Pinning Down a Just Right Sophisticated Blue

Bet you’ll enjoy these inspiring interiors with just the right sophisticated blue featuring Limoges Blue and aqua. As a bonus, find paint colors to try for yourself. Do tranquil, breezy, greyed, watery blue and green-blue tones calm your heart? Same!

Sophisticated Blue, Aqua & Gentle Blue Accents

If you are drawn to Limoges blue and aqua green-blues that whisper (ahhhhh, robin’s egg blue too!), this is for you. How can you incorporate more of these lovely colors into your interior schemes?

Decor Accents: Hushed Limoges Blue

Colors of sky and sea work beautifully across design genres. In French country homes, coastal cottages, classic traditional rooms, and almost everything in between soft seaside color uplifts.

Subtle, romantic, and feminine blues and greens are reminiscent of childhood, sea glass and even faded denim. (Doesn’t the backsplash tile in the ai kitchen above strike you as aded denim-y?).

These blues invoke memories of coastal landscapes, nature, and seaside summer vacations.

I love love love a touch of soft faded blue in neutral rooms. Imagine a pillow or throw in this bedroom:

Limoges Blue and Hushed Blue-Gray Paint Colors

A few ideas for walls if you’re still dreaming about the Limoges blue Suzanne Kasler seems to always return (bedroom at top of post).

So important to sample at least three colors that are quite similar.

And three may not even be enough. Sometimes you’ll zero in very close to the perfect tone you have in your mind’s eye and for your particular lighting. When you’re very close but still miss the mark, you can always adjust the saturation if it’s a bit too dark or light.

And certainly don’t forget about the range of light greys which may turn up the loveliest pale blue.

Soft Light Blues & Aquas

This Swedish antique in a Round Top, Texas farmhouse by Eleanor Cummings comes to mind when I consider the prettiest, weathered, faded blue-green.

Don’t you love the layers of paint and warmth peeking through this antique? If a muddy, very Swedish sort of blue is your favorite, maybe there’s a piece of furniture hiding somewhere in your house or on FB Marketplace that needs your love and a little blue.

Isn’t the above an interesting combination for a European country wardrobe painted duck egg blue with the surprise of a William Morris wallpaper inside?

Soft Blue Door Paint Color Ideas

Soft blue entrances can be lovely, but which blue paint for a front door paint color? Sometimes you have to look at the grey swatches!

Easiest way to see if a paint color will work? Order samples with Samplize and have them delivered straight to your door.

Soft Blue Kitchen Accents

Most of us tend to play it safe with neutrals when it comes to more permanent design elements such as a backsplash:

In Shauna Varvel’s Provence kitchen, the blue kitchen inspiration was inspired by a kitchen at her favorite hotel.

The color is Farrow & Ball Light Blue. With all the copper, it’s positively magic. Gold tones also create a lovely marriage with light blue-greens:

I strongly considered Light Blue for our kitchen reno at the Georgian but went with a more silvery blue effect. When the sun is shining bright, the color appears pale blue!

You can see the strong green undertones in F&B Light Blue (below) compared to Pavilion Gray.

The same color looks more blue in this image below where the Provence sunlight is heaveny:

Soft greens and blues are so lovely in sunny kitchens with liberal doses of white. How can I not think of Desiree’s kitchen in Utah?

Or her remarkable kitchen a few homes ago:

And I’ve always loved what Brit Jones did with this laundry space off a kitchen:

Of course, it’s not all about paint or wallpaper…pretty blue, aqua, and blue-grey linens are another way to accent with color:

7. Charming Green or Blue Collections

Tour This Cottage With Green

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-michele

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