Synonymous with the serenity of nature, blue natural stones are a great way to invite more peace and stillness into your home design. If you’re thinking of adding the calming color of blue into your space, you’re not alone. Designers have turned to blue textiles and accents for their many qualities, but blue is finding its way to center stage in cabinetry and surfaces, too. It can be hard to parse through stunning blue surface options to find the right one that’ll elevate your decor scheme, but let’s dive into the case for incorporating blue stone into your space.
1. Blue Stone Brings Nature’s Serenity Indoors
For those typically averse to color, the color blue is historically associated with the waters of the oceans, evoking a soothing calm that comes naturally with its use in home decor. It can provide a pleasant sensation of freshness, cleanliness, and relaxation, so it has been a perfect choice for coastal bedrooms or powder bathrooms for decades. But today’s on-trend designers are installing blue surfaces in any room of the house.
Azul Do Mar is a peacefully-hued quartzite with wave patterns that bring quiet serenity indoors. Quarried in Brazil, this exclusive stone is a brilliant choice for those who love uniqueness, sophistication, and the sea. It’s not just the blue colorations and creamy white waves that make Azul Do Mar a designer’s choice. Homeowners will appreciate the benefits of choosing quartzite: beautiful, durable, stain-resistant, and low maintenance.
2. The Uniqueness of Blue Stone Elevates Traditional Spaces
Not normally used as a backdrop for food, blue stone countertops, islands, and back-and-counter splashes have now taken their well-deserved place in the kitchen. As eating areas have evolved into living-working-entertaining spaces as well as traditional cooking spaces, homeowners are enjoying the comforts of designing a kitchen that incorporates lifelike elements like paintings, books, and lamps. Likewise, color choices have evolved to bring a sense of “home” into all areas of the house.
Ijen Blue is an affordable blue quartzite that best serves as a reliable and stain-forgiving countertop option for spill-proof, high-use areas. With warm tones woven throughout the stone’s rare mix of white and purple-hued angular veins, Ijen Blue can be used to infuse that sense of eclectic tranquility into a home, especially when featured as the main focal point on kitchen islands and in primary bathrooms.
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3. Soft Blues Can Balance Out Bold Designs
Hybrid design styles are proving just how popular balancing out striking architecture, cabinetry, and flooring with gentle surfaces and accessories can be. The soft and soothing nature of earth’s highly sought-after blue tones can balance out decor and design schemes featuring prominent lines, gritty textures, and masculine hardware. For example, light blues are often recommended for those who want to experiment with color but want something that’s easy on the eyes and as consoling as ocean waves. And so it goes: sometimes all it takes is a touch of blue to bring balance and harmony into your home.
IRG’s Macauba Fantasy is a stunning gray-blue quartzite with hints of deep tiffany blue veining. Mimicking the whispy and relaxed movement of the earth’s skies, this stone can help ground gold, black, rust, and navy accents with its cloud-like, airy qualities. Macauba Fantasy and Beverly Blue Quartzite are just a couple of family-friendly stone options for those wanting to take the edge off of opulent entertainment spaces, or those wanting to identify their own version of organic luxury with blue-laced peninsulas and spa-like bathtubs.
4. A Pop of Blue Can Anchor a Space
Just like blue stone surfaces can nurture a space, they can also be used to anchor forward designs. Beautiful blue stones are a luxurious choice with cherry woods or dark walnuts. Clean white walls and cabinets matched with blue granite surfaces make for a happy, welcoming, youthful space. Yellow and blue combinations can evoke everything from country cheery to elegant traditional designs. One thing is for sure: rich-toned blue surfaces can elevate bold designs when paired nicely with other colors—whether contrasting, complimentary, or within the same family.
Azul Bahia Granite is a vibrant blue stone that adds playfulness and movement to any design it’s privy to. Along with the exotic blue quartzite Azul Macauba, Azul Bahia Granite lends a feeling of opulence and exclusivity with its lake-like landscape and nature-driven silhouette that’s reminiscent of mountainous aesthetics.
“SEA” WHAT WE MEAN
Nothing takes the place of seeing, touching, and choosing the surface of stone in person. That’s why we invite you to browse the immense selection of IRG slabs online and then contact us to visit one of our showrooms: Brisbane, Dublin, and Sacramento. Our staff has the experience, training—and in-stock inventory– to give you all the guidance you need to make a blue-tiful decision!