Ambrice Miller has remodelled a 17th-century former malt house into a comfy family home
mbrice Miller is sitting in her dining room on a bobbin chair that she designed. On the wall behind her is a hyper-realistic drawing by, an artist she represents. An equine bust and two Persian rugs also fill the space beneath an antique crystal chandelier from Provence, which hangs from one of the ceiling beams.
This space is actually one of the more understated rooms in her home. “Apparently a collector is just a hoarder, but I’ve also been told it’s not hoarding if what you’re holding on to is beautiful,” says the art dealer and asset manager. The malt house she’s standing in has aged rather gracefully.
Ambrice, from Birmingham, Alabama, moved to London for work in 2010, and although it was the city that drew her to the UK, she knew it wouldn’t be where she’d buy. “I was raised in a small town, and Ben grew up in Somerset, so we agreed that when we wanted to start a family it would not be in London.” The couple were open to different locations as long as they could easily commute into the capital.
After almost a dozen house viewings in early 2017, they saw the listing for a house in Suffolk. Chapel House had been on sale for a while and the price was lowered so it came up on their search list. “We really liked it before we viewed it, but had no idea about the area,” she says. The property is made up of four main bedrooms and two smaller ones located in what would have been the servants’ quarters at the rear. “We jokingly call it a very miniature version of Downton Abbey,” she says.
The room is modest in size, but there are awkward spaces so they had some bespoke cabinets made and then added
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