The pantheon of blue living-room concepts would definitely not be total without Lucy Williams’ dazzling west London home, which introduced a thousand copycat palette.
Christopher Horwood
Ask a random choice of individuals what their preferred colour is, and we'&#x 27;d wagered a bargain that blue will triumph. There are many tones of blue, from the gentlest pale shades to deep, abundant teal and navy. It'&#x 27; s a terrific shade to embellish with, providing something for each element and light level. Light-filled spaces will succeed with paler tones (and we especially like sky-blue at the minute), while darker spaces can come to life with warmer, more jewel-like tones. Don'&#x 27; t envision that blue is too cold a colour to utilize in your decor– sure, some shades can drift a little icy in particular lights, however they can likewise quickly be heated up by the other colours in the space. Much of the interior designers on our pages combine blue paint with pink, red and orange materials and devices, while the mix of blue and brown is an attempted and evaluated one we like. Scroll on for the very best blue living-room concepts in our archive.
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Blue living-room concepts from the Home & & Garden archive
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Christopher Horwood1/13 The very first flooring living-room walls of this 18th-century Huguenot home remain in the very same blue that they were when the owner purchased your house in 2019, since they work so well (how we want we understood the precise shade!). The Howard-style couch is the ideal foil for the walls: it was made bespoke by Larsen Oliver and is upholstered in an antique Anatolian fabric in black, red and white stripes. It'&#x 27; s a palette we &#x 27; re passing away to copy.
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Boz Gagovski2/13 Teal is among our preferred tones today, and we like how Brandon Schubert has actually utilized it with orange and pink upholstery in this 16th-century Wiltshire home. The walls are painted in “Tea with Florence” from Little Greene, which contrasts wonderfully with the ottoman, covered in ‘Demetra’ from Susan Deliss, and the ochre ‘Rooksmore’ velour from Lewis and Wood on the couch.
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Paul Massey3/13 Abundant teals can be a splendidly covering colour, and especially when they'&#x 27; re utilized on walls and the ceiling. In this colour-packed riverside home by Nicola Harding, the sitting space walls and ceiling have actually been dealt with in ‘Atria’ by Pure & & Original. The deep, abundant colour makes an ideal background for the knotted hemp carpet from Vanderhurd and contrasting Howe London couches in Prelle’s ‘Toile Barbare’ material.
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© Rachael Smith Photography Ltd4/13 Sky blue is another charming shade for a living-room, ideally one where you have a lot of light. In this Norfolk home developed by Anna Haines, walls in Paint & & Paper Library’s ‘Porcelain V’, are heated up by a range of more richly-coloured pieces, consisting of an ottoman in Robert Kime’s ‘Caspian’ cotton, a kilim from London Home Rugs and slipper chairs in Rose Uniacke cotton velour in cedar.
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Dean Hearne5/13 A comparable palette appears in Tom Cox of HÀM Interiors' &#x 27; Devon farmhouse, where he has actually utilized Farrow & & Ball &#x 27; s’ Oval Space Blue’ on the walls, which detects heaven of the delft tiles around the fireplace. Pink and terracotta tones once again make the ideal contrast, this time in the shape of an antique reconditioned couch covered in a stripe by Mulberry Home.
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Christopher Horwood6/13 The pantheon of blue living-room would definitely not be total without Lucy Williams' &#x 27; dazzling west London home, which introduced a thousand copycat palette. Painted in the archive Farrow & & Ball shade ‘Yonder’, the walls are marvellously striking, and we love using abundant tan tones to heat up the plan.
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Boz Gagovski7/13 If intense blue and tan produce a wonderful colour mix, then the darker variation in navy blue and orange, is simply as efficient. Lucy Mayers utilized the latter for the sitting space of her small London flat, painting the walls in ‘Oxford Blue' &#x 27; by Documents & Paints, and making the drapes up in a plain orange linen from Volga Linen.
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Astrid Templier8/13 While we'&#x 27; re substantial fans of contrasting blue with warmer colours, it can be rather trendy to go more tonal, and layer blues, or utilize green with blue. Designer Pandora Taylor has actually chosen cool, milky tones of blue and green in the living-room of this Herne Hill home, and when integrated with lovely information such as the flower drapes and ruffled couch, it feels entirely captivating. The paints are ‘Parma Gray’ and ‘Calke Green’, both Farrow & & Ball.
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Lucas Allen9/13 Interior designer Joanne Citizen of The Curious Home has actually been especially creative with colour in her Henley-on-Thames home. Here she has actually painted the windows in the sitting space, with their deep exposes, in a shiny green shade (Farrow & & Ball &#x 27; s’ Bancha’ )to set them apart from the walls. This makes functions of the window seats, which have clever cushions on the other hand upholstery.
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Paul Whitbread10/13 With its mild blue-on-blue palette, the drawing space of this Georgian flat in Marylebone, embellished by Anna Haines, seems like it strolls an ideal line in between modern-day and conventional. The colour is Atelier Ellis'&#x 27; s’ Double Smoked Green Blue’– and it offers, as Anna states, a stunning background to a choice of art work.
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Michael Sinclair11/13 The rainy grey-blue of the ceiling in this London home by Rachel Chudley offers another excellent example of how well this shade couple with orange, in the type of hand-dyed drapes by Lucy Bathurst. Rachel has actually included a bespoke couch upholstered in teal velour, and papered the walls in '&#x 27; Verdure’ wallpaper in tapestry green by Melissa White for Zoffany.
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Paul Massey12/13 Blue and pinky-red is another mix we wear'&#x 27; t tire of quickly. In this 17th-century home by Nicola Harding, the sitting space is painted in Paint & & Paper Library’s ‘Constantia Blue’, a fresh contrast with cabinets in Farrow & & Ball’s ‘Crimson Red’.
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Paul Massey13/13 A last creative colour mix from Nicola Harding, who has actually utilized a preferred pairing of blue and brown on the walls of this sophisticated 18th-century home in Bath. Farrow & & Ball’s ‘Stone Blue’ was utilized on the ceiling of this basement space and brought down to produce an incorrect cornice above the ‘Tanner’s Brown’ walls. The very same blue was utilized on the woodwork, offering a contrast with the red ‘Basset Couch’ from Howe and the green antique Swedish carpet.
