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Inspirational bookshelvesIt’s always been a favourite colour of mine, but lately I’ve been really loving and needing navy around me. Because in our living room I have to work with our large brown classic-style leather sofa, simple but strong navy and white combinations are a good fit. Think stud detailing and quite masculine. I loved that sofa when we bought it 9 years ago and I love it almost as much still. It’s just not as versatile as a white sofa! I do love this classic, slightly nautical look.
I had a whole bunch of navy/white/natural linen cushions made up just before Christmas in Ralph Lauren and Kravet fabrics, which help the brown leather sofa, linen dining chairs and curtains, white daybed, sisal rug and blue and white ceramics all tie together. The day bed at the moment is a veritable feast of blues!
I’m just loving a mix of navy and white fabrics with blue and white Chinese ceramics, some interesting antique pieces and lots of books and art. This room is my favourite at the moment:
It’s got that relaxed country house vibe while still feeling elegant, which I love. Here’s another favourite from UK Homes & Gardens mag from years ago (below). This is the sort of colour I want to paint our bedroom:
Here’s another moody navy room; love the pairing of navy with warm camel in the sofa and curtains and the navy trim. I like this sort of feeling for my country weekender!
And here’s my navy blue front door:
I love this eclectic mix of pieces and how great white, navy and wood tones look together:
I’ve posted it before, probably more than once (sorry), but here’s my favourite navy blue library by Nate Berkus - I think I can get away with posting it again as it’s a different shot to the one from Elle Decor..
Naomi xx
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Another brilliant post Naomi. Since finding your blog I have read it cover to cover, and learned a staggering amount from you and your links…both about the principles of good design as well as how to find my own.
I’m completely with you on your love of navy, reading your posts on it have inspired me to build a navy, gold and chocolate bedroom with Ralph Lauren linen and my antique cedar painting desk. It’s very much a work in progress, but there’s something about the colours that feels enveloping, restful, even a touch sophisticated, and every night I feel glad you encouraged me to be bold.
More posts on navy (and masculine decorating…consider that a request)!
Hi Mark, I’m so glad you’re feeling inspired, and your bedroom plan sounds great. I do love a dark and enveloping schemes for bedrooms! I also love a quite masculine style, so I’ll keep that in mind
Naomi
Mmmmmm navy. Love it. It can look so classy…… I love your couch. The description sounds like what I originally wanted. We have a black leather couch which has proven to be the most flexible furniture that we own. It just seems to ‘go’ in every house we’ve been in. However, I still look at brown leather couches and get a bit of the ‘wants’. I like white sofas but I think that my next purchase will be a fabric couch. I really like those stripes in the first photo.
Hi Nadine, I know what you mean, our brown leather sofa has fit right into every house we’ve lived in too. I actually don’t think of it as ‘brown’ but treat it just like a neutral that almost anything can go with and it seems to work! Although the navy does suit it best I think. My plan is to get the white fabric sofa when I have a room that can be a kid-free room