In modern interiors you can see color combinations that are unusual for the decor. Bright shades are the hit of today's styles in homes that love original design. A blue sofa is one such item, the color of which looks great both in the living room and in the student’s room.
Bright shades are the hit of today's styles in homes that love original design.
Shades of blue in furniture require a special approach when choosing the overall style of the room. The design must be treated carefully so as not to disturb the harmony of the space.
A blue sofa is one such item whose color looks great in the living room.
Interior design ideas with a blue sofa: what styles is it appropriate for?
The color of the furniture dictates its range of decor. If it is too contrasting, then the interior will look tacky and tasteless. To make a brand new blue sofa in the living room look like an integral part of the decor, you need to choose an environment that harmoniously combines with it. The color of the remaining items does not necessarily have to match. On the contrary, too many monochromatic things will be redundant. Two or three things that match in tone are enough:
- sofa in blue;
- armchairs;
- table
Shades of blue in furniture require a special approach when choosing the overall style of the room.
The latter looks great if the surface is made of translucent or transparent blue tempered glass.
The design must be treated carefully so as not to disturb the harmony of the space.
If the chairs are included with the sofa, this is an ideal option for the interior.
The color of the furniture dictates its ambience
To dilute the combination of monochromatic items, you can use both similar colors from the paint palette and contrasting ones that match each other well. The interior of the room combines blue with red, white, yellow, and green. It is important to use non-flashy shades so that your eyes don’t get tired.
To make a brand new blue sofa in the living room look like an integral part of the decor, you need to choose an environment that harmoniously combines with it.
If a blue sofa is installed in the living room, then its color scheme can be diluted with contrasting accents.
A blue sofa can be placed in a room where a classic or modern style is presented. Such furniture looks ideal in interiors with art deco and even high-tech design. Often blue pieces of furniture can be seen in rooms decorated in Provence style.
To dilute the combination of monochromatic items, you can use both similar colors from the paint palette and contrasting ones that match each other well.
Useful design hacks for a small kitchen:
1. Careful handling of color. You should be careful with rich, active varieties of blue in small rooms: firstly, in a limited space, a bright option will be more striking; secondly, some halftones can visually make an already small kitchen smaller.
2. Dark undertones can expand the space. Many people know about the ability of light shades to visually expand a space, but deep dark shades work in the same way (look at the photo below).
3. The more active the shade, the better the lighting. Otherwise, the tone distortion will be too obvious - and can change the entire atmosphere of the interior.
What materials are best to use?
For a room where there is a blue sofa, you can choose either smooth or velvety upholstery material. It is better to choose one made of wood as a supporting structure. The dark lacquered surface of the armrests and the velvet lining of the seat and back look advantageous.
The interior of the room combines blue with red, white, yellow, and green.
It is not recommended to place a blue sofa in the interior near a window, since the rich color can quickly fade.
The embossed texture of the upholstery is also suitable, but the rest of the furnishings should also be made in a simple style, without a lot of fleecy materials. For example, it is better to choose a carpet with an uneven surface (such as a mat) or with a dense knit. Carpets decorated with a geometric pattern, where the same shade is present, look good with blue.
A blue sofa can be placed in a room where a classic or modern style is presented.
Not only color is important, but also its saturation. For example, indigo pairs best with dark wood or shades of yellow. The combination of warm and cold shades gives the interior an original heterogeneity.
Such furniture looks ideal in interiors with art deco and even high-tech design.
With a blue sofa you can also place multi-level objects - a wall with a module or a wardrobe and chest of drawers, an elegant bookcase.
Mirror surfaces go well with blue. If the cabinet is made with such panels, then this is the best option.
Often blue pieces of furniture can be seen in rooms decorated in Provence style.
Room functionality
The model of the chosen sofa should depend on the size of the room and the rhythm of life of the owners in order to ensure a comfortable pastime.
The most popular are straight sofas (book mechanism), with a durable and reliable wooden frame and fabric upholstery that is easy to clean. The functionality should solve both aesthetic needs and be combined with the interior of the room.
What kind of upholstered furniture should I put with a blue sofa?
To make the unusual color of your blue sofa look organic in the room, choose a pair of armchairs for it in the same color scheme or with the addition of contrasting details. A small table and a TV stand would also be appropriate in the living room. In addition, a blue sofa looks good against the background of a built-in wardrobe or a stylish wall.
For a room where there is a blue sofa, you can choose either smooth or velvety upholstery material.
In the setting of a modern room, walls or separate cabinets are better combined.
Combining a large amount of furniture is not recommended. The space of the room should be sufficiently free. The very shade of the sofa upholstery refreshes the decor, but an excess of other furniture can visually prevail - against this background the blue color will be “lost.”
It is better to choose one made of wood as a supporting structure.
What to choose from cabinet furniture?
In the setting of a modern room, walls or separate cabinets are better combined. A set of furniture in dark brown or gray tones looks great. With a blue sofa you can also place multi-level objects - a wall with a module or a wardrobe and chest of drawers, an elegant bookcase. It is better to choose a rectangular rather than a square TV stand.
The dark lacquered surface of the armrests and the velvet lining of the seat and back look advantageous.
Combining a large amount of furniture is not recommended.
Mechanisms of transformation
To choose a sofa, you must first decide what function it will perform: it can be a simple place where you can sit and have a pleasant evening with friends and family, or maybe it will also serve as a sleeping place. There are six main types of sofa transformation mechanisms:
1. Book. To disassemble a double sofa book, you need to lift the seating part up until a characteristic click is heard, and then smoothly lower it, while the back will also take a horizontal position.
2. Euro-book. In this case, the seat should be moved forward and the backrest should be smoothly lowered into the resulting space.
3. Accordion. Its mechanism is similar to an accordion; to transform, you need to lift the seat and pull it forward.
4. Roll-out. The seat rolls forward, the rest of the parts stretch behind it, so the sofa turns into two full-fledged sleeping places.
5. Dolphin. Under the seat there is a compartment in which a retractable structure is installed. Using special handles or straps, it is pulled out of the compartment and then raised to the seat level.
6. Click-clack. This mechanism with an interesting name allows you to fix different angles of inclination between the back and the seat.
Where to place it?
It is not recommended to place a blue sofa in the interior near a window, since the rich color can quickly fade.
Carpets decorated with a geometric pattern, where the same shade is present, look good with blue.
In the living room, the ideal place for a sofa is against a free wall. Make sure that there are no radiators closer than 1.5 m to it, since the wood will quickly dry out from high temperatures and the upholstery will lose its original shade.
Not only color is important, but also its saturation.
In addition, a blue sofa looks good against the background of a built-in wardrobe or a stylish wall.
What can be used as bright accents?
If a blue sofa is installed in the living room, then its color scheme can be diluted with contrasting accents. Add small pillows with bright embroidery or appliqué with a plant or other theme using 2-3 colors. It is better to make the main background of such products to match the sofa, or the same color should be present in the design. Red, yellow, green, brown shades will look good if they are natural. Avoid bright orange, fiery red, purple colors combined with blue.
The combination of warm and cold shades gives the interior an original heterogeneity.
For a children's room, you can add brightly colored cabinets (blue, green, lilac) with a pattern or curtains with small patterns. It is also worth considering the color and design of the wallpaper. The combination of a blue sofa and contrasting cartoon scenes, geometric shapes and the like will look appropriate here. It is not recommended to put a lot of bright accents so that the environment does not look too colorful - the child will get tired of such a range.
Mirror surfaces go well with blue.
To make the unusual color of your blue sofa look organic in the room, choose a pair of armchairs for it in the same color scheme or with the addition of contrasting details.
