Heart of the Matter

The Home

If home is where the heart is, you can tell this home has truckloads of heart before you’ve even crossed the threshold. And if being greeted by a rosy front door sporting a large pink heart isn’t welcoming enough, plush interiors, a charming patio, and a tranquil location in leafy Clapham, make this three-bedroom pad a ravishing suburban retreat.

Whether you’re in the style market for contemporary chic or vintage elegance, this home delivers on both fronts. The kitchen is a modernist masterpiece — all clean lines and striking contrasts, and flooded with light thanks to glass walls and a well-placed skylight. The TV and living rooms offer something more classic , with parquet flooring and ornate cornices — plus a few glamorous details like that spectacular gilded mirror and those sumptuous Chesterfield sofas. The battle of the bedrooms depends on whether you prefer soft pink accents or golden highlights, whilst the children’s...