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Picture Perfect: 20 Soft and Sophisticated Blue-Toned Interiors

Our coffee-break escape offers you five minutes' worth of images to inspire and delight. Jump right in...

Julia Fairley 15 October 2019

Chief Sub-Editor and Writer, Houzz Australia and New Zealand. I love design and architecture that is thoughtful, sophisticated and champions an element of the unexpected. Before graduating with a Bachelor of Arts at UNSW and becoming a journalist, I studied interior architecture. For over a decade I have interviewed inspiring creative minds from around the world to write about design in its many different forms. Recently, I have also become an accidental gardener, to everyone's surprise.

Around the world, soft blue is celebrated as one of the new neutrals on the block, injecting cool colour into homes without drastically rocking the boat. Meet this colour in its myriad shades, from grey-based hues and the palest of pure baby blues to tones with a toe in the teal family. Which of these 20 soft blues floats your boat?

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Royal Interior

1. Blue horizons. Coimbatore, India
Designer: Royal Interior

Wideline Windows & Doors

2. What’s cookin‘. Toowoon Bay, NSW
Designer: Kyal and Kara

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Menzie Designer Homes Pty Ltd

3. Tile time. Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Designer: Menzie Designer Homes

ATELIER ALWILL

4. Blowin‘ in the wind. Sydney, NSW
Designer: Alwill Interiors

Gabrielle Reinhardt Interiors

5. Blue beauty. Brisbane, Queensland
Designer: Berkeley Interiors

Otta Design

6. Focal point. London, UK
Designer: Otta Design

Jane Cameron Architects

7. Softly, softly. Melbourne, Victoria
Designer: Jane Cameron Architects

User

8. Into the blue. Dublin, Ireland
Designer: Maria Fenlon Interior Design

User

9. Bathtime calm. Sydney, NSW
Designer: Public/Private

Adam Scougall Design

10. Pooch’s place. Sydney, NSW
Designer: Adam Scougall Design

Краски МКА

11. Two-toned. Moscow, Russia

Краски МКА

…Here’s a peek at another blue-toned room in this home.

Diespeker Terrazzo & Marble

12. Nougat beauty. London, UK
Designer: Witlof Design

Naked Kitchens

13. Bold with brass. London, UK
Designer: Naked Kitchens

The Sweet Spot

14. Danish dreaming. Copenhagen, Denmark
Designer: The Sweet Spot

The Sweet Spot

…Here’s the light blue cabinetry opposite the bed in a shade that flirts with teal.

15. Powder blue. Sydney, NSW
Designer: Milestone Building

Studio Black Interiors

16. Tri-toned. Canberra, ACT
Designer: Studio Black Interiors

HSH Interiors

17. Blue swirls. San Francisco, USA
Designer: HSH Interiors

Amanda Ayres Interiors

18. Suave and serious. Melbourne, Victoria
Designer: Amanda Ayres Interiors

Nadja Endler | Photography

19. Staggered depths. Stockholm, Sweden

Poly Studio

20. Ice cool. Melbourne, Victoria
Designer: Poly Studio

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