Thursday, August 11, 2011

BLUE ROOMS

Blue is a great color to use in room interiors.

It's a calming and restful color and with so many different shades of blue you can create completely different looks. Try a soft baby blue for a bathroom or bedroom, a deep indigo looks great in dining rooms and sitting rooms or accent with navy for a dramatic look in bedrooms, sitting rooms and more.
 

 Worried a blue room may be too much? Be sure to add equal amounts of light colors to keep the room from being too dark. I like using white with blue for a clean, crisp look. Yellow is blue's complementary color and always looks great; you can vary from pale yellow to a golden color depending on the blue. Other popular combination's are blue paired with brown (tan to chocolate) and grey (mostly silvery grey).

Not sure about blue? Start off with accessories like these:

These hand painted decorative balls are from Burke Decor. A set of six is $42.00.
This Lilly Pulitzer - Don't Be Koi Sateen bedding can be purchased through Garnet Hill.
This Trink Turk 20" square Ogee Pillow would make a great accent pillow. It ships for free from Amazon.com.
This blue terracotta frame is on sale for $18.36 at Pier 1 Imports.

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