"Every flat surface is an opportunity": Lucinda Chambers' unique sense of style

When Lucinda Chambers says, "I see every flat surface as an opportunity for color", she's not lying. The three-storey West London Victorian home of the former fashion director of Britain's Vogue, now founder of the shopping platform online Collagerie and fashion and homeware brand Colville, is a feast of colors deliciously worn by love. Cheerful without being wacky, layered with patterns and textural contrasts, it's a delight - unless you're a minimalist.

I'm not, but even I am starting to feel anxious trying to record highlights. Scarcely have I noticed the ornate fountain in the front garden than I'm distracted by…well, everything: the arched floral front door curtain with a bow of pom poms; a Moroccan chandelier; the impressive gallery of photographs crawling like smoke down the stairs; a glimpse of a white-painted veranda festooned with hanging lanterns and a twinkling ball, the tangled green garden beyond. -in progress,” Chambers said happily. "I've never had the luxury of doing a house all at once. I think my head would explode if I did."

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