Beguiling Blue: Blue Paint Inspiration

Dining room color drenched in rich blue 'Mazarine' with a dining room table and chairs.

Beguiling Blue: Blue Paint Interiors

Calm and contemplative, deep and mysterious – blue provides a timeless backdrop that we feel comfortable with in the home. Delve into dark blue paint tones for sophisticated schemes with endless possibilities, or delight in more delicate blue hues to create an air of refreshing tranquillity. Traditionally the reserve of royalty and religious characters in Old Master paintings, blue paint colours add a sense of splendour to homes whether they are used throughout, or as an accent in a single room.

Kitchen painted in dark blue (Hicks' Blue) with a contrasting bright green (Green Verditer) stool underneath a window.

In the Navy: Navy Blue Room Inspiration

There can be nothing more resplendent than painting great swathes of dark blue paint across all four walls of a room. Beguiling and seemingly endless, the depth of colour draws you in and creates an illusion of limitless space. To further amplify sumptuous blues like Mazarine, Royal Navy or Hicks‘ Blue, use blue and white together. Add crisp white furniture pieces, white bedding, or even contemporary ceramics with splashes of black. Ideal for rooms designed for contemplation or conversation, dark blue paint colours give the room a sense of gravitas.

Bathroom featuring light blue wallpaper with thin stripes (Cavendish Stripe - Brush Blue) and a copper freestanding bathtub.

Blue and Natural Materials: Furniture & Accessories Alongside Blue Paint Schemes

Natural finishes and materials such as copper, raw wood, stone and slate are the perfect companion to blue walls. The contrast between the time-worn warmth of the natural materials and the freshness of mid-blue hues is visually intriguing and beautifully unites contemporary living with the features of your period home.

Paint the largest of your walls in Grey Stone for an airy blue bathroom scheme combined with the contrasting Light Peachblossom. Add family heirlooms and antique treasures for an accomplished look. For a further contemporary flourish, add in Scree baseboards.

Dining room painted half in blue grey (Arquerite) and half in light blue (Pale Wedgwood) with a table and crockery on top.

An Element of Calm: Light Blue Paint Ideas

Synonymous with coastal colours, blue exudes the beauty of our natural environment. This look is organic in feel, relaxed in atmosphere and sophisticated in approach. In rooms with low ceilings, gently contrast Pale Wedgwood in the alcove with the rest of the room painted in Arquerite. This combination of blue paints will create vertical blocks of colour, making the ceiling feel taller. Or paint a large expanse of wall in Blue Verditer with accents in Atomic Red for a fresh take on classic coastal colours. Complement the scheme with linens, natural wood and plenty of daylight.

Hallway featuring blue walls painted in muted indigo 'Woad' and grey-blue 'Grey Stone', and bright yellow door frames.

Painting Units: Innovative Blue Paint Ideas for Furniture

Blue is the colour of calm and order, so what better place to paint blue than in the busiest areas of the home. Refresh kitchen cupboards by painting them in the extremely hard-wearing Intelligent Satin finish in Air Force Blue and framing windows in the darker Royal Navy to seamlessly blend kitchens into open plan living spaces. For stand-alone kitchens, create a vibrant space with cupboards painted in Woad, tiles in joyful Sunlight and walls in Stock.

Kitchen with deep indigo (Woad) kitchen units and contrasting yellow tiles and upper wall.

Tonal Partners: Clashing with Blue Paint Colours

Layer tonal paint colours together in the same space to create a sublime colour clash. Use a vibrant shade of blue like Pale Lupin as your starting point and highlight woodwork or adjacent walls in colours that gently add a frisson of excitement to the colour scheme. A jubilant green that works extremely well with Pale Lupin is Green Verditer, which helps to enliven and add interest to an underused small space.

To emphasise interesting corners or alcoves in your room, use darker blues in shaded areas of the room and lighter hues where natural light bounces off the wall. To recreate the look here, use Woad and Grey Stone for the walls and Sunlight for the woodwork.

Bathroom with paneled off-white (Flint) walls and a contrasting deep blue ceiling with a bathtub and chair by the window.

Consider the Ceiling: Blue Painting Ideas Beyond the Walls

Think of your ceiling as the fifth wall of your room. If you strive for a cocooning space within a high-ceilinged room, consider painting the ceiling dark blue. It will give a feeling of intimacy to large rooms and draw the ceiling closer. In bathrooms and bedrooms, bold blues will provide blissful moments - and in more modest rooms with skylights, a blue ceiling will enhance the feeling of being outside. To make this statement work, be bold with your colour choice and try Deep Space Blue. Create contrast with the walls by using the fresh neutral Flint and contrasting colour accents of Marigold on the window frames.

Dining space with a tonal blue wallpaper (Hoja - Air Force Blue) and white (Shirting) cupboard with blue table and chairs.

Accentuate with Paint: Using Blue Paint with Wallpaper

Using blue on woodwork alongside wallpaper is a great way to create a harmonious, coordinated scheme. It creates a visual full stop to an interior and demonstrates design confidence. Select a blue colour that matches the darkest blue within the wallpaper design and paint the baseboards and picture rails in the same colour. This statement dining room scheme uses Hoja in Air Force Blue alongside woodwork and furniture in the same coordinating bold blue.