Navy & White Furniture Ideas

Ultra Casual Living Room

• For a beach resort feeling inside, arrange white wicker furnishings in a living room painted with navy blue walls. Bring the blue out of the walls by using navy blue cushions and throw pillows on the wicker furniture. Choose navy blue for an accent wall color or for the four walls in a brightly lit sunroom, because dark blue shades absorb light, but they make a space cozier, according to Libby Norman in "Decorate Your Home With Colour."

Hidden in Plain Sight

• Use navy and white furnishings to hide pieces of furniture you want overlooked. For a bedroom, change the focal point of the room from the bed to another, more visually interesting piece. Match the color of the bed and its linens with the white color of the walls in the bedroom, but use a dark contrasting blue for a decorative armoire or dresser you want to show off in the room. The navy blue accent piece will stand out against the white walls, while the white bed will recede into the walls and become easily overlooked.

Stripes

• Decorate a family room with a balanced striped scheme on the furnishings. Marie Proeller Hueston in "Country Living Perfect Patterns for Walls, Floors, Fabrics and Furniture," recommends using a red and white striped pattern on an upholstered love seat and sofa in the living room. Solid red pillows are added to the furniture as accents. The author suggests using the same concept with other colors such as blue and white. Choose stripes on the furniture to change how you want the piece to appear. Make a tiny love seat or recliner look larger and more comfortable by using wide, vertical stripes. Opt for narrow stripes on the furniture for a more understated, traditional look. Incorporate other navy blue elements in the room to tie it together. Pictures of blue flowers or sea-theme pictures showing a dark blue ocean can tie the navy blue and white striped furnishings in with the rest of the room.

Check Again

• Blue and white are a traditional color scheme for checks used in Swedish country-style rooms, according to Marie Proeller Hueston in "Country Living Perfect Patterns for Walls, Floors, Fabrics and Furniture." When using a navy blue and white check pattern in a room with a simplified style like the Swedish country design, choose checked fabric to upholster the cushions on kitchen or dining room chairs with wooden frames. To enhance the lightness of the white in the checked pattern on the fabric, paint the wood frame of the chairs white to bring out the white color in the checks. For drama, paint the legs and back of the chair white, but use navy blue paint for the slats and the navy blue and white checked cushions. Place such chairs in a dining room with a white painted table and other navy blue elements such as a dark blue carpet or near a china cabinet with dark blue and white patterned china on display.