BACK TO THE FUTURE

Gillian and Richard Milner embraced the history of their 1970s house - giving it a retro look that's truly groovy

- JANE CRITTENDEN

HOME TRUTHS

THE PROPERTY 1970s detached house

LOCATION South London

ROOMS Sitting-dining room, kitchen, disco room, shower room, indoor swimming pool, five bedrooms, two bathrooms

PURCHASED 2004

PREVIOUS PROPERTY 'We lived in a two-bedroom flat in Battersea,' says Gillian.

SITTING ROOM

The oversized Pixar-style lamp came from a friend working at Babington House after the interiors were updated. The painting is by Richard.

Try Anglepoise Giant 1227 floor lamp, £3,195, Holloways of Ludlow. Untitled (Blue, Yellow, Green, Red) framed print by Mark Rothko is similar, £200, Heal's

DINING AREA

'Most of my lighting is from Harvest Moon Lamps because they use original bases and lampshades made from vintage fabrics,' says Gillian.

Bespoke table lamp, £130, Harvest Moon Lamps on Etsy

Gillian Milner had the urge to buy an unusual property when she and her husband, Richard, decided to move out of their Battersea flat back in 2004 and buy a family home before the arrival of their children, Jack and Lola, who are now 17 and 14. 'I didn't want to live with the narrow proportions of a typical Victorian terrace and instead went looking for an old warehouse or factory building or similar with big open spaces and lots of light,' explains Gillian, who runs Location Creation (locationcreation.co.uk) promoting properties for film and photography location shoots. 'Then, by chance, we spotted this house on a random property website. It's a one-of-a-kind house, built by a property developer in the 1970s.'