Ladies and Gents the the news is out. It is official the color trends for 2015 are here (okay they have been for a while, I needed to form an opinion first) The upcoming color of the season is blue. Yup, blue! Now I am actually a huge fan of blue. Tommy Hilfiger did a living room in blue years ago and I still have that magazine cut out filed away in my favorite things. Blue can be a very graceful and relaxing color. Blue can also be elegant and timeless if used properly. Now if your watching the run ways or picked up a recent decor magazine or PB catalog you are aware this is the color of the season.
I tend to be a colorless designer! I rarely use color in my own personal designs. However, I do use blue. We currently have a blue/grey tuffed sofa in our great-room. In this picture looks grey but it does have a very dark blue undertone to it. We also have a cream and blue wool rug that accents the space perfectly. Using a color such a blue is a great way to define a space or ground your large open space in a very light room with the same color pallet throughout.
I consider blue one of the classics. In the early 2000's brown was the thing. Everything was painted some form of brown/beige. We have since moved into the grey movement. Blue happens to work well with these colors. In room set with the foundation of browns and beige is puts some richness into the room. It takes the room from the possibility of being bland into a room with some character. Blue adds a great amount of depth to brown. In my opinion in adds a great deal of depth in the medium tone woods like oaks. It works really well with woods that have gold and red undertones. Adding some blue to a beige room can add some pops of life and places to rest your eyes on something nice and pleasing to the eye.
When looking at the room to the left it could be very bland and monotone without places to rest your eyes. The depth of the wood in the center of the space grounds the space. The linen like fabric of the curtains that are similar to the wall color make the space feel open and airy. The colors work well with all the light in the room. Its not to bright or to dark. If you look closer the sofa is also the same color as the walls often times as a designer I will do this to make the space look visually empty and open. It is an optical illusion to enlarge the space. the accents in the space such as the wood furniture helps add the foundation to the space as well as definition. What was also done well is the pop of light color in the throws. Notice three were used in the trow. The deeper brown ties into the wood furnishings. The white in the pillows helps reflect and add the light to the space. Both the brown and the white add much needed dimension to the sofa. Then there is the muted blue pillows. They add a little bit of life into the space. Just enough interest that they blend and pop all at the same time. The add life in what would otherwise be a colorless and boring space. With out this new color being introduced into the room the room would fail and lack any kind of dimension whatsoever.
One of my favorite ways to use a nice muted, rich and grey blue is on a wall. I have done this personally in one of my own homes. I did so to define a large open space that had tons of light. We used the space to watch tv and lounge around and the deepness of the color worked well in muting the light, defining the space and adding character. It was a major conversation starter. The color helps almost anything on the wall pop. using the blacks, rich dark browns and the medium tones all work well together. The white really makes a statement on the wall and it will lend itself well to gold or silver accents within the home.
I tend to always lean toward the grey tones in the blues. I love blues that are rich and creamy. They will do well in just about any space and I happily have been and will continue to use blue as one of my signature colors.
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Benjamin Moore Color Trends 2015 color palate. You will notice that this deep blue is in there along with others.
Happy decorating.
Love -N
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