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Colours to go with pale blue

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Cluckycluck · 09/08/2020 08:22

We've just exchanged on our new house and I'm looking to start buying bedding, accessories etc. The master bedroom is a pale blue (F&B Borrowed Light) with a mid blue and white curtains (we're keeping all the curtains).
What other colours would go with the colour scheme?

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wagtailred · 09/08/2020 11:18

I hope someone answers as i have a pale blue and white room and it doesnt feel finished. Pale blue and white is very pretty. Maybe a small touch of something darker to anchor it?

SendHelp30 · 09/08/2020 11:19

Could you have something with navy on the bedding? Navy and white perhaps?

thisstooshallpass · 09/08/2020 16:02

I have just moved into a house and the bedroom is pale blue too! I have dark furniture, white bedding and an old ercol chair covered in a very busy Emma J Shipley fabric (royal blues and orange)

I'm going for royal blue and orange accents with gold and some lighter wood.

Lou573 · 09/08/2020 16:07

I have some pale dusky pink cushions with f&b borrowed light walks and white woodwork which are very pretty.

ChinUpChestOut · 09/08/2020 16:08

I'd put a natural linen colour with it - a sort of beige colour. In fact, a combination of white and natural colour bedlinen would be fabulous.

I think otherwise you run the risk of it looking very busy with a bright accent colour - too many places to take the eye. Or if no other colour used so you just keep it blue and white, then maybe a bit on the cold side.

Cluckycluck · 09/08/2020 16:31

@Lou573 I did consider dusky pink but I think DH might find it a little too girly.

@ChinUpChestOut Linen sounds like a good shot too. At the moment it feels very cold and is definitely lacking an extra colour dimension. It is the only room that isn't decorated in a colour I like but need to be able to make it work for a while.

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Bluesheep8 · 10/08/2020 09:50

I agree with chinup have a look at skimming stone by f and b. I've got my lounge painted in a copy of this with pale blue accessories, it's kind if become the theme for the whole house now...kitchen is painted pale blue with units painted in Skimming Stone.

monkeyonthetable · 10/08/2020 09:55

I think a pale gold looks lovely with pale blue. Cushions and throws in corn and wheat colours. So does a rich cream. If you want to be a bit more dramatic, orange is the complimentary colour of blue.

BlingLoving · 10/08/2020 10:10

Grey or silver would work. Some yellows would possible work too - especially if you find fabrics that were blue and yellow combine.

Slightly controversially, our room is a blend of blues and whites, although floor is a dark wood. We've added braided rugs that have red as the dominant colour, but also have yellow, orange, blue, and a bit of green. And it looks surprisingly good. Having said that, walls and cupboards are white so suspect it's wouldn't work as well with blue walls.

LlamaofDrama · 10/08/2020 10:13

I have two pale blue rooms. In both there's a mixture of white and light wood going with it and I think it works really well.

I'm gradually de-pining a house that was full of pine from the 90s - floors, doors, skirting etc. And then I had pine furniture from the 90s and some of that is still fighting on. But some pine in an otherwise white and pale blue room works well while I finish the job. In the living room I've also got some dark blue which goes well with the light blue.

rbe78 · 10/08/2020 10:30

A sort of pale mushroomy brown? Appreciate that sounds horrid, can't think of a better way to describe it! But it would warm it up much more than white or navy blue.

Something like these:
F&B Light Gray
F&B Stony Ground
Dulux Muddy Puddle

Murmurur · 10/08/2020 14:57

A small amount of yellow would work, but I think the linen/natural beige is a good shout for something that will work for now but that you can decorate round in future. Bung up some white paint when you have a free weekend and then it's just the curtains left to do really.

Cluckycluck · 10/08/2020 16:31

I think I'm going to go for the natural linen, wheaty shades. I'm hoping by adding lots of different texture materials in those colours it might bring the room to life more.

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MarshaBradyo · 10/08/2020 16:34

We have
F&B Cabbage White which is very pale blue in two rooms

Other rooms
All white
Dimpse
Hague blue
Pink ground

Can’t remember others but stony colour and very light grey all F&B

ChardonnaysPetDragon · 10/08/2020 16:36

It will be very washed out.

Go bright. Cool reds, or even a bright orange read. Bright pink?

Brown furniture, unfashionable and cheap to pick up goes great with lake blues.

Just blue and white will never look finished, you need to rough it up with an accent colour.

Ouchiehelpneeded · 12/08/2020 22:16

We have borrowed light walls in our bedroom and I love it. We have white ceiling and woodwork, green/grey curtains and mostly oak furniture and I think it looks gorgeous. Really calm and restful.

Ouchiehelpneeded · 12/08/2020 22:19

We have a couple of darker bits too, which ground it and stop it looking washed out. A large black/white etching framed in cherry on the chimney breast and delicate black metal lamps on the bedside tables.

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