French Blue Kitchen with Brass Lanterns
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I love blue in a kitchen, but I don't necessarily want the kitchen itself to be blue.
Keeping the cabinetry and larger furniture creamy and neutral gives you a foundation that can stay for years, while French blue comes in through drapery, pillows, and smaller details that are much easier to change.
Add warm brass, marble, and natural wood, and you get plenty of color without making the entire room about the color.
The easiest colors to live with are often the easiest ones to change.
The creamy cabinetry sets the tone for this kitchen, and I like carrying that same warmth into the counter stools.
I’ve linked a similar find here—these Cream Upholstered Counter Stools from Wayfair.
Keeping the stools light lets them blend into the kitchen rather than becoming another strong color moment around the island. The upholstery also adds some softness against all of the harder kitchen surfaces—marble, cabinetry, flooring, and metal.
Then I’d bring the French blue in through pieces that are much easier to change.
At the windows, I’ve linked a similar find here—the TWOPAGES Isabella Drapery Panels—along with a similar warm gold curtain rod.
I know I’m a broken record about this, but hang the rod closer to the ceiling rather than directly above the window. It instantly makes the windows feel taller and gives even fairly inexpensive drapery a much more custom look.
The same blue carries into the adjoining seating area through the pillows. I’ve linked similar finds here:
I like mixing slightly different shades of the same color rather than trying to make every blue match perfectly. It gives the room a little more depth without adding another color to the palette.
And my usual pillow trick applies here too: use an insert about two inches larger than the cover. It's probably the easiest way to make a pillow look fuller and more finished.
Good lighting can completely change the personality of a kitchen.
The lantern-style pendants are one of my favorite things in this room.
I’ve linked a similar find here—the Visual Comfort Pendants.
The open shape gives them plenty of presence over the island without blocking the view through the kitchen, and the warm brass is especially pretty against the creamy cabinetry and cooler blue accents.
In the adjoining seating area, I’ve linked a similar find here—the Visual Comfort Alberto Chandelier. This piece is stunning in person.
Using the same warm metal in both spaces is an easy way to connect them without choosing matching fixtures.
I also love having one beautiful piece of cookware that can stay out on the stove.
I’ve linked a similar find here—the Le Creuset Dutch Oven.
A Dutch oven is one of those rare kitchen purchases that is both genuinely useful and pretty enough that you don't need to find somewhere to hide it when you're finished cooking. I'm always happy when something earns its counter space.
Adjoining rooms should feel related without looking like a matching set.
Because the sitting area is completely visible from the kitchen, I want the two spaces to make sense together—but they definitely don't need identical furniture or finishes.
I’ve linked a similar find here—the Birch Lane Lucie Slipcovered Sofa—along with a similar find here—the Serena & Lily Driftway Coffee Table.
The light upholstery carries the creamy tones from the kitchen into the living area, while the lower coffee table keeps the sightline between the two spaces open.
Underneath, I’ve linked a similar find here—the Nabela Noor x Livabliss Asha Machine Woven Rug.
It brings in subtle pattern and softness without becoming another major color moment.
For the smaller finishing details, I’ve linked similar finds here:
Architectural Digest at 100
Changing cabinet hardware is one of the easiest kitchen updates you can make, and repeating that warm brass helps tie it back to the lighting.
The rest I’d keep pretty restrained. A candle, a decorative object, some greenery, and a good coffee-table book are plenty.
That's what I like most about this space. The kitchen itself stays fairly timeless—creamy cabinetry, neutral stools, marble, wood, and brass—while the French blue lives mostly in things you can change whenever you want.
You get a kitchen with personality without making every expensive decision revolve around one color.
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