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Maya Glantz

"Blue Has a Wonderful Versatility, It’s Calming but Still Full of Energy" — How This London Kitchen Balances Classic Good Looks and Feel-Good Color

Big kitchen with a range cooker and built in extration hood, a blue and white checkered tiled island and marble counters, and bright blue cabinets.

Blue is, above all else, a color of true duality — simultaneously as celebrated for its calming abilities as it is for its invigorating nature, a seemingly oxymoronic combination. And yet, as this Kensal Rise kitchen so effortlessly showcases, it's this dualism that makes this color such a delight to decorate with.

"Blue has a wonderful versatility — it’s calming but still full of energy," explains Sophie Pringle, founder of interior design studio, Pringle & Pringle. "Here, we wanted the kitchen to feel uplifting and expressive, somewhere that feels like the heart of the home rather than a purely functional space."

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