After years of living in hotels, Lindsay Lohan moved into a 7,000-square-foot Dubai villa and gave her designer just two weeks to furnish it; instead of starting over, she reused pieces from her old apartment

Lindsay Lohan has settled into a villa in Dubai following extended hotel stays. She directed her designer to prepare the space rapidly and chose to adapt furnishings from her prior home instead of buying replacements. Such moves by international figures underscore Dubai's expanding luxury property sector and its support for related design services.