Andrew Grifths mixed shades of blue with hints of yellow and pink to conjure a feeling of space and contrast in his one-bedroom flat
Leaf-green tiles bask in the blaze of a cadmium yellow wall. Lagoon-blue shelves are offset by cool, oyster pale tones. Andrew Griffiths’ London flat may be compact, but thanks to his eye for contrast and colour, his home feels like a series of paintings designed to give an illusion of space.
It was the traditional layout of a narrow hall flanked by the sitting room, bathroom and bedroom, that appealed to Andrew and his partner Luke Mackay. ‘Most places we saw were open-plan,’ he says. ‘Counter-intuitively, that can make a flat feel claustrophobic, as from the kitchen you’re looking directly into the sitting room or bedroom. Here, Luke can be in the kitchen while I relax in the sitting room.’
This story is from the September 2018 edition of 25 Beautiful Homes.
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