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White/Blue Interior Design Help Requested

World Traveler — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 16:09:13 GMT

I'm reaching out to @lolakimono as I know she has probably posted photos of inside homes featuring the coastal look or perhaps even a farm house that has featured antique or off-white cabinets (with perhaps streaks of light brown in them), and using the accent color of coastal blue, with a dab of darker blue in a couch pillow or tile up the back of the stovetop.

I'm looking for ideas to use to re-do my kitchen, utility room, breakfast nook, dining room, living room, and family room. The house plan is pretty open into all those rooms (or will be once I knock out one of the walls), and I want to create a better color flow to match and tie in all areas. Right now, each area has it's own look, with the only common denominator being hunter green for the carpet in all but the kitchen/utility area.

I want to rip out the carpets and go with hardwood floors. Right now the cabinets are oak (from the 90's!), so they have a tinge of gold in them. I want to either re-stain them or just paint them the off white/antique color, to lighten up the area.

I vaguely recall you posting some photos of accents of blue, and I thought I kept the name of the thread, but I can't find where I wrote that down.

If your memory is in top-notch form and you can remember the thread name, could you please advise? I'm am thinking of doing this starting next summer, as I am just about finished with a second bathroom remodel. The thought of starting another remodel right now does not bode well with me. But I believe by the summer of 2022, I will be rip-roarin' to go!

Thanks for any help you may be able to give me on this. I just want to create a nice, light, airy feel when one comes in the front door and can see all these room without moving an inch!

Re: White/Blue Interior Design Help Requested

Katcat1 — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 16:23:20 GMT

@World Traveler Did you know that you can go to potterybarn.com and in go to any page and in the lower right hand corner you can ask a designer for help. I have used it several times and it is free.

Re: White/Blue Interior Design Help Requested

World Traveler — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 16:28:17 GMT

@Katcat1 Thank you. Yes, there are many places like that. But I want to see the photos that I remember seeing sometime back (perhaps months ago) that were posted by one of the forum's posters. It was exactly the feel I was looking for. Don't think I would change much from those pictures.

Hopefully, if the thread can be found, I can print out the photos this time and show my contractor and his design team.

Re: White/Blue Interior Design Help Requested

Katcat1 — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 16:29:58 GMT

@World Traveler I wish you luck in your search and hope you find the photos. Take care.

Re: White/Blue Interior Design Help Requested

ThinkingOutLoud — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 18:35:56 GMT

Found this in an old thread (relaxing room decor - jeanlake - 1/20/21)

Is this what you remember?

Re: White/Blue Interior Design Help Requested

ThinkingOutLoud — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 18:46:20 GMT

try 'by the ocean blue' by stevieb 1/26/21

By the Ocean Blue... - Blogs & Forums (qvc.com)

Re: White/Blue Interior Design Help Requested

World Traveler — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 18:46:28 GMT

@ThinkingOutLoud Oh, isn't that beautiful! I love it!

It is not the one I remembered, but has a similar vibe, and I think I will print it out, just in case no one knows about the photo I was thinking of.

Wonder what the backsplash over the stove is like? I would like to see a very definite blue design in tile.

But this one is a definitely possibility because it has just enough of the blue to keep it interesting and not overwhelming

Re: White/Blue Interior Design Help Requested

World Traveler — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 18:54:30 GMT

@ThinkingOutLoud OMG!!!! That's it! That's it! THANK YOU!!!!

Got the author of the thread wrong; just assumed it was someone else. YAAAAY!!! You are my hero!

Re: White/Blue Interior Design Help Requested

ThinkingOutLoud — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 18:50:08 GMT

@World Traveler wrote:
@ThinkingOutLoud OMG!!!! That's it! That's it! THANK YOU!!!!

Got my author of the thread wrong; just assumed it was someone else. YAAAAY!!! You are my hero!

Great! So glad I could help. Have fun planning.

Re: White/Blue Interior Design Help Requested

World Traveler — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 18:52:23 GMT

@ThinkingOutLoud Thanks again and also thanks to @stevieb for the original post!

Re: White/Blue Interior Design Help Requested

World Traveler — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 23:18:09 GMT

Found one more by @stevieb and a few from @liliblu - although the cabinets are mostly blue in these photos, I think sticking with a softer white for cabinets would be best. Really like the statement made with the tile behind the stove. Want to do something like that.

NOW I am excited! Thanks to all for your input.

Re: White/Blue Interior Design Help Requested

debfau — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 21:43:09 GMT

I found a couple of pictures with white cabinets and blue tile backsplash.

Re: White/Blue Interior Design Help Requested

lolakimono — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 22:17:48 GMT

@World Traveler

Here is a new one that I just found.

Re: White/Blue Interior Design Help Requested

World Traveler — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 23:19:51 GMT

@lolakimono Thanks! There is a whole lot of things going on in that photo. Can't figure out what the wall on the right is made up of. At first I thought it was bottles, but these are shorter.....cups? Or just wood figures?

Like the door. Different.

Re: White/Blue Interior Design Help Requested

World Traveler — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 23:21:10 GMT

@debfau Oh, those are nice too. Thanks! Seems to be a nice combination of the off white and blue.

Re: White/Blue Interior Design Help Requested

sometimesQVCaddict — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 23:32:18 GMT

I have white cabinets & a blue quartz countertop. Silvertone handles on cabinets. My backsplash is gray tile with a stripe of shimmery mother of pearl & shades of blue smaller tiles. Gutted kitchen & rebuilt from scratch in late 2019. So I'm partial to a blue & white kitchen!!😁 Whatever you pick will be fabulous I'm sure!

Re: White/Blue Interior Design Help Requested

World Traveler — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 23:49:10 GMT

@sometimesQVCaddict Do you feel comfortable sharing a photo of your kitchen? If not, that's okay. Just wanted to encourage to if you felt like it.

So glad you like it. I love quartz, which is the countertop I have used in my last two bathroom remodels, so I am sure I will do that in the kitchen. I'm partial to oil-rubbed bronze fixtures, but definitely feel if I am going with the white cabinets and blue accents, the silvertone handles would look much better.

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sometimesQVCaddict — Fri, 09 Jul 2021 00:03:08 GMT

Sorry I don't feel comfortable posting personal pics, but the countertop quartz I have is "Parys". I remember the unusual name!

I don't have off the top of my head the backsplash names. The backsplash goes from the counter to the underside of the cabinets & above the stove to the hood/microwave. I have gray stone texture subway type tiles and the mother of pearl blue shimmer tiles are super tiny rectangles that came in single strips. I have 4 strips together. My cabinets were custom built by a VERY well known cabinet maker in my area (the price for quality is WELL worth it to me & actually ended up not too much more than cheaper alternatives relatively speaking).

I chose silvertone fixtures because my appliances are stainless & I'm more partial to silver & not a fan of yellow gold. Oil rubbed bronze sounds like a good choice too! I have light to medium gray painted walls. And a gray variegated laminate floor. I'm still obsessed with it! Lol

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sometimesQVCaddict — Fri, 09 Jul 2021 00:06:17 GMT

I got 2 pieces of the slab of quartz left over.( I asked since technically I was paying for the whole slab I wanted any salvageable pieces)🤣🤣. I've thought about using one piece in a future bathroom remodel as either a top to a sink/cabinet base or in a shower?!

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sometimesQVCaddict — Fri, 09 Jul 2021 00:29:47 GMT

Oh & just a suggestion but get your electrical outlets & covers in a color that matches your backsplash!!! My tile installer recommended this & had my handyman install when tilework was done. It elevates the finished look a million percent & really makes it look like a million dollar kitchen on a not so million dollar budget! I got gray covers & outlets at Home Depot that color matched the gray larger tiles that are 80% of my backsplash, but sure you could find blue somewhere if you go in that direction. Never would have thought of this! I was just going to do white outlets to match cabinets originally.