At home with Lucinda Chambers

The stylist's Shepherd's Bush terrace is an unruly kaleidoscope of joy. By Elizabeth Metcalfe

- By Elizabeth Metcalfe

I find the process of styling a room is very similar to decorating a body," says Lucinda Chambers, the legendary fashion stylist known for her playful approach to colour, print and texture.

"It's all about putting colours together that have some sort of conversation and provoke a reaction," she explains. "I think clothes and interiors should both be about creating the most joyous experience."

Joyous, certainly, is the word that springs to mind at Chambers's house in Shepherd's Bush, where a kaleidoscope of colour unfolds behind an otherwise ordinary Victorian facade. There are walls crammed full of ceramics and art, and cheerful yellow and red rooms so resplendent that they cannot help but raise spirits. "I see every surface as a colour opportunity, whether it's a skirting board, the inside of a cupboard or a ceiling," says Chambers. "I get restless and I'd honestly paint the back of the door if I hadn't got anything else to do." She, of course, has plenty to do she spent 25 years as the fashion director at British Vogue, until 2017, before co-founding fashion brand Colville and e-commerce platform Collagerie - but this says a lot about her hands-on approach to decorating. She is a woman of projects everything from painting to making a mosaic table out of ceramic casualties - and her house, which has evolved slowly but hugely over 30 years, is testament to that.