Ten rooms that demonstrate why blue and green is the colour combination of the moment
That old fashion chestnut ‘blue and green should never be seen’ is firmly, we feel, one to be ignored. It's a colour combination that comes up again and again in the rooms on our pages, and has had a particular burst of popularity of late. Specifically, we're seeing a wave of beautiful spaces painted in sky blues with rich green accents, which feels like a fresh, contemporary look that won't go out of style in a hurry. For rooms with plenty of light, you can turn down the saturation and go for pale, icy shades, while in darker spaces you can opt for a richer, moodier version for a cocooning feel. The interior designers we feature often team this colour combination with warmer hues – pink is especially helpful, but reds and oranges can work wonders too. Scroll down for our favourite examples from the pages of House & Garden.
Boz Gagovski1/10Russell Loughlan has made excellent use of bold Farrow & Ball colours throughout his house in Deal. In the main bedroom, the walls are painted in ‘Oval Room Blue’, with tonal woodwork in ‘Sloe Blue’, while the green door is ‘Raw Tomatillo’.
James McDonald2/10Blue and green doesn't have to be a question of paint colours alone. We like this subtle pairing in Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler decorator Chloe Willis' London house, where she has used ‘Blue Gum’ by Paint & Paper Library on the walls of her dining room. For the curtains, she has used SCJF's classic pattern ‘Squiggle’ in the olive colourway, while pops of red on the chairs bring warmth to the scheme.
Paul Massey3/10This glorious kitchen from a former Project of the Year winner of ours, a house in Sussex by Henri Fitzwilliam-Lay, makes great use of this colour combination by using a fresh apple green on the main cabinetry (Paint & Paper Library’s ‘Apple Smiles’) and a moody blue-black (Little Greene’s ‘Lamp Black’) on the island.
Simon Brown4/10Studio Vero have a brilliant way with colour, as this London house they designed amply demonstrates. In a guest bedroom, they used vibrant green ‘Poppy Sprig’ paper by GP&J Baker, paired with a blue bespoke paint colour – ‘25-18D’ – from Papers & Paints.
Mark Roper5/10We love this combination of fresh, icy blue on the walls and rich olive green on the Austrian blinds in this Georgian house in Islington designed by Christabel MacGreevy.
Astrid Templier6/10In this Herne Hill house, Pandora Taylor has used milky shades to create soft interest. The walls are painted in Farrow & Ball's ‘Parma Gray’ and the cabinets are in ‘Calke Green’.
Paul Massey7/10Nicola Harding frequently uses combinations of blue and green in her projects, usually in bold, striking hues. In this much-loved space in a Berkshire house she has paired 'Stone Blue’ paint by Farrow & Ball with Paint & Paper Library’s ‘Chelsea Green II’ on the cabinet, and added in an artwork with splashes of pink for contrast.
Lucas Allen8/10This brilliant living room in Joanne Burgess' house in Henley on Thames also demonstrates how effective a dash of pink can be in a green and blue room. The founder of Curious House has used Farrow & Ball's ‘Light Blue’ on the walls and ‘Bancha’ on the window frames, combined with sofas in pink upholstery.
Michael Sinclair9/10Another fun use of blue and green by Pandora Taylor in her own London house, where the bedroom has an azure ombre wallcovering by Calico and olive green accents in the bedcover and bedside table.
Alicia Taylor10/10A pretty country house bedroom in Cameron Kimber's house in New South Wales, where he has used a pale powder blue on the walls and combined with it with green textiles on the bed and curtains.
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