Blue carpeting was a staple in many homes built between the 1950’s and the 1980’s. Blue is a popular decorating color, but the ease of using blue on the walls, in fabrics or in accent pieces does not necessarily translate to blue carpeting. When faced with a sea of ocean colored shag or bold navy Berber, what is a homeowner to do? If you cannot replace the carpet, your best and cheapest option is to find a way to live with it. Fortunately, many color schemes work wonderfully with blue, so no matter what your personal style is, you should be able to find a balance between your taste and the cerulean floor covering giving you fits.
Find The Humor
This room, a very stylized piece created for a decorating showcase, shows how much fun a little blue carpeting can be. The narrow strip of bright sea blue running down the center of the room divides the space into symmetrical halves, with each side mirroring the other. From the cute angled sofa to the clever half pots on the walls under the vinyl sea anemones, this space is hip, fun and bordering on futuristic. Blue is right at home in this style.
The next picture is a livable room; this time decorated in a fun, eclectic style. Blue here is balanced with many white, black and white accent pieces and again, a sense of humor. This room is fun without being over the top like the previous room, making it a space that would be right at home in a suburban house or an urban townhouse.
You could easily copy the feel of this rug by stenciling designs in black on your own carpeting. Painting carpets is challenging, but not impossible, and it has made much easier when you use fabric paint, which is made to stretch and bend without cracking or peeling.
The next room is even more traditional, but it still has several bold contemporary elements. Mixing pale blue with bright red against a backdrop of neutrals is a very hot trend, the effect is high drama and high contrast, but it feels updated and fresher than standard black and white. Notice how the homeowner’s use of shades of blue remains in the same family. While the colors may be slightly different, they share many of the same color qualities. This room has many formal qualities, but the edges are taken off by the abundance of soft fabrics and gentle textures.
The final room is familiar, and shows one of the most famous rooms to have blue carpeting. The Oval Office, where the President of the United States conducts business, is traditionally re-decorated for each President. Presidents choose art and furnishings that reflect their personal style. This is a replica of Lyndon Johnson’s Oval Office, which was created at his Presidential library. While the styles may change with each new President, the Oval Office has consistently had blue carpeting.
Just as fleur de lis wall art may be one person’s cup of tea and music wall hangings may be another’s, your particular shade of blue carpet cab be made more palatable to your taste by tweaking the room with a good dose of your personal style.
Professional designer Jessica Ackerman, writes for WallDecorandHomeAccents.com, and specializes in decorating with contemporary wood wall art and architectural wall decor.
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