High colour, low clutter: how a couple brought ‘maximalist minimalism’ to their Margate home

Lindsey Henderson and George Pelham used crisp colours and clean lines to achieve the look they were after. Photograph: Anna Batchelor/The Guardian. Stylist: Emma Jane Palin

In interior design, colour and maximalism tend to go hand in hand. But for colour-loving content creator Lindsey Henderson and singer-songwriter George Pelham – whose technicolour space is a heady mix of pastels and primaries – the idea of a stuff-heavy, maximalist home is something that fills them with dread.

“My parents made me pack up my room when we moved once,” says Henderson. “I think it traumatised me – I’ve had a minimal aesthetic ever since.”