Bold, Timeless, and Surprisingly Easy-Going: The Case for Blue Floors

Here’s our (bold) take: Blue floors are the blue jeans of interiors.


Opting for blue floors might seem like a daring choice in theory, but we find that in practice they lend the same kind of timeless, hard-wearing, classic feel as a good pair of denim. Plus, they go with everything.


Have a look:
Above: At Camptown, a rustic retreat in the Catskills, the floors are done in eco-friendly blue Marmoleum. See more in Camptown: The New High-Style Cabin Retreat in the Catskills; photograph by Lawrence Braun, courtesy of Camptown.
Above: A forever favorite: at a Long Island place by French designer C.S. Valentin. See: A Colonial House in Bellport with Uncommon Style from French Designer C. S. Valentin. Styling by Alexa Hotz; photograph by Jonathan Hökklo for Remodelista.
Above: Even parquet can be painted. Photograph courtesy of Studio Strato from Roman Holiday: A Top-Floor City Apartment That Channels Mediterranean Summer.
Above: Blue floors x wood paneling at Camptown: The New High-Style Cabin Retreat in the Catskills. Photograph by Chris Mottalini.
Above: Pale fog-colored floors add to the all-blue palette in The Ultimate First Apartment in Paris: A Brother and Sister’s Shared Quarters Designed by Marianne Evennou. Photograph by Gregory Timsit, courtesy of Marianne Evennou.
Above: Blue is the main attraction at Kin Kao, A New Wave Thai Restaurant in Vancouver we featured back in 2015. (“We honed in on the exact blue by trying out a number of samples…We like this one because it resonates with the natural light in the space,” David Scott, of Scott & Scott Architects, told us then.)
Above: Robin’s egg in the bath, as seen in Casa Josephine: A Design Couple’s Country House and B&B in Rioja, Spain. Photograph by Ricard Labougle, courtesy of Casa Josephine Studio.
Above: And grey-blue floors at Manka’s Inverness Lodge: A 1900s Lodge Reborn in Northern California. Photograph by Andria Lo for Remodelista.
Above: “Painted bathroom floors are another typical old Cape cottage feature,” writes Justine in An Artist’s Cottage in Truro, MA, This one is done in Benjamin Moore’s Whipple Blue. Photograph by Justine Hand for Remodelista.
Above: The homeowners of this place in Taiwan refinished the wood floors themselves and painted them a bright teal. Photograph by Suiyu Studio from Shu Shu House: A Serene Mountain Retreat in Jiufen, Taiwan.


P.S. See also: 10 Things Nobody Tells You About Painting Floors and New England Practical: The Case for Painted Wood Floors in the Summer Cottage. | bit.ly/3XLoEJb


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