Clapham

Sitting across the river from Knightsbridge and Chelsea, Clapham has many of the benefits of those smarter neighbourhoods but at a more affordable price and with a more down-to-earth feel. Before the arrival of the railway in the mid-19th century, this was where wealthy merchants builts their homes overlooking the common. These handsome properties are highly sought-after and have interiors designed to match their architecture: dignified, elegant and well-appointed.

Four miles from central London, Clapham is a prosperous suburb divided into three areas – Clapham North, Old Town and Clapham South, each with its own distinct character. The Old Town is where you will find the grandest houses, particularly one row of Queen Anne houses, where Dame Vivienne Westwood lives (she is often seen around the neighbourhood on her bike). Clapham North has a fine Georgian terrace that overlooks Clapham Common (Graham Greene lived here). There are many streets of Victorian housing in the Abbeville area, as well as Edwardian semi-detached and terrace houses and purpose-built Victorian maisonettes, mansion flats, Twenties houses and modern apartments. Meanwhile, nearby Balham is snapping at Clapham's heels in the popularity stakes.

A lively restaurant and bar scene attracts young professionals seeking house shares or first homes in the streets off the high street. Elsewhere, the larger houses are popular with families who make the most of the 220 acres of the Common with its opportunities for many outdoor activities from dog walking to tennis and feeding the ducks.  The plethora of young families living here as earned Clapham the moniker "nappy valley".  

Such a covetable address deserves an interior that matches it. Which is where we at interiordesigners.net come in. We are the UK's leading specialist interior designer agency, and can connect you to a local interior designer in Clapham.  Whether you have a flat, Georgian mansion or Victorian terrace, we can put you in touch with one of our designers who will be able to deliver the interior you want.

Every designer we work with – in Clapham or otherwise – is vetted by us. We know them each individually, and we only work with the best. This close relationship with our designers, built up over many years, is why clients choose us.