Store Review: Villa Maroc in Yehuda Halevi Street

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For all you people who love Moroccan design, hurry over – there’s a summer sale at Villa Maroc on Yehuda Halevi Street in Tel Aviv! (Warning: not for those who fear bright colors).


To me the colors are breathtaking. The plush sofas and cushions, just make me want to lay down on them and eat couscous from one of the beautiful colorful hand painted clay dishes.

Villa Maroc is owned by Deganit Cohen, who buys all the store’s goodies from Morocco. She also does these fantastic Moroccan style etchings which are framed and for sale in the store. (Deganit is the daughter of Israeli artist Dan Fartush).

These mirror frames are really stunning, as are the cushions:

In Villa Maroc you need to look carefully at everything since there is so much to see, you may miss out on the beautiful floor tiles if you’re too busy looking at those amazing baskets, or the white carved table:

Have a look at these hand painted tiles:

Let’s take a rest on this sofa. Because of the shape of it, it’s not a sofa you can just sit on, you need to really lounge on this one. I love the sausage cushions, too:

Another sofa, but this one is a mattress type sofa on the ground and true to the Moroccan colors of red, orange and gold. Warm, plush and inviting:

There is a lot of hand painted wooden furniture in this store, which I find very beautiful indeed! I love the look of it, it has this human touch. When you look closely, you can see it.  Below some colorful ashtrays on more painted furniture.

Next to the store is the showroom. When you visit the store, don’t miss out on the showroom. This is the entrance. Yes! the door is spectacular:

The window below is sensational with the wrought iron bars in a Moorish style, I think, as is the dusty pink wall, with maroon curtain. No lack of color around here!

Inside the showroom:

A feast of color and light

And some man size vases:

Here’s the textile room where you will find all the textiles you can choose to make your sofa or cushions from.  The textiles are imported from Morocco, Demascus and Syria.  I love the turquise-green lattice screen at the back of the room.

The textiles:


I would love a huge window like this in my apartment with those gorgeously designed wrought iron window bars.

The simplicity of these gorgeous lampshades surprised me (again, don’t miss out on the floor):

Outside in the yard there are mosaic table tops which you can choose from. I particularly liked this green and pink table top (the floor here is also fantastic).


If you’ve read up till here, you get a bonus. Here is the drawing that appears on the inside of the business card, which I find particularly special (I didn’t ask, but I have a feeling Deganit did it):
If you can’t get to Tel Aviv, there’s a website you can take a look at http://www.villamaroc.co.il/