Blue-and-White Dishware Details

The dishware’s crisp blue-and-white patterns provide a pretty counterpoint to the dining room’s lemon-yellow palette. The simple white breakfront lets the vintage pieces pop.

White Kitchen with Blue Accents

Glossy black floors serve as the springboard for a radiant white kitchen accented with sky blues. Glass-front cabinets showcase a collection of blue-and-white dishware. Blue tile trim on the countertops and backsplash keep the theme consistent.

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Design: Carmen Lopez

Frosty Holiday Details in Blue and White

Sparkly blues and whites are a classic holiday color pairing, especially when given an icy sheen. In this holiday home, small clusters of blue and white pinecone ornaments decorate the dining room’s birch-log side chairs.

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Old World Kitchen with Blue-and-White Tiles

A traditional kitchen combines eco-friendly materials with Old World style. The wood-fired oven is built into a wall of handmade blue-and-white tiles, their structured pattern making the wall a focal point of the kitchen.

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White Living Room Accented in Blue

An all-white palette in this living room is punctuated by blues at the pillows and area rug, lending nautical appeal to this coastal home.

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White Porch with Blue Glass Details

Below a hanging lantern of blue Venetian glass sits a table and wicker chairs in crisp white. Striped pillows from Ralph Lauren Home and blue glassware on the table add to the preppy palette.

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Design: Erin Paige Pitts

Elegant Entry with Blue Details

The colors in the entry are more subdued but hint at the home’s palette beyond. A pair of porcelain urns are displayed on custom-glazed pedestals, while the rich blues are reflected in the pillows’ fabrics from Clarence House as well as the stair runner.

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Design: Joseph Minton

Kitchen Range Accented in Blues

Inspired by a collection of antique transferware, the blue-and-white range backsplash is made of Delft tiles and coordinating accent and border tiles. Antique Chinese Cantonware pieces displayed above feature a concentrated blue to tie the palette together.

Design: Kristi Nelson

Rich Master Bedroom with Blue Highlights

A serene master bedroom dressed in whites and contrasting olive-greens is given a color boost with bedside lamps from Barclay Butera. The blues of the lamps are picked up in the richly patterned antique rug underfoot.

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Design: Julie Hovnanian

Holiday Tabletop with Blue and White Tones

A holiday tabletop is festooned with garlands of fresh pine and nautical blue and white dishes. A cobalt-blue gnome stands as the table’s centerpiece and complements the Spode marine plates and Provençal linen napkins.

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Design: Laura Langworthy

Heirloom Chair in Blue and White

An heirloom rocking chair is covered an ivory fabric. Family names are hand-painted in a dusty blue, the script mimicking traditional embroidery. The soothing combination of ivory and baby blue lend comfortable and classic appeal to the piece, which is sure to be passed down through generations to come.

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Design: Virginia Mary Brown

Silver Kitchen with Subtle Blue Details

Stainless steel, nickel fixtures, and an eye-catching mosaic backsplash paint this kitchen in luminous silvers and grays. A trio of blue-and-white jugs provide a pop of color in the otherwise neutral space, designed by Bob Bakes. “I’m a big fan of accents and pleasant distractions in a room–whether through the subtle injection of color or shape or the drama of something like a custom-designed backsplash,” Bakes says. “Design should be fun and energetic.”

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Design: Bob Bakes