I love soft robins egg blue. As much as I try to work it in my house, it doesn't blend with my other colors. Blue holds its own and seems to dominate the space it's in, no matter how soft a color. At lease it does for me. Ahhh, but blue in the garden, not just a blue sky, but blue flowers and accent pieces seem to blend with every color in the rainbow.
I'm sharing some photos from the web and pinterest that are full of the blue color that makes me think of spring. Each photo has a link below it to take you back to the source where I found it. There are several homemade potting sheds. I am partial to little outbuildings in the back yard. Perhaps there is an idea here that would work well in your garden.
A blue garden shed!
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A blue Chinese rose
Homemade Blue Potting Table
Pale Blue French Doors on Shed
Pallets Potting Shed
Fence
Table
Window Fence
Boat Garden
Blueberry Sign
I 'love' blues and purples in my gardens. They add some kind of 'joy' that really gets to me, if you know what I mean.
ReplyDeleteYou've shown some lovely photos of garden blues.
Thank you and have a great week ~ FlowerLady
Good to hear from you Lorraine! I also love a dash of orange with the blues and purples. Those colors are full of joy, I agree. Glad you liked my garden blues.
DeleteBlue has been my favorite color for my entire life - maybe because my mother dressed my sister in reds and pinks and me in blues and greens! I enjoyed the blues in your post very much. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment! I love blue - that soft old blue. I wrote about dreaming about a blue cupboard in my book. My house is full of greens and peaches and pinks. I am working on blue for my yard. Have a great week!
DeleteRobins egg blue is my favourite too. I used the colour in a small bathroom where the only other colour was lots of white. Plus some silver accessories. I'm not sure what the colour did for my skin tone reflected in the mirror but otherwise I loved it. I've always wanted a garden shed I could paint and pretty up. Your examples are giving me ideas.
ReplyDeleteHi Susan - keep me posted on your blue! I am getting ready to make some changes in my house - that are posted in my blog "The Cottage In My Mind" and I think blue will be a color I use more. Thanks for the nice comment.
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