Decorating With Blue
Refresh any room in your home.
Decorating with blue is just the way to add an invigorating touch to your home. Whether your style leans toward coastal, modern, or fully transitional, there's a place for a blue hue in every room. Browse a few of our favorite ways to decorate with blue below.
1. Create Calm With Blue Bedding
The best thing about blue room ideas is that the color blue invokes a calm feeling whenever you see it or spend time around it. This blue bedding creates the perfect neutral foundation for a serene bedroom. Layer bedding and shams in shades of blue to create a restful oasis. We recommend matching larger shams with your duvet cover and your everyday sleeping pillows with your sheet set. Prop the blue shams in the back and your day-to-day pillows up front, and you're set. Keep blue bedding fluid by adding a textured blue lumbar pillow or throw blanket as your final touch.
Pro Tip:
Want to try decorating with blue in a child's bedroom? Consider using blue paint: Shades of aqua or Caribbean blue will keep that same sense of calm but with a more zestful approach.
2. Keep It Crisp & Clean
Navy rooms create a clean and tidy space. We love decorating with navy in our bathrooms and laundry room. Start with a blue backsplash, then layer little pops of blue throughout the room: in your linens, drawer pulls, and cabinet fixtures. Worried about the navy blue looking too dark? Stick to glossy tiles to keep it fresh – the sunlight and vanity lights will cast a reflection to brighten up the room.
Instead of decorating with blue in small doses, kick it up a notch and turn an entire accent wall blue. We're obsessed with this tranquil shade of matte blue. It makes the framed art pop more than it would on a white or beige wall. If you're not ready to paint or wallpaper the wall blue, consider creating a blue-themed gallery wall. We love these inspiring nature scenes.
Pro Tip:
For more gallery wall inspo, check out Our Most Inspiring Gallery Wall Ideas Yet.
4. Choose Blue Furniture
Blue furniture ideas are one of our favorite secrets to taking any room from just okay to a curated and contemporary dream with a developed color scheme. Our favorite way to add a hint of blue? Choose a blue console table or credenza to upgrade an entryway or dining space. A soft, muted blue like the chest above makes the decor and lamp really pop. You can also elevate a living room by choosing a blue accent chair or chaise. Blue tufted furniture in a chambray or navy tone pairs seamlessly with beige, gray, white, and earthy pieces. For a bedroom, consider swapping out your bed or the headboard with a cozy blue upholstered option. It's a small upgrade that will instantly update your space.
A high-traffic room like your kitchen is the perfect place for decorating with blue. We love a blue kitchen bar cart, blue cabinets, and blue dishes. These deep blue hues will make white countertops, backsplash, or bar stools pop. If you have open kitchen shelving, consider swapping out your dinnerware set for a blue and white option. Blue-and-white dishes never go out of style, and they pair perfectly with heirloom pieces. You can also create an entire tablescape around the color blue. Pair a sky-blue table runner with napkins in a similar tone. Blue linens create a great backdrop for warm-colored brass or gold cutlery.
Decorating with blue doesn't mean the entire room needs to go blue; you can also intersperse pops of blue throughout the room to achieve a calming effect. In this dining room, the ceramic blue vase adds a unique touch to the warm wood table. Blue and orange are great contrasting colors, and the hint of orange in this table's wood is just right for the blue vase. Other warm colors like marigold yellow or pale peach look beautiful next to blue decor pieces. You can achieve the same feeling by pairing a blue ottoman with neutral-toned sofas, draping blue curtains over your windows, or hanging a blue pendant light above the kitchen island.
A blue area rug can create a great organic backdrop for your living room or entryway. A dark shade like royal, midnight, or navy blue can easily hide any dirt that's tracked in from outdoors. If your aesthetic leans coastal, try a navy and white rug. If an eclectic living room is just your thing, opt for a blue Moroccan or ikat pattern. A blue rug is the natural choice for making white, cream, or wood furniture pieces pop.
Blue lights can instantly upgrade a neutral room. We love the way this blue table lamp adds a pop to this office – and it accentuates the details in the botanical wallpaper. You can re-create this look by hanging blue pendant lights over a kitchen island, installing blue wall sconces around a bathroom vanity, or adding a blue floor lamp in a bedroom. Blue table and floor lamps will look best when paired with white or neutral shades.
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