"With color, people can express their own style and individuality. But, as with style, a gift for color has to be developed by experiment. If you don't dare, you are doomed to dullness."
 -Shirley Conran, designer and writer

Suggesting clear fresh water, a shimmering sapphire, or a pale morning sky, the color blue sets many moods and transforms rooms, in large ways and small. It's soothing or striking, subtle or bold. Paint your walls blue, and you set the atmosphere for the room, whether light and airy or deep and dazzling. Or use blue in smaller touches, in a set of upholstered chairs or in a collection of pottery, and you create a welcome contrast or complement to the colors that already inhabit the space. Color in any hue is a great way to make a statement in your rooms, so take a chance and use it in all the ways you can imagine.

• Sea & Sky: Inspired by the sea and sky, this fresh, crisp bathroom in blue is an ode to nature.
• Country Blue: Friendly sky blue sets an ideal mood for a country kitchen.
• Blue Note: Pale blue hits just the right note in this toned-down, neutral space.