Take A Tour Around Lebanese Designer Jeffrey Meawad’s Beautiful Beirut Commission

A transformation of both aesthetics and experience, Lebanese designer Jeffrey Meawad reconfigured this Beirut home centring it around rhythm rather than separation

In the heart of Beirut’s Ramlet el Bayda district lies a newly renovated open plan residence that exists not in spectacle but through proportions, atmosphere and material integrity. The four- bedroom space was reinvented by celebrated Beirut-based architect and designer, Jeffrey Meawad, over a year, at the request of a high profile but private Lebanese family, who purchased the home as a second residence.

The light-filled ambience and striking visuality is distinctive of Jeffrey’s innate eye for interiors to live in quiet contradiction: warmth and restraint, form and function, tradition and modernity. “The brief from the family was centred around creating a home that feels elegant yet entirely relaxed,” explains Jeffrey. “The design developed through an exploration of soft curves, a subtle mid-century sensibility and the introduction of fresh pastel tones. These elements allowed the space to feel inviting and visually fluid.”

The family and designer soon came to the realisation that the traditional layout of the house organised into a series of enclosed, separated rooms – living, dining and reception – “limited the sense of flow and spatial continuity.” So, they chose to completely rethink the structure: “walls were removed to transform the main living area into a generous open-plan space with a natural circulation, allowing light to travel more freely and create stronger visual connections across the interior,” Jeffrey explains. “The bedroom layouts were also redesigned to improve proportions and overall comfort to correspond to contemporary living.”

Distinctive white painted archways separate the main reception area from bar and dining room: the eye is immediately drawn to this inviting living space which Jeffrey concedes was his favourite room to design. “It is formed around the ribbed Travertino Rosso marble fireplace, which we treated as a sculptural form,” he says, the space capturing the essence of this whole project: warmth, softness and architectural presence. “We introduced iconic pieces such as Pierre Paulin’s Alpha Sofa; its organic form reinforces the fluid language of the interiors, whilst contributing a sense of understated elegance.”

Complementing that design masterpiece sits a couple of Paulin’s Groovy armchairs and two quintessentially Italian, Orsola sofas, introducing a subtle ’70s sensibility into the modern setting. Other whimsical touches include a Michele De Lucchi Flamingo table and a rare Gufram cactus sculpture in the corner, while the warm colourways – muted pinks, light oak, soft beige and cream – cover the plush CC Tapis carpet and furniture, adding cosiness to the gathering spot.

The interconnecting bar area between the rooms is designed as a ‘social space’ accessorised with playful contrasts of modern shapes and materials: the Travertino floors and light oak ceiling are framed by a row of swivel Indochine chairs and a custom-made Studio Manda resin bar, in cognac tones with flecks of gold, designed to transition from high counter to low coffee table.

The designer muses that “materiality was treated as a dialogue” in this graceful home, which could have easily lost cohesion without his instinct and creative eye. The Travertino Navona flooring, “sourced through Antolini,” defines the bar and dining areas, and flows seamlessly into the reception, where fragments of the same stone are delicately inlaid into the wood flooring in a matching chevron pattern. Even the elegant bathrooms follow this visual language, “which is about adding richness but never excess.” The powder room resembles a soft peach pink coloured box with curved walls and a Travertino Rosso basin, while the bathrooms feature the same Travertino Rosso marble, “each material selected for how it interacts with light and neighbouring textures,” explains Jeffrey.

As a Lebanese designer creating a home for a Lebanese family, craftsmanship and narrative were essential to the realisation of the project. “We approached heritage as a spirit,” says Jeffrey. Zuzani textiles, hanging wall murals, Bokja-designed embroidery and conversation starting abstract paintings by contemporary local artist, Ihab Ahmad, roots the space with an artisanal identity. “It was a collaborative process where the family’s vision and my design language naturally aligned, shaping an interior that feels both refined and personal,” he explains.

As a secondary home, the beauty of this space is that the design lives in the shadows where feeling and experience pervade over singular visual aesthetic. “We shaped an atmosphere that feels calming from the first moment. Nothing heavy, nothing demanding,” Jeffrey concludes. “A home you arrive at should exhale with you.”

Lead Image Credit: The four-bedroom home in Beirut’s Ramlet el Bayda neighbourhood is designed to be both refined and inviting

Photography By Marco Pinarelli

From Harper’s Bazaar Interior Spring 2026 Issue