Around seven years ago there was a huge surge in dark blue kitchens; they dominated the market, and in my styling career, I styled plenty of them while they were at their peak. At the time, they felt easy-going, cool, and calm, and genuinely felt quite modern. Don't get me wrong, there are a few exceptions, as always in interior design, but now in general, I can’t help feeling their moment has passed. Maybe dark blue was never a timeless choice, but a trend that came and went.
These days, for me, if a kitchen is blue, I think it needs to move in the opposite direction. We need to lean into much lighter, softer shades of blue, which feel far more relevant than a classic navy blue kitchen — think highly saturated sky blue, a light denim perhaps, an intense pastel paired with brass, for example. I’d even double up with a two-tone kitchen, but certainly not dark blue.
