Design ideas for blue kitchens
Choosing a paint colour for any room of the house can be an agonising choice, but there's something about kitchens that makes it the hardest room in the house. When in doubt, blue is the warmest colour and it will never let you down for a winning kitchen scheme. Blues of all shades pair beautifully with wood, marble and terracotta – all materials often found in a kitchen – and so really, you can't go wrong.
Take a look at the blue kitchen design ideas below for inspiration and you'll soon gather that 'Hague Blue' by Farrow & Ball is an interior designer kitchen staple.
Blue kitchen ideas
Paul Massey1/17In the kitchen of an earl's 19th-century country house, ‘Real Shaker’ cabinets from DeVol, painted in ‘Clerkenwell Blue’, and a terrazzo-topped island in ‘Printer’s Black’ pick up on the colours in Christabel Blackburn’s painting Hay Barn. The ‘Hector Bibendum’ pendant lights are by Original BTC.
2/17The blue colour of the 'Osea' island in this Long Island kitchen, painted in summery 'Scullery Latch' by Plain English, references the marine surroundings of the house, while a deeper blue on the larder storage, and white cabinets elsewhere, come together to form a cheery seaside colour scheme. Along one wall of the kitchen is a series of wall cabinets, painted in Farrow & Ball's 'Stiffkey Blue', providing food storage in a double larder as well as integrated appliances.
© Rachael Smith Photography Ltd3/17In this Norfolk cottage by Anna Haines, together with the Crittall windows and larch ceiling, the polished concrete floor and walls painted in Farrow & Ball’s ‘Strong White’ create a stylish industrial look. Oak units in a custom dark blue stain are complemented by Carrara marble worktops, with three antique pendant lights from Nick Jones above. The oak-topped island is partnered by DeVol bar stools.
Christopher Horwood4/17At this thatched country cottage, dark blue units are offset with red accents in the fabrics used for the blind, curtains and seat cushions. The tiles are Douglas Watson Studio and add another blue element.
Simon Brown5/17The kitchen in this Beata Heuman-designed flat was inspired by a trip Beata made to Swan House in Atlanta. The colour is ‘Oval Room Blue’ from Farrow & Ball, and all the door knobs again are from Beata's own range. The lamps above the butcher's block were inspired by heat lamps in commercial kitchens.
Mark Fox6/17Katie Glaister's London house features a kitchen with units painted in Argile's ‘Bleu Cendre’, offset with antique brass handles and a bespoke terrazzo worktop.
Paul Massey7/17This Arts & Crafts house was given a new lease of life by Ben Pentreath. Ben designed the cabinets, which were made by Symm and painted in Farrow & Ball’s ‘Hague Blue’.
Paul Massey8/17With an extraordinary, enigmatic gothic exterior to live up to, the interior of this north London house required special treatment. The owners called in visionary design studio Maddux Creative, the winners of our 2022 Interior Designer of the Year award. In the kitchen, a rug taken from a larger piece of William Morris carpet picks up on the DeVol cabinets in a custom blue. Blue tiles create a splashback and heighten the colour in the space.
Dean Hearne9/17In her kitchen, de Gournay's Design Director, India Holmes, changed the colour of the brand's ‘Porto’ wallpaper to go with Farrow & Ball's ‘Stiffkey Blue’ on the cabinets and shelves, and also redesigned it to work perfectly in the space she had.
Christopher Horwood10/17Pale blue and brown are a highly covetable colour combination in Lucy Williams' London house. The bespoke kitchen was made by Browson Design and is painted in Paper and Paints ‘Sky Blue’ with Beata Heuman hardware. The large brass handles were found by Lucy at Ardingly Market, whilst the brown marble countertops were sourced from Lapicida. Over head, Fritz Fryer pendants hang and plaster lights by Alexandra Robinson line the back wall.
Michael Sinclair11/17The original checkerboard terracotta floor at textile designer Natasha James' Yorkshire house is absolutely beautiful, and said to have been inspired by Monet’s kitchen at Giverny. Plain English cabinets and preparation table in ‘Pale Powder’ and ‘Hague Blue’, both Farrow & Ball, set it off perfectly and show how two shades of the same colour can work wonders.
Owen Gale12/17In Ros Byam Shaw's Devon house, the kitchen cabinets are painted in Farrow & Ball's aptly named ‘Cook's Blue’ to match the paintwork of the windows. The walls are painted in a colour similar to that of Devon cream.
Michael Sinclair13/17The walls in Pandora Taylor's kitchen are painted in Farrow & Ball's Parma Gray, which reads as a light sky blue in the room. She has paired it with soft, pale wooden units and a dark worktop to create a contrast with the pastel colours.
Paul Massey14/17To create the inky blue colour on the units in Irene Gunter's kitchen, her decorator applied nine coats of Farrow & Ball's ‘Hague Blue’ paint to the cupboard doors by hand. The dark blue is offset by marble tiles, laid in a herringbone pattern to match the parquet floor. The tiled extractor hood is finished with wooden beading in the same colour as the cabinets and a brass trim. The latter ties in with the taps and handles.
Lucas Allen15/17John Beavan made the bright blue kitchen units in Edward Bulmer's Herefordshire house to the Bulmers' design. The tiles behind the AGA bring in other tones of blue.
Lucas Allen16/17In this kitchen area, traditional and contemporary pieces work together and a mix of chairs around the dining table create an informal look. Carrara-marble-topped units are painted in 'Hague Blue' by Farrow & Ball, while a mustard blind from Susan Deliss brings warmth to the space.
Alexander James for Studio Peake17/17For the colour of this galley kitchen, Studio Peake and the client wanted something ‘Tiffany blue.' It is paired with Antoinette Poisson wallpaper, decorated with an array of chopping boards.
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