Blue kitchens are in this year. Whether a splash of blue or lots of blue if you’re designing or renovating your kitchen, consider some blue. Hopefully the series of photos below give you some ideas.
Photos of Blue Kitchens
A splash of bright blue dramatically jazzes up this kitchen. I love it and I’m not big on bright colors but this works great.
By Ganna Design
Transitional style blue kitchen
This is stunning and a great way to incorporate blue into a kitchen without it being overwhelming.
Blue kitchen island is enough blue to give provide an effective contrast
Deep blue kitchen walls with soft purple-blue cabinets that actually look good in large kitchen
Blue island accent kitchen
See the entire floor plan for this house here.
Rich blue kitchen with blue and white flooring to boot. Accented with gold fixtures.
Modern kitchen with one blue wall and blue ceiling
See more of this home here. Designed by: URBANUS
Blue island and backsplash in modern kitchen
Here’s a modern kitchen design with bright blue island base and glossy blue backsplash that extends the entire width of the kitchen. The blue is offset by white cabinets and light wood hardwood flooring. Source: Redfin.
See more of the above home here.
Blue and Brown Kitchen Design
Above is an example combining both wood tones and blue in a kitchen. Designed by LaRue Architects. See entire house here.
Blue galley kitchen
The following 2 images showcase a galley kitchen with a combination of baby blue and white cabinets by POLYStudio.
Dark blue kitchen cabinets with black countertops, brushed glass cabinets and stainless steel appliances
Beach style modern kitchen with royal blue and white cabinetry
Green blue walls in otherwise all-white spacious kitchen with amazing island
Soft blue walls in a white kitchen with spectacular coffered ceiling
Blue and natural wood kitchen design
Gray-blue walls provide slight splash of color in this white kitchen
Blue curtains create a blue accent in this large luxury kitchen
Eclectic blue kitchen with light wood cabinets and stainless steel appliances
Modern blue cabinets with silver countertops (3D design example)
Powder blue kitchen cabinets in old restored barn
A beautiful farmhouse kitchen in a fully restored and rebuilt barn. Old, weathered oak beams support the roof and ceiling. Brand new terracotta flooring compliments the pastel-toned powder blue cupboards and large kitchen island. This is a modern featured kitchen with all the appliances but constructed in a traditional style and being faithful to the 500 year old building.
Metallic blue rounded kitchen cabinets with blue recessed lights and tray ceiling
Bright blue walls and countertops give this kitchen an aquatic style
Turquoise blue backsplash looks decent with gray-blue cabinets in this kitchen that also features bright orange pendant lights
Mint-blue modern cabinets make up half the cabinetry in this blue and white kitchen with rustic wood flooring
Bright light blue saloon-style kitchen
All blue kitchen cabinets contrasting with white ceiling, walls and countertops
Deep rich blue cabinets with white farmhouse sink, white subway tile backsplash and white walls/ceiling
Blue is a great color to build into your kitchen design. Blue has a lot of versatility as a color and can act as a substitute for a white or a black if you pick a very light or very dark hue respectively.
Blue also is a great accentuator of texture of tiles, cabinets, or countertops, and can be adapted to a variety of different lighting conditions
Pair With White
You’ll probably end up pairing your blue kitchen items like cabinets and wallpapers with other features which are white. The contrast between blue and white can be gentle, creating a more infantile and playful look. Likewise, if you’d prefer a more serious kitchen, you can make your dark blues contrast sharply with bright whites.
This brings up the main division when developing blue kitchen ideas: do you go with a dark blue, or with a light blue?
Going with a navy blue is the less popular of the two options because it tends to make your kitchen seem a bit smaller, although if used sparingly you can still pull off a beautiful design. Sky blues or baby blues are generally the better choices.
With lighter colors of blue, you’ll be able to work in appliances of all sorts, which is essential because you may not have control over the color of your appliance. This is much harder when you build your kitchen around a navy blue, as sometimes it results in too much darkness.
Natural light also reflects off of lighter blues in a very pleasant way, as opposed to being absorbed directly by darker blues. If you have strong interior lighting, navy blue is still a viable option because the reflection will bring out some shine from the darker colors.
The decision is ultimately up to you, but don’t forget two final tidbits:
- Lighter blues are more easily discolored
- Darker blues hide dirt and damage
- It’s easier to repaint light blue objects than dark blue objects
The final caveat with making blue kitchen designs is to avoid incorporating too much black or orange. Black clashes too much with blue to stay pleasant and the blue/orange combination that’s so popular everywhere else tends to play out a bit awkwardly when it comes to the kitchen because of the ever-present wild card of appliance colors.
If these ideas don’t appeal to you, check out our larger gallery of custom kitchen design ideas.
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