No doubt that SPRING may have you feeling energized for home improvement projects big and small, including kitchen remodeling. Are you loving the throng of inspiring blue kitchen designs in social media land? They continue to be enjoying their moment. Is a a blue kitchen renovation on the horizon? Could your neutral kitchen be enhanced with color? Will a new build demand endless decisions from you about kitchen design, kitchen cabinet styles, backsplashes, appliances, and countertops? This gallery of inspiring photos, colors, and suggestions brings a wealth of inspiration.
Blue Kitchen Designs: Inspo & Brilliant Ideas
Before we dive into blue kitchen designs and two-tone kitchens with blue, what if you’re interested in touches of blue as opposed to a sea of it? The kitchen above illustrates the power of a pantry cabinet with bold blue.
Accents for a Blue Kitchen
The kitchens above and below also feature blue and white porcelain accents–a wonderfully classic way to bring classic, traditional, pretty blue patterns into the mix.
Fabric and wallcoverings with blue are another way to accent with blue, and they add so much personality, life, whimsy, and softness.
If you admire the work of Mark Sikes, you may love these pieces he designed:
Here’s another glimpse of Mark Sikes design goodness where the ceiling feels like a tranquil summer sky!
Need an idea for a blue paint for the ceiling? See this haint blue ceiling post and consider…
If you love traditional style, then you know how easily blue and white live as best friends.
You don’t always have to do blue boldly!
A soft grey-blue gingham print on fabric covered shades almost steals the show in this stunning kitchen where blue plays a starring role.
This kitchen dining area from Southeastern Designer Showhouse 2017 (Lauren DeLoach designed this area) also makes a case for soft blue Buffalo checks!
Need wallpaper ideas?
I’m crazy about Cathy Kincaid’s Dallas home, and while her kitchen is classic and white, you’ll get a sense of how blue plays an important role in her decor.
Blue Kitchen Island as a Statement
Painting your kitchen island, pantry cabinets, or base cabinets blue can be a beautiful way to bring color, contrast, and interest to the design.
But which blue paint color? See this with a bunch of ideas to sample! Navy blue is popular for islands, but blue-greys are also a possibility and work well with white marble:
The wonderful thing about accenting with a color on the island is the ease for changing it down the line if ever you tire of it. So much less hassle to not have to paint all of the neutral peripheral cabinetry.
What you perceive as grey, others may see as blue. For example, in our Arizona kitchen we painted cabinets a blue-grey (Behr Classic Silver) that actually looked blue with the strong yellow sunlight:
Blue Kitchen Pantry
Islands are not the only kitchen fixture to consider if you want to make a statement with blue. Customizing a pantry cabinet or even interior doors is a possibility too.
In this kitchen, a blue pantry has extended depth inside for loads of storage.
For coffee lovers, the space could easily become a station for espresso and feel like you’re own private shop. This next blue kitchen pantry is inspiration for art lovers and an example of kitchens that feel like cozy living spaces rather than solely a utilitarian place to cook.
Blue Kitchen Flooring Inspiration
Encaustic, encaustic-look, porcelain, ceramic, and vinyl floor options can make a statement and feel energetic and lively.
I do love a hazy blue-grey color like this! Here’s a chambray-like color you could try:
I also admire how the blue base cabinets and white uppers in the kitchen below work with this gorgeous vintage inspired floor and wall to wall subway tile:
Kitchens with Blue Painted Cabinets
Changing the color of your existing colors can be transformative, and since paint is relatively inexpensive, if you do it yourself, the payoff is huge.
If you have a kitchen island or work table in your kitchen, it can be a great place to start if you’re toying with the idea of painting all of the cabinetry.
You can even live with the painted island to watch how the color changes throughout the day and how it makes you feel. If it’s not quite right, tweak the color until you arrive at the perfect blue for your cabinets.
The amount of light your kitchen receives and the other design elements (hardwood flooring, ceramic tile, backsplash, countertops) in the space should be considered of course when you’re choosing a shade of blue.
If you love bold color, go for it! The possibilities truly are endless. And if you haven’t already been making mental notes of it, make sure you expand photos in this post to see the different hardware possibilities and how they work with blue cabinets.
Warm gold tones are so beautiful with cool blue!
It can be surprising to see a paint swatch that doesn’t resemble the kitchen in the photo (see above), but lighting conditions and photography edits are influences.
To my eye, SW Distance seems more similar to the blue in the actual photo above.
Blue Backsplash Ideas
Kitchen backsplashes add so much function and beauty to the everyday.
But knowing where to begin when choosing one can be daunting. Make sure you have a design direction that is guiding all of your choices. The above backsplash works well with the modern farmhouse aesthetic and a casual, country, no fuss approach.
The handmade tile backsplash above feels coastal, country, and timeless as well.
A decorative tile range backsplash is also a possibility (and look at those blue knobs on the range!).
The color above reminds me of Farrow & Ball Parma Gray:
If you fall in love with a particular blue tile and you plan to customize your cabinets with paint, choosing a paint color becomes an easier chore! (What you probably want to avoid is getting stuck trying to find the proper blue for existing blue cabinets – that can be a challenge.)
Where you might expect plain ol’ white subway tiles, the above backsplash is a gorgeous powdery blue moment.
Prettiest French Blue Kitchens
This is one of my all-time favorite kitchens, and that blue range would make me happy every single day!
Here’s another timeless French kitchen that was completely renovated in a Provence chateau.
It really is proof that coppery tones are simply magic with light blue!
Bear in mind, you’ll want to sample a paint color for your project. Photography edits, time of day, and other factors influence how colors appear in photos and on your screen. The kitchen below also features cabinets painted F&B Light Blue:
In some photos, the light blue appears very gray, but this has not been my experience with this particular paint color. In my own space when I sampled it, the color appeared more green than blue.
As you can see, a French country kitchen can have many iterations! Modern French, country French, French farmhouse, and French Provincial are all possibilities, and it’s more than okay to come up with your own interpretation. However, kitchens are a lot of work, and you should work with a designer on your vision if you are making major changes.
Partnering with a professional is always going to save future headaches and expense in the long term!
Brass Hardware With Blue
In case you need proof that warm metals, gold tones, and brass work swimmingly with blue…
Right? And the checks on the floor!
How Does Blue Make us Feel?
According to color psychology, blue suggests peace. “It’s the color of the calm sea and the clear sky, both of which are linked to inner serenity, calm and clarity. Blue was also shown to slow heart rate and breathing, so it can be a good color to aid in meditation or relaxation.”
Blue inspires trust, it is non-threatening and shows persistence. Non-threatening? It is known as an unemotional color–even aloof or snobbish according to color experts.
There are various more personal associations we have with color as well. Associated with intelligence, blue can be associated with being rational and lacking passion.
However, blue reminds me of the ocean and summer skies. It not only feels straight out of nature, it stirs up romance too if you ask me! I hope this gallery helps you narrow down blue tones you love and inspires your next project.
Peace to you right where you are.
-michele
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