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Blue Guest Room Ideas To Serve Up Comfort and Calm

October 31, 2024

Blue is a versatile color that can truly do it all. From soothing sky blue to nautical cobalt to demure navy, you can rely on blue in specific shades, tones, and color combinations to curate just the right atmosphere. If you’re looking to put your best foot forward with guests, it’s time to bring this beloved color scheme into your guest bedroom. Here are some easy ways to style your blue guest room.

Benefits of a Blue Guest Room

First, why should you choose blue for your guest bedroom’s color scheme? Here are four key reasons that blue has always been such a popular pick for bedrooms — for both guests and hosts.

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Blue complements a wide array of colors, which makes it easy to fit into existing color schemes in your home. It can act as a neutral or contrast, depending on the hue and saturation.

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Blue works with most interior design styles, from traditional to cottage to modern style, meaning you won’t have to switch up your entire aesthetic to accommodate the color.

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Blue is a calming color commonly found in nature — from the sky to the sea — giving it a soothing, serene, yet refreshing property that works well for a restorative, stress-free space like a bedroom.

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Blue is a multifaceted color, making it an ideal vessel to showcase your unique personality and taste. From classic and elegant to modern and playful, blue can do it all.

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Blue and White Guest Room Ideas

Easily the most classic color combination, blue and white is the perfect pairing to create a calm and relaxing atmosphere in your bedroom. The white often acts as a canvas for blue tones, helping them really pop without visually competing. And because both hues can act as neutrals, either can be used on your wall as paint or wallpaper without overwhelming the room. Blue and white bedrooms act as the foundation of many coastal looks, whether you’re going for a chic modern coastal look or a cozy coastal grandma vibe.

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To get started, try some of these blue and white bedroom styling tips:

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Blues of every shade

To add depth and personality to your blue bedroom, combine and contrast different hues. After all, sea blue can mean so many things, from dark stormy waves to a tranquil cobalt cove. Adding these different shades to your throw pillows and bedding can create a coastal bedscape that never feels one-note.

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Breathable woven textures

Coastal looks are all about creating a relaxing and laid-back atmosphere. And nothing feels or looks breezier than breathable organic fabrics like linen, which you can incorporate as drapes, furniture and headboard upholstery, and bedding. There are also other woven textures you can incorporate in accent chairs and benches like wicker, rattan, and cane to channel beach vacation vibes.

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Small doses of patterns

You can’t think of coastal looks without thinking of more preppy touches like crisp stripes. Whether you go for bigger cabana stripes or subtle pinstripes, it’s a great dose of visual interest that complements a blue and white color scheme. You can add it into upholstery like benches, accent chairs, or headboards, as well as drapes, bedding, and even the wallpaper.

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Blue and Gold Guest Room Ideas

Often bedrooms are done up in paler colors like light neutrals and pastels to make the space look airier and larger. But for a more dramatic statement, you can go dark with pops of glitzy gold. This can create a dynamic yet cozy look that goes well with a modern glam look or a vintage traditional style.

Here are some easy ways to style a blue and gold guest bedroom:

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Dark navy base with gold accents

Choose a dark neutral base like navy or indigo that can really let the shiny gold decor pop. We recommend using blue for the wall paint or wallpaper, as well the bedding. Leave gold to smaller accessories like gilded gold picture frames and mirrors, glamorous gold tableside lamps and chandeliers, gold nightstands, or gold throw pillows. These small touches of gold will add warmth and elegance to a room, without it feeling over-the-top and gaudy.

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Grand and ornate details

Lean into the bold color scheme with dramatic details that’ll have you feeling major main character energy. Think of grand furniture and decor like dark oak or burl wood furniture, a four poster bed, a tall headboard, overhead lighting, tall candle holders, and other smaller touches like intricate wood carvings that really add a quiet opulence to the room.

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Soft and sumptuous decor

Dial up the romance with luxurious-feeling textiles. We recommend silk drapes, velvet benches and headboards, Persian rugs or faux sheepskin rugs, and oversized Euro pillow shams that look as good as they feel.

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Blue and Gray Guest Room Ideas

If you’re looking for more of a city cool vibe than a nature-inspired sanctuary, a blue and gray color scheme might be the one for your guest bedroom. It’s a great way to help guests start to wind down at the end of the day with a muted and minimalist vibe that reminds us of a rainy day — tranquil, quiet, and oh-so-cozy under the covers.

Here’s how you can tone it down with these blue and gray bedroom concepts:

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Contrasting hues

When it comes to choosing a blue that works well with gray, it’s all about finding a combination that creates enough contrast, so the guest bedroom doesn’t fall flat or look boring. For a timeless and classic style, pair soft dove gray and rich navy so the gray can provide lightness while the navy anchors the space.

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Cozy organic textures

Because blue and gray are both cool tones, it’s imperative that your blue and gray bedroom incorporate enough warm and cozy elements. Otherwise, things can start to look a bit sterile and cold in your space. The easiest way to add warmth to a room is to add furniture made of wood or leather. These materials are full of character and personality and offer up a touch of natural inspiration that feels welcoming. To dial up coziness, make sure you layer up the bed with tons of soft bedding, including tons of throw pillows, throw blankets, and maybe even an upholstered headboard.

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Ambient lighting

There’s nothing like layered lighting to really set the moody vibe of a blue and gray bedroom. We recommend adding small lighting sources at multiple heights to create a soft and ambient glow that never feels too harsh. Consider adding a combination of sconces or table lamps, floor lamps, and pendants or chandeliers. For a more industrial look, consider Edison bulbs that give the space a raw and organic feel.

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