When it comes to wall colours, we've always leaned towards white, so when we came across a home recently online via
Skona Hem, mostly all in blue, we had to look into the idea further. It's refreshing to see a living room in a colour one usually reserves more for a bedroom. There's something calming about the colour blue, which has actually been shown to lower our blood pressure and heart rate. The lighter blue colour seems cool and expansive.
(Above and two directly below) Home of Norwegian interior designer Karina Holmen who has painted her 1800s apartment in Oslo with muted saturated colors, mostly in various degrees of blue-gray.
Even the kitchen is a blue hue.
Afraid to paint the walls but still like the idea of a calming blue. Below, from
Elle Decor UK features a blue sofa and area rug which makes the room feel blue and moody also. Kristofer Johnsson for
Elle Decoration UK.
A few other blue room examples:
How about you? Would you paint your living room blue?
4 comments:
Interesting. I have never thought blue to be a particular favorite color of mine, but each of these rooms appeal to me. They are soothing, quiet, decorated with perfection and simply lovely. I think perhaps I need to reconsider blue as part of my decorative palette! Thanks for opening my blue eyes! Oh, I just love the blue desk area with the honeybee window shade, I'd have that in my home in a minute!
I was just reading blogloving,. As I started to readyou blog, I saw you were doing everything in blue. I have always said blues are ok. Never paid no mind to them. Then one day while looking into my closet for a top to wear, at least 10 out of twenty were blue, made me smile. Also I'm getting ready to paint my kitchen sky blue. Everytime I go outside I look up at the sky & think up my new kitchen color. Thanks for the smile
Kathy
Judy - same thing happened to me when I saw these. And agree that honeybee window is adorable!
Kathy - So fun! Send pics!
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