Unique blue room ideas

You can never have too much of a good thing, as this room painted almost entirely in Denim Drift demonstrates. The light blue walls create a sense of serenity, and taking the colour up on to the ceiling only enhances that feeling. Paint skirting boards and picture rails in a brilliant white for clean and crisp contrast. Don’t have picture rails? Paint one in yourself!

Add pared-back furniture and accessories in white and natural wooden tones for a sense of calmness, clarity and a feeling of being at one with nature.

Dark blue for grown-up Scandi sophistication

This Scandi-inspired living room gets the balance between light and dark just right. Paint one dark blue wall using a shade like Sapphire Splendour, ideally the wall that sees the least sun to create a cosy and inviting corner. Paint other walls in the room white, with a pale grey paint used on woodwork for a unique and eye-catching twist.

Style the room with minimalist furniture and soft furnishing in complementary neutral hues, and create a picture gallery on one of the white walls featuring photos and prints that work in harmony with the grown-up scheme.

Youthful stripes for a fun finish

Whether you’re decorating a teenager’s room or looking for a fun and playful decorating scheme for your home office, a stripey blue feature wall is a brilliant idea. Make an impact and paint thick stripes of First Dawn and Breton Blue, with an added bold zing of contrasting colour, like the orange stripe in this bedroom.

Add blue accessories in the form of soft furnishings and lamps, and break up the blue with another dash of your chosen accent colour in a rug, a vase or a cushion.

Blue and gold for a throne fit for royalty

Give your bathroom the royal treatment with dark blue walls. It’s a common misconception that dark colours should be reserved for larger spaces, but a deep blue like Sapphire Salute looks luxurious and sophisticated in even the smallest of cloakrooms, transforming it into a space that you and your guests will actively choose to use.

Paint the ceiling and floor white to for a touch of brightness that looks clean and coherent alongside your white sanitaryware, then add gold accents for the final flourish. Gold taps, a gold flush and a gold-framed mirror will stand out against the dark blue and create an ambience that is well and truly fit for royalty.

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