This past year, it seems that every kitchen that’s crossed our desktops has one thing in common: cabinets painted a deep petrol blue. We first started noticing the trend when we featured the West London kitchen of chef Skye Gyngell.
This past year, it seems that every kitchen that’s crossed our desktops has one thing in common: cabinets painted a deep petrol blue. We first started noticing the trend when we featured the West London kitchen of chef Skye Gyngell.
Essayist Maggie Nelson notes in Bluets, her ode to the color blue, “culinary advisors generally recommend against blue light, blue paint, and blue plates when and where serving food.” Why then, is everyone painting their kitchen blue?
Essayist Maggie Nelson notes in Bluets, her ode to the color blue, “culinary advisors generally recommend against blue light, blue paint, and blue plates when and where serving food.” Why then, is everyone painting their kitchen blue?
Gyngell’s kitchen by British Standard, Plain English’s more affordable offshoot, with cabinets painted in Farrow & Ball’s Hague Blue.
Gyngell’s kitchen by British Standard, Plain English’s more affordable offshoot, with cabinets painted in Farrow & Ball’s Hague Blue.
A kitchen in Sweden with dark blue painted cabinets and leather cabinet pulls featured on Swedish real estate site Entrance.
A kitchen in Sweden with dark blue painted cabinets and leather cabinet pulls featured on Swedish real estate site Entrance.
A kitchen in Philadelphia hotel Lokal designed by Jersey Ice Cream Co., who used Sherwin Williams’s Seaworthy on the cabinetry.
A kitchen in Philadelphia hotel Lokal designed by Jersey Ice Cream Co., who used Sherwin Williams’s Seaworthy on the cabinetry.
The kitchen at Château de La Resle, a hotel in Burgundy, France, is designed in oak with a blue powder-coated steel work table.
The kitchen at Château de La Resle, a hotel in Burgundy, France, is designed in oak with a blue powder-coated steel work table.
Editor Peggy Wang opted for Gyngell’s pick, Hague Blue by Farrow & Ball, in her Ridgewood, Queens, remodel.
Editor Peggy Wang opted for Gyngell’s pick, Hague Blue by Farrow & Ball, in her Ridgewood, Queens, remodel.
Another kitchen by British Standard with a colorblock effect, painted in Deep Space Blue from Little Greene.
Another kitchen by British Standard with a colorblock effect, painted in Deep Space Blue from Little Greene.
A finalist in our Considered Design Awards, Heidi Lachapelle’s kitchen in Portland, Maine, features cabinets painted in Naval from Sherwin Williams.
A finalist in our Considered Design Awards, Heidi Lachapelle’s kitchen in Portland, Maine, features cabinets painted in Naval from Sherwin Williams.
Custom cabinets are painted in Benjamin Moore’s Blue Danube in the Sonoma, California kitchen of Gail Deffarari.
Custom cabinets are painted in Benjamin Moore’s Blue Danube in the Sonoma, California kitchen of Gail Deffarari.
Designer Laura Medicus painted the cabinets in a renovated Denver ranch house with Noir by Pratt & Lambert.
Designer Laura Medicus painted the cabinets in a renovated Denver ranch house with Noir by Pratt & Lambert.
Photograph courtesy of Laura Medicus Interiors.
Photograph courtesy of Laura Medicus Interiors.
A kitchen in Fort Greene, Brooklyn by Elizabeth Roberts with cabinets painted in Benjamin Moore’s Newport Green.
A kitchen in Fort Greene, Brooklyn by Elizabeth Roberts with cabinets painted in Benjamin Moore’s Newport Green.
A kitchen in Mill Valley by architect Ken Linsteadt with lower cabinets painted in Farrow & Ball’s Oval Room Blue.
A kitchen in Mill Valley by architect Ken Linsteadt with lower cabinets painted in Farrow & Ball’s Oval Room Blue.