One of the most popular and interesting furnishing colors, blue, in its many shades, is increasingly the guiding hue of new design solutions. Dynamic, but not intrusive, intense, but still airy, it opens the way to many stylistic experiments and is well combined with both the most classic and traditional furnishing solutions, and with the most modern and contemporary ones. If declined in the current Stiffkey Blue (by Farrow & Ball) – a contemporary, dense and decisive shade of blue that takes its name from the Stiffkey beach in Norfolk where the mud, together with the clams, share a particular shade of intense blue – it lends itself to elegant and truly ultra chic furnishing combinations. Let’s find out how to bring this new shade of blue into your home and what colors to combine it with.Sober and refined when mixed with earth
colors A strong and not particularly clear shade of blue is Stiffkey Blueand perfect if you want to bring an impact color into your home that embellishes the rooms, giving them character and a new perspective. Since this is an important and decisive color, however, it runs the risk of being too demanding and dramatic if it is used as the only furnishing color for a space, so it is better to “soften it” by combining it with other furnishing colors. Among the shades that are best suited to be combined with this interesting shade of blue we certainly find the warm colors of the earth. Dark and velvety browns, saturated and mellow oranges and sandy and dusty yellows are the most current nuances, to be declined on furnishings, finishes and textile elements that combine well withStiffkey Blue. The balanced mix between these shades and the more intense gradation of the sky color will give life to new environments, inhabited by the importance of color, but also by a certain tradition. Protagonist if combined with neutral tones
On the other hand, if you are looking for a color that is the protagonist in an environment, Stiffkey Blue could be the winning choice. Combined with neutral tones, such as the soft blush color or the different shades of gray (not white because it would create a too sharp contrast), it will be perfect for dressing rich and important environments in which color will be the central element. The combination of this velvety shade of blue and neutral shades will give life to environments with charactereclectic in which blue can be used both to embellish a wall and to complete one or more furnishing elements (a sofa, an armchair, a piece of furniture…). Advice: if you opt for such an intense shade of blue for one or more surfaces, it is better to keep the other surfaces and a couple of the furniture elements clear, this will allow you to create balanced contrasts, important but relaxed and not oppressive. Unusual when combined with other shades of blue
Mix more shades of blue, as long as these are in shades, starting with a dark shade like Stiffkey Blue could becan give interesting and suggestive combinations. It is a new furnishing solution, to be developed for example in a dark corridor or in a small bathroom, useful for changing the skin of an environment with undeniable quality. To be created by playing with the different shades of color and declining them on walls, ceiling and surfaces, the combination of different shades of blue will allow a small and somewhat banal space to become a real magic box. An important and refined shade of blue, Stiffkey Blue, if developed as a wall color or on one or more furnishing accessories, like all shades of blue, will be a harbinger of well-being and restore relaxation and calm.. Suitable for embellishing and renovating the living area, with the necessary precautions since it is not a very clear shade, or to give a touch of innovation to service spaces such as the bathroom and the kitchen, it can surprise if used in the bedroom, because it will be perfect to bring to this space the calm and tranquility that only blues know how to have mixed with a certain magic given by the intense shades that Stiffkey Blue possesses . Also perfect with any kind of style, it will characterize the country style such as the industrial, the deco style and the minimalist and will give the rooms modernity, but also quality and freshness.
Claudia Schiera
