This Candy-Colored Edwardian Home in London Found the Perfect Balance Between Preservation and Playfulness

Colorful kitchen with curved blue cabinets, marble backsplash and countertop with timber kitchen island, pink bar stool, gray floor, with timber and stone dining table with pink dining chairs and fluted glass doors leading to the hallway.

Restoring a home with heritage always comes with its challenges. How do you balance preservation with a sense of playfulness? Make the space suitable for a young, energetic family of five, while still respecting and honoring its past?

This was precisely the task appointed to south-east London design firm, 2LG Studio. The six-bedroom detached Edwardian home had been previously left "unloved" before the young family — former clients of the studio — briefed designers Jordan Cluroe and Russell Whitehead on a modern home fit for family (as well as the occasional frivolity with friends), while still embracing its original Edwardian architecture.