Bathroom design in blue color

Blue color and its shades are invariably associated with the water element. They promote relaxation, relieve stress and mental tension, normalize blood pressure. From what has been said, we can conclude that the design of the bathroom in blue color should be a common phenomenon, because there are all the prerequisites for this, but in fact it is not so common.

Why? In large quantities of saturated shades of indigo and ultramarine act depressingly, can cause anxiety, apathy and fatigue. In addition, they belong to the cold part of the spectrum and are subconsciously associated with low temperatures. Not everyone will want to bathe in a bathtub, the walls of which seem to smell cold.

Does this mean that the dream of a blue bathroom has to be abandoned? Of course not, but you will have to choose every detail very carefully to make the room cozy and filled with positive energy.

Examples of bathrooms in the «marine» colors are shown in the photo below:

Bathroom design in blue colors

A few important rules:

1. Saturated blue is necessarily diluted with warm shades. White is an alternative — it also helps to create a coloristic balance in the room.
2. Natural wood combines best with any kind of sea or sky blue. Its warm gamma makes the atmosphere of the room in cold tones cozy and psychologically comfortable. Products made of vine or rattan will look no less organically in a blue bathroom.
3. Deep dark shades: cobalt, ultramarine, sapphire, Prussian blue are recommended to be used either very dosed, or in bathrooms with good natural light. Otherwise, the room will turn out gloomy, almost black.
4. Small rooms are better kept in light blue tones, and blue is left for accessories.

Finishing materials. What to prefer

For the walls you can choose:

• tile
• mosaic
• water-resistant water-based emulsion compositions
• wallpaper

The first and second option is optimal. In addition to the original design, mosaic or tile coating better than others helps to hide small defects in the walls.

Luxury and elegance will add to the interior wallpaper with a light print on a blue background. Of course, they are suitable only for spacious, well-ventilated rooms (often combined with the bathroom), but forget about this type of finish is not worth it.

But paint, as well as plaster, in this case will require perfect preparation of the walls. Cold colors, especially saturated, emphasize the slightest irregularities, accentuating them our attention.

Floors are best to make wooden, or lay tile with a similar texture. A beautiful looking bathroom with a blue floor of patterned metlachskoy tile (it can be faced and walls). Another interesting solution — mosaic, which allows you to create coatings with a pattern.

Options for finishing the bathroom in blue colors further on the photo:

Sanitary equipment and bathroom furniture in the «marine» gamut

If the furnishings made of natural wood do not contradict the overall concept of the interior, you should opt for them. Polished or covered with several layers of lacquer furniture in colonial and classic style looks good against the background of walls decorated with matte paint or wallpaper.

And, on the contrary, rough, deliberately handmade products rustic direction will perfectly complement the glossy tiles in the interior of the blue bathroom.

In the Art Nouveau style natural wood is not always appropriate. For this direction, as well as for retro, more suitable white furniture with laconic forms.

With a large number of bright accessories, cabinets and drawers try to make inconspicuous, painted under the color of the walls and turned into a kind of «background».

As for the sanitary ware, then better than traditional white models in the «sea» bathroom can not be found. As an option, you can consider blue sinks made of transparent glass. They will make a beautiful duet with light wooden furniture.

Illumination

Many shades of blue change under artificial light, acquiring a warm reddish tone. And cornflower, blue, sky blue and other similar colors become grayish, as if faded.

To color the room distorted as little as possible, lighting should be as close to daylight as possible. It is better if it is uniform, bright enough, but diffused.

Design of a blue bathroom with a small area

Successful solutions:

1. Use saturated shades of the sea and sky fragmentarily, for example, for finishing the walls of the shower room, in furniture or textile accessories.

1. Choose a gentle, white and blue color scheme, which will make the room seem more spacious and lighter.

1. Actively use shiny surfaces that reflect light well.

Small-sized bathrooms in cold colors — the rare exception when you should not refuse from accessories, but on the contrary, try to fill the interior with them. Wicker baskets, wooden benches and shelves, shells and branches of coral, bright paintings, as well as other similar details will add warmth and coziness.

What should be a small blue bathroom, you can see in the following selection of photos:

Style solutions for a blue bathroom

Varying the saturation, shade and percentage of color in the room, you can create interiors in any style. However, there are some preferred directions.

Nautical style

Number one in popularity when it comes to bathroom design in blue color. The desired image is created, mainly due to thematic accessories: a mirror in the form of a porthole, «sea» decor, images of an anchor, lighthouse, inhabitants of the underwater kingdom and so on.

In the finishing can be used natural pebbles and boards imitating the ship’s planking.

An excellent solution for both adult and children’s bathrooms (see photo):

Classic

Too bright, piercing shades of blue should be avoided.

Suitable:

• pale cornflower
• dark azure
• royal blue
• Niagara
• blue

The presence in the interior of milky-white trim elements, bronze and gilded accessories is mandatory.

Oriental style

In authentic Arabian interiors, you can often find saturated ultramarine and sapphire shades. In combination with multicolored oriental ornaments they look very impressive, as eloquently evidenced by the photos below. So why not repeat something similar in your bathroom?

Modern

The most fantastic, almost «cosmic» images can be born here, thanks to the contrasting combination of textures and unusual lighting.

Combination of blue with other colors

The duo with various shades of white is a classic of the genre, a solution appropriate for all styles and any type of finish.

The more spacious the bathroom, the less white color should be in it and vice versa. The optimal percentage ratio of the main and complementary color is 1:3 respectively.

Purely blue bathroom will change beyond recognition, if you simultaneously use in it dark and light shades of the sea or sky. Nuanced gamma is very aristocratic.

 

A bathroom exclusively in blue colors also looks exquisite.

Tandem blue with green is associated with the sea and the mysterious underwater world. This combination will surely appeal to lovers of adventure and long-distance travel.

Dark blue with yellow is an incredibly positive combination that reminds you of summer and fun beach vacations.

Gray color softens the shades of blue, creating a calm, neutral atmosphere:

Black is highly undesirable to combine with other saturated colors. But if the interior of the bathroom is also white, you get a very interesting combination in the spirit of retro.

Bathroom design in blue color choose strong natures with pronounced leadership qualities, both demanding and diplomatic. They are able to competently set life tasks, find time for work and for active recreation (often extreme).

Such people always need something extraordinary, including at home. And such an element may well become a «sea» bathroom.