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10 Gorgeous Blue Bedrooms

Whether soft and sleepy or bold and splashy, see why blue can be the perfect hue in your bedroom

Jennifer Ott
Jennifer Ott23 September 2021
San Francisco-based architectural color specialist and design writer. Jennifer's work has been featured in many print and online publications. Her recently-published book, "1000 Ideas for Color Schemes," is a beautifully illustrated and easy-to-navigate guide that takes the guesswork out of selecting the perfect color palette for your home or special event. For more information on Jennifer Ott Design, visit http://jenottdesign.com/.
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Soft blues with a touch of green or grey remind us of the sea and sky and tend to bring in a tranquil vibe. Bolder blues such as aqua, turquoise and cobalt have a fun, youthful vibrancy and work well in modern bedrooms. Deep, dark shades of navy are cool and elegant – and play well with almost any other colour and with all styles of decor.

Check out 10 transcendent blue bedrooms on Houzz along with some tips for how to use blue in your own bedroom.

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1. Go minimalist without the starkness by painting a wall or the ceiling in your bedroom a soft icy blue. I like using white and blue hues in rooms that have wood floors and furniture. The wood tones add warmth and a nice contrast to the palette. It’s clean, crisp and cool, yet inviting and comfortable.
Hotel Collection Bedding, Modern Current
2. I love this particular blue hue – a not-quite-navy blue that has a bit of grey to tone it down, despite how deep it is. It reminds me of half-faded blue jeans and works well as a neutral background. This is a colour that can take dashes of other bolder colours, similar to how you can pair any coloured T-shirt with your favourite jeans.

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3. This is a brilliant palette for a bedroom set in a city dwelling. The sky blue wall paint softens the impact of the hard lines and surfaces, and the bit of aqua on the chair brightens up the space. The room is colourful but still has a calming vibe.
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4. Can’t settle on just one favourite blue hue? Play with a range of blue shades for a colourful focal point in a room. Paint a piece of furniture or shelving, or go for deep tone on the bedding or wall mural.
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5. A cool bedroom deserves to be clad in a cool blue. Most wood tones tend to read as orange, and because blue and orange are opposites on the colour wheel, blue is a great choice to showcase interesting wood-clad details.
Irvin Serrano
6. When using a bright, bold paint colour in a bedroom, I tend to limit it to a single accent wall. The headboard wall usually makes a nice focal point in the space, so that’s a good choice for receiving the eye-catching colour.

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7. If you prefer all four bedroom walls be clad in the same blue, select a softer, more toned-down hue such as this grey-blue. You’ll get a soothing space that’s perfect for slumbering.
RD Architecture, LLC
8. This bolder turquoise is a fun colour for a teen’s room. And it’s super easy to swap this out for another colour once her or his taste changes.
9. Here’s a smart way to add colour yet keep it toned down in a bedroom – paint part of the wall with your chosen blue hue and keep the remainder white or light-coloured. This lets you inject a shade that might be too overwhelming if it covered all four walls.

Check out these surprising ways to use blue at home
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10. A soft aqua mixed with warm neutrals always invokes the beach for me and makes me feel instantly relaxed.

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