Accent On Colour

A monochrome palette combined with vibrant splashes and an element of tropicana is at the heart of Gregory and Nick Duke-Ambridge’s stylish home

- Caroline Foster

Having sold their newly renovated flat, Gregory Duke-Ambridge, a house-stager and interior designer, and his husband, Nick, who works for a soft drinks company, were encouraged to take on a much larger project in the form of a Victorian terraced house. ‘We were looking for a place with good proportions,’ explains Gregory, ‘and found this property in Brixton, an area of southwest London that we both like. Even though Nick and I felt that the existing original layout didn’t maximise the space very well, there was great scope to improve and enlarge, including building a loft conversion. It added an extra element of cost, of course, but from an investment point of view, it was a no-brainer.’

Remodelling the new layout included incorporating a double reception on the ground floor, a master suite upstairs, two new bedrooms in the loft conversion and a generous bathroom. On the lower-ground floor, a guest bedroom was set aside at the front, and a large open-plan space created to the rear of the house for a kitchen and dining room with folding doors leading out to the garden.