The blue shade is universal, it is difficult to find flaws in it, and therefore you can find it in a wide variety of interior solutions, from modern to baroque.
The blue color in the interior creates a feeling of peace and relaxation; many people associate it with the sky and sea.
How to use this color correctly in the living room, what to combine it with and what nuances need to be taken into account – we’ll look at it in this article.
Blue color in the living room interior: advantages and disadvantages
A modern apartment can be decorated in different ways. Fortunately, the era of identical apartments has passed, when the same rules and laws reigned in each home, and therefore it was sometimes impossible to distinguish one interior from another.
This is an intermediate tone between white and blue; a compromise of these colors is suitable for any room with the right choice of shade.
When decorating your living room, first of all you need to decide on the leading, base shade. It will be the basis on which you can apply “strokes”: select furniture, decor, textiles. The blue color is excellent for this important role, and a blue living room can become a noble highlight of the entire home interior.
The advantages of this shade are obvious:
- It is “cold” and creates a feeling of freshness, cleanliness and airiness;
- The blue color scheme helps to visually expand the space and give it volume, and therefore is ideal for small rooms and small-sized homes;
- This is a noble color that looks expensive and stylish;
- Blue color calms the nerves and lifts the mood, does not “pressure” or strain the eyes;
- It is universal and can be used in any interior style;
- The color goes well with a variety of other shades: white and beige, black, metal, wood, bright contrasting shades.
Blue color belongs to the cold color range, it is the color of nature, promotes calm, creation of trust, and mental activity.
Blue has no downsides, but you should choose it consciously and wisely. Too light can appear too cold and dull, while too rich and bright will look garish and awkward. The main thing is to use it in doses and combine it correctly.
Finishes and materials
Thanks to its incredible lightness, blue visually increases the height of the ceiling and expands the space. However, this effect can only be achieved in rooms with good natural light. It is necessary to take into account all the features of sky blue shades. Despite the fact that this color scheme belongs to a cold palette, it can also have a warm tonality, which is suitable for rooms with windows facing north.
The walls in the room can be covered with blue wallpaper. Canvases in light colors should be used for small rooms, and coatings in darker and deeper colors should be used in spacious living rooms or to highlight only one accent plane. Painting wall surfaces with white and blue stripes will help to significantly refresh the design and add attractiveness to it. To ensure that such a design does not look too colorful and does not irritate the eyes, paint in faded sky tones is used.
In a blue living room interior, the best look would be a classic white or pale milky ceiling, which advantageously sets off the wall decoration and visually expands the room.
The ideal floor covering is laminate or natural wooden parquet. In the guest room you can also lay carpet in milky shades or lay out the floor with white ceramic tiles.
The photo shows blue wallpaper on the walls and a light-tiled floor in the living room design.
Zoning of space and color combinations of a palette of blue shades
If you have chosen a blue color scheme as the basis for your living room, first think about how to use it and how to zone the space.
For example, a room with blue wallpaper should not be a solid spot; the floor and ceiling should contrast. The floor can be the color of natural wood (parquet, laminate or linoleum), or it can be beige or brown - if it is carpet. The walls are in a soft blue color scheme; they may not necessarily be plain, but also blue and white striped, with floral motifs, and patterns. Depends on the style of your interior.
The interior of a room in blue tones, if used incorrectly, can become tasteless, cause fatigue and depression.
If you are making a living room exclusively in blue tones, then dilute them with shades of the spectrum. You can highlight one main wall with a brighter, more specific color - turquoise or sky blue. This will be the basis of the interior, there should be a painting or a sofa, the center of your living room.
Interior design in blue tones involves the use of different shades, not only absolutely blue, but also turquoise, cornflower blue, sky blue, and cyan.
Textiles and decor should have delicate intersections with the main shade: in curtains, figurines, pillows. Furniture should not be decorated in the same color, otherwise it will be “overloaded”. It is better to highlight bright accents in contrast: for example, it could be a white piano or a black sofa, or any bright spot.
Beige living room: sophisticated and elegant
Beige is a color that falls under the neutral color palette, meaning it is ideal as the main color for the walls in the living room. You can easily match almost any style of furniture, as well as bold color additions like turquoise pillows or a burgundy rug. Moreover, the risk of making a stylistic mistake with this color is truly minimal.
However, to prevent a beige living room from being boring, you should not limit yourself to just one shade of this color - adjacent different shades of beige will add depth and character to the interior, as well as highlight its specific areas.
- Beige is a safe, neutral color that gives you great interior design freedom and makes it a great choice for both classic and modern living rooms.
- We can confidently combine this shade with other, more distinctive colors or create an interior entirely based on this color - however, in this arrangement it is worth providing variety in the form of playing with interesting textures and different tones.
Beige is the perfect color for elegant living room decor.
The best companion colors for a blue interior
Let's look at which colors go best with blue. They can be safely used in the interior, but do not go too far: there should be no diversity.
- White is blue's best friend. The blue and white color scheme looks perfect in any interior style. It's a win-win.
- Blue will look very light and harmonious; with its help you will be able to emphasize the volume of space and zone it correctly.
- Black combined with blue can create a very stylish and fresh solution. Especially if it is a minimalist or modern style.
- Metallic, silver, chrome and even gold are interesting options to experiment with. Again, we are talking about modern styles and minimalism.
- The beige color scheme is friendly with blue and creates a very calm, soft ensemble. This can be used in Scandinavian, Provence, Country, Baroque, and classical style. Ivory, powder, sand - these shades look “delicious” with turquoise, mint, sky and cornflower blue.
- Gray can be combined with blue, but be careful: so that the stain is not too smeared and too cold. To do this, you should play with textures; they should be contrasting. A modern living room in gray and blue tones can be very beautiful!
- Orange and yellow are bright spots that will look warm, beautiful and fresh against a cornflower blue or sky background. Add a warm accent and this combination will be a delight for the eyes.
Such tones make the room cool, visually push the walls apart and are therefore suitable for low and small rooms.
These shades can be safely combined without risks. But no one forbids experimenting and looking for new harmonious combinations!
Distinctive features of beige color
From the photo of a beige living room, it’s easy to appreciate how noble and varied this shade is. It creates a truly cozy, comfortable environment. In the room, the walls of which are decorated in soft beige, you can put furniture of any color you like, cover the sofa with a bright cape, and throw a colorful blanket on the chair. And all this will look very laconic, especially in a classic type of interior. By the way, beige tones suit any style.
Popular stylistic color trends
It’s not enough to just choose blue accessories and wallpaper for your living room; you must first clearly define its style. This cool color suits many styles, but not all. And in some it looks especially harmonious and successful.
Blue color can be combined with many colors, subject to the rules of combination in the interior.
Classic and neoclassical
Classical, English, neoclassical style - they tend to be drawn towards the cornflower blue color scheme. The living room can be turned into a real little gallery with worn bluish paint on the walls (wood paneling or wallpaper), antique figurines or a huge floor vase made of white porcelain with a heavenly pattern, as well as textiles, tapestries and a small antique sofa.
This combination creates a weightless effect and promotes relaxation.
Classic style and neoclassicism are luxury and bliss, so the heavenly range was created just for these interior solutions.
Loft
The loft style loves black, brown, natural shades, as well as gray tones. But a little turquoise and porcelain blue splashes won’t hurt him. The main thing is in moderation, here the blue color can be used exclusively as accents and details, and the base should be gray, granite or black.
Blue color adds light and is suitable for rooms with large windows.
For example, use the color scheme in textiles, decor, details and furniture, and choose a cool shade with a metallic texture. It will be very stylish and modern!
And others
The range is perfect for modern style; it can be used in wallpaper, furniture, curtains and carpets. Blue is an ideal color for minimalism: here it can become predominant, and it can be diluted with white or black, or better yet, with a gray palette.
This combination does not require bright decorative elements, otherwise the airy effect will disappear.
Styles such as country, Provence, Scandinavian and Baroque are ideal “canvases” for heavenly colors. Here they can be used everywhere: in wallpaper and curtains, carpets and furniture, decor and accessories. But you shouldn’t go too far and definitely need to dilute it by adding pink, beige, brown and warm shades, for example, yellow and sand.
Gray-blue color in the interior is suitable for creating moderate coolness.
Design ideas in various styles
Blue color is primarily associated with a marine theme. In a room with this design, light or rich heavenly shades are combined with white, beige and gray. This style is characterized by a striped print, which can be present in wall decoration or furniture upholstery.
In the classic style, pale blue walls are covered with wallpaper with vertical patterns and floral prints or painted. The wall cladding is complemented with a dark floor covering. The hall is furnished with expensive solid wood furniture on elegant carved legs and sconces or floor lamps with pale blue lampshades are installed. For classics, blue-blue textiles in the form of curtains, high-pile carpet or sofa cushions are especially appropriate.
The photo shows the design of a blue living room, made in a classic style.
The heavenly palette will fit perfectly into the gentle and romantic Provence. To create a light and relaxed French atmosphere, the windows in the guest room in pale blue colors are decorated with cotton curtains, the sofa is covered with a blanket and several pillows with floral patterns are placed. The interior composition will be completed by walls decorated with watercolor sketches in a wooden frame.
The photo shows a white, gray and blue living room interior in Scandinavian style.
Artificial lighting in blue living room
In natural light, blue walls with decor and furniture in the living room will look amazing. But artificial lighting can ruin everything, and there will be an unpleasant surprise, and it will be too late to redo it.
The beige and blue interior is a classic color combination and is most often used for living room design.
So check in advance how the selected color scheme looks under artificial lighting. Choose warm light with a yellowish tint, as cold white fixtures will turn your room into an uncomfortable operating room.
This combination makes the space warm and light at the same time.
Use zoning and as many small light sources as possible: sconces, floor lamps, night lights, candlesticks, small garland lanterns. The more light points, the more comfortable, voluminous and beautiful it will be!
Options for flooring in the living room
Designers advise making it contrasting. It can be any shades of brown, chocolate, warm dark gray and even boiling white.
Carpet, linoleum, laminate or parquet can serve as an excellent covering. The floor should be combined with curtains and decor, which can become a winning addition to the interior.
Surface decoration
Of course, everything here depends directly on the style that you have chosen for your living room. But still, designers give some basic recommendations on how to decorate surfaces if you decide to use a blue color scheme in the interior.
The heavenly color can be used as the main color, complemented with light woody shades.
Floor decoration
It is best for it to be dark or light, but neutral. For example, the color of natural wood: it can be laminate, natural parquet, even linoleum. It can be beige, brown, almost white, sand.
Let the shade be warm, without yellowness and without redness.
If you decide to choose carpet, then let it be plain and dark, with a thick texture, without a pattern. A bright floor is a mistake; it is better to focus on the walls and leave the floor neutral. But if you have your eye on a beautiful rug in a classic style with a bright pattern and ornaments in blue, good!
Let it be the accent of the interior, but then make the walls neutral, without bright decor.
Ceiling decoration
Let the ceiling be white or milky, the main thing is that it is perfectly smooth. There should be no emphasis on the ceiling at all, so it should be immaculately smooth and monochromatic. You can use stretch ceilings, this is now popular and suitable for any interior style.
The snow-white stretch ceiling creates a presentable appearance of the room.
Wall decoration
The walls are the most important thing. It all depends on your imagination. Vintage-style wallpaper with stripes or flowers is suitable for a classic design or rustic style. Antique vintage walls with scuffs are the ideal solution for a loft.
This natural combination is widespread.
You can use paint or decorative plaster, “liquid wallpaper” or vinyl. You can use wooden panels, plastic or decorative brick. Feel free to combine materials, for example, paint one wall a single color, and make a decorative mosaic or textured plaster on the second. Experiment!
When combining similar colors, it is necessary to select furniture of one tone, and the color of the walls - another.
How to liven up a beige living room?
The choice of beige as the base color of the interior is often dictated by its neutral properties - there is nothing to hide, beige walls in the living room are a safe and, unfortunately, somewhat hackneyed choice. Especially when the trends in the interior design market are full of bright colors of urban jungle style. How to revive a beige living room for little money and without major renovations?
The key is to add a second main accent color after the beige, this could be burgundy, navy or purple, for example. However, you don't need to repaint any walls immediately for this purpose. All you need to do is update your sofa cover, buy a new rug, and sometimes it's as simple as changing your sofa cover or adding a cozy blanket.
Also, feel free to take advantage of the benefits that nature itself offers you in interior design. Green plants in pots, especially the recently trendy tropical varieties, will transform a beige living room into a tropical jungle. Additionally, you can also use floral motifs in the form of patterned prints on pillows or curtains.
However, if you are not planning major changes, but would like to refresh your beige living room with a few little things, you should pay attention to the subtle but fresh mint color. Even a few candles, a poster, a lamp or a pillow of this color can effectively diversify and invigorate a beige living room. The mint and beige duo, sometimes accompanied by white and powder pink, is a recipe for a modern Scandi-style interior with subtle feminine touches.
Choosing furniture for a blue interior
When choosing furniture, you should focus on what design is chosen for the living room as a whole. For example, for a classic style you need luxurious furniture with an antique look, and for a loft you need something rough and laconic.
Choosing a sofa design
A large blue sofa in the living room interior will look great! But it’s worth deciding on his style. If your style is modern, then choose a small blue leather or textile sofa and place it in the center of the living room, this will be the center of the interior. Place accents around it - a coffee table, a chest of drawers, poufs. By the way, the sofa can be corner!
The blue color against a blue background looks bright, closer to turquoise.
A classic interior requires a luxurious sofa. It can be a small sofa or a huge long sofa, but it must be straight. The style is vintage, with many curls, curves, with a beautiful figured back and armrests, with a golden frame. The material can be velvet or plush, or leather. It doesn’t have to be blue, you can use white or cream, but the pillows and blanket on top are in blue.
Choosing a cabinet design
You should not put a cabinet of the same color in the blue living room; there will be an obvious overload. It is better to choose a cabinet with a neutral texture, wooden or wood-like. If the overall color scheme of the living room is light, then it is better to choose a light wardrobe, for example, sand or beige. Ideally, it will repeat the shade of other furniture: poufs, dressing table or chairs, coffee table.
Pastel colors create a relaxing area and do not seem boring when the colors are balanced.
If the floor and furniture are dark, then choose a dark closet too. It can even be black, if appropriate in a given interior. The closet should not attract special attention to itself and should serve as a harmonious continuation of the interior, without standing out from it.
And another
The living room needs coffee tables and ottomans, chairs or benches, and cabinets. This additional furniture should be taken as a single ensemble to ensure complete harmony in the interior.
The duet of these colors does not reduce the effect of visual expansion of the room.
Let the sofa be the main accent; it should attract attention. But the rest of the furniture is additional and should not attract attention. So it is better that the shelves, bedside tables and tables are neutral shades - wood, metal, plastic. It’s better to focus on the decor, curtains, pillows and other interior elements.
Beige living room - what accessories are suitable here?
A beige living room is the perfect place to experiment with accessories and decorative items - while colors and textures inspired by the natural world will work great here; wood, greenery, clay and stone, as well as bright accents in rich shades such as burgundy, gold or black. However, in the case of a neutral and soft beige color, care should be taken to ensure that the living room does not turn into a bland and lifeless space.
Materials such as organic cotton, wool and linen used on furniture cushions and upholstery will bring warmth to the living room and diversify the neutral beige living room. What additions should you choose when you want to emphasize the modern character of the interior?
The presence of black, gray and glass will highlight the modern style of the living room without disturbing its minimalist character. Black accents can appear, for example, on rug borders, in the form of picture frames or geometric patterned pillows.
Accessories, decor, textiles in the interior of a blue living room
You need to be careful when choosing decor for your living room; there is a risk of getting carried away and loading the room with unnecessary junk. The decor must be chosen pointwise, every detail is necessary and justified.
In a room of any purpose, blue walls in the interior will emphasize its functionality, provided the correct combination of colors and combination with furniture is used.
For example, should you choose blue curtains or hang more neutral ones in the living room interior? Depends on what the overall style is. It is better not to place special emphasis on the curtains, but to shift it to the walls so that the curtains seem to continue the ensemble. But at the same time, they should not merge with the walls: let them be darker or lighter. For a classic interior, you can choose luxurious multi-layer curtains with ruffles and tassels, but for a modern living room it is better to take Roman blinds or neutral plain curtains.
Pillows, vases, figurines, books, blankets - everything can be in a single color scheme that you have chosen.
But don’t make everything sky-blue, otherwise it will dazzle your eyes. It’s better to add contrasts, or take white or cream decor. And remember that everything needs moderation.
The influence of beige color
This is the most calm color of the entire brown-gray range. It is in the hall that the family rests from a hard day of work. The beige interior of the living room does not distract from positive thoughts and relaxes the nervous system as much as possible.
Beige shades in the design of a room are chosen by creative, creative, constantly thinking individuals who love spaciousness of thought and freedom. You won't get tired of this interior. But on occasion, it can be supplemented with brighter shades or colorful elements.
Blue interior from the point of view of a psychologist and designer
This color is considered very favorable for a person, especially for the room in which you will relax. Offices and workplaces, on the other hand, are not decorated in this color scheme, because blue shades have a relaxing effect on the brain.
In the blue living room it will be pleasant to relax, read a book, chat with friends, drink tea with family.
Here the mood will always rise, all worries will go away. A very favorable color for a room where you will relax and spend time in pleasant idleness.
The blue living room will become your favorite place in the whole house. Decorate it wisely and carefully select every detail, and this is a room you will be proud of for many years to come!
Psychological characteristics
The blue tone is a symbol of pristine purity and serenity; it always carries peace. Psychologically, the color blue is associated with the sky, clean spring water and fresh air, which gives an uplifting mood.
Therefore, psychologists recommend that people exposed to constant stress decorate their apartment, or at least the living room or bedroom, in blue.
For dynamics in a blue living room, you can also use bright blue, pink or orange. They will become a counterweight to the main background.
Beautiful inclusions of violet, pistachio or turquoise flowers in a blue background. The blue spectrum is rich in variety: azure, aquamarine or heavenly.
When combining blue with terracotta, brown or whale blue shades, you get a classic interior. You can add yellow accents to create warmth.
Before implementing a blue living room design, you need to adhere to the following rules:
- find out which side the windows face;
- correctly combine colors.
If there is enough daylight in the room, then you can use cool and darker tones. If there is not enough light, you need to choose light, warm colors. Combine cold shades with warm ones.
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Designers recommend a color associated with coolness and freedom for the bedroom. It is good for relaxation and falling asleep quickly. It is advisable to use it in a room whose windows face south.
In the living room it can be combined with white or pastel shades. In this case, it is better to take pale blue tones. Bright blue is recommended to be combined with bright, rich colors. Turquoise, complemented with gold trim or a chocolate shade, will create a ceremonial, solemn, luxurious interior.
Designers do not recommend cold blue shades for decorating a child's room, because they have a calming effect on the child, suppressing his natural energy. However, for a hyperexcitable child who has problems falling asleep, such an interior can be useful. The main thing is to maintain color balance.
Apartment design in blue color
Blue color in the interior of the room
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Beige walls - which curtains to choose?
Although it may seem that almost any shade of curtains will suit a beige living room, there are a few details that are definitely worth paying attention to when purchasing. First of all, the color and pattern of the curtains should be chosen in such a way that at the same time they beautifully highlight the beige walls and harmonize with the rest of the living room, that is, with the furniture and accessories. Which curtains will stand out positively, but will not dominate a neutral interior?
In a classic living room, pastel or cream shades will work, but in a modern living room, you might be tempted by brighter colors and geometric prints such as stripes or flowers. However, remember to maintain stylistic consistency throughout the composition, i.e. make sure that the patterned curtains relate to the rest of the interior with the motif.
For example, if you choose curtains with a fashionable monstera pattern, it is worth repeating this motif also on the sofa cushion or when purchasing a live plant of this species. The material from which the curtains were made will also be significant - beige interiors look good in the company of natural, slightly translucent fabrics, such as muslin or fine linen.
We choose curtains for beige walls:
- In a classic style, brighter colors such as cream or white will contrast nicely with beige. However, if the walls are a very light shade of beige, you will get a more interesting effect by adding slightly darker shades, such as soft latte or brown.
- In the modern version, curtains of gray, graphite color, as well as curtains with darkened gray-brown tones, for example, in a shade of truffle, are suitable.
- With a hint of fantasy, you might be tempted by light curtains in mint, lilac or heather.
