A Blue Day Every Day
Lots of designers have noticed an influx of different colours. blue being a stand out As well as a few other features: a single long kitchen counter with a subway tile backsplash, open shelving, and a kitchen island painted a corresponding blue. Is the cult of the blue kitchen upon us?
The trend was noticed when the Chelsea Bluebird's restaurant kitchen of chef Gordon Ramsay, designed by British Standard, the two-tone kitchen has cabinets painted in Farrow & Ball’s deep Hague Blue, a cult colour in its own right, and upper walls painted white.
But why blue? Essayist Maggie Nelson notes in Bluets, her ode to the colour 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?
“Ask people their favourite color, and in most parts of the world, roughly half will say blue,” Natalie Angier writes in the New York Times. More supporting evidence: Painting an interior in shades of blue can translate to an increase in home value, and, according to studies, it’s associated with decreased heart rates, improved concentration, enhanced creativity, and a sense of calm. Which all comes in useful in a room where you might find yourself wielding a saucepan, reading a recipe, tending a boiling-over pot, all at the same time.
