. Every piece is signed and dated by its maker on the underside.

We don't outsource a single seam. It is faster to make it twice in the workshop than to send it elsewhere — and the result is always better.

Master upholsterer · Yalda · Kuwait
06 — Drapery

The art of drapery

A curtain is the first thing the morning touches and the last thing the evening lets go. We treat it as such.

Bicolor Panel

Notte d'Oro

Damask Weave

Imperiale

Layered with Sheer

Cremisi Reale

07 — Interior Design

Full-service interiors

Concept to handover, under a single signature. We design, source, fabricate, and install — managing every stage of a project from first sketch to final styling.

A Yalda interior is a closed-loop commission. Every fabric is selected from our library, every piece of furniture is built in our workshop, every curtain is sewn by the same atelier. Nothing is outsourced.

The result is a coherence rarely seen in interiors today — rooms that feel composed rather than assembled.

  • Concept · Mood · Plan
  • Sourcing · Fabrication · Procurement
  • Installation · Styling · Handover

From a brief
to a finished room.

Featured commission · 2024

The Salwa Villa

Kuwait · 1,200 m²
11 months · 2024
Salwa Villa — the main majlis
The main majlis 98 m² · 24 seats

A complete family commission for a private villa in Salwa — eleven months from first sketch to final styling. The brief: a contemporary Gulf home that could host fifty for a formal dinner and still feel intimate for a family of six. Twenty-four bespoke seats, a hand-carved gold-calligraphy console at the room's centre, motorised silk drapery throughout, and Calacatta marble flooring laid in a single uninterrupted plane.

ProgrammeFull interior
Footprint1,200 m²
Duration11 months
Completion2024
08 — Services

A complete service

From concept to handover, with the same studio walking you through every stage.

01

Interior Design

Full-scope residential and commercial design, beginning with a consultation in your space and ending with a hand-bound design dossier.

02

Custom Upholstery

Sofas, chairs, ottomans and headboards — built from scratch in our Kuwait atelier to your measurements and your fabric.

03

Drapery & Curtains

Bespoke window treatments — pinch pleat, wave, sheer, motorised — measured, made and installed by our specialist team.

04

Majlis Commissions

A dedicated practice for traditional majlis and modern reception spaces, combining heritage seating with contemporary materials.

05

Commercial Fit-out

Hospitality, retail and corporate fit-out — managed end-to-end with strict timelines and a single point of contact.

06

Private Sourcing

For clients who already know what they're looking for — direct access to our European mills, artisans and antique dealers.

09 — Voices

From our clients

The opinions of a few people whose taste we trust.

Yalda turned a difficult brief — a 30-year-old family majlis — into the most photographed room in our home. They listen, and then they exceed.

Ali Al-Ali Private Residence · Kuwait

We have worked with three of the most-named houses in Milan. Yalda matches them on craft, and surpasses them on patience.

Marco Veneziani Architect · Milan

The drapery for our forty-two suites was completed in eleven weeks. Every panel hangs as if it has always been there.

Reem Al-Hashimi Marsa Hotel Group · Dubai
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10 — Begin

Begin a conversation.

Send us a brief — a room, a project, a colour you cannot stop thinking about. We respond personally within two working days.

Atelier

Al-Sayer Complex
Al-Dajeej, Kuwait

Telephone

+965 9222 6937
Sun–Thu · 9:00 – 21:00

Correspondence

info@yaldapalace.com
Personal reply within 48 hours

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