Refreshing Your Home with a Blue and White Colour Scheme

The crisp sunny days of Autumn are a great time to add some updates with natural character around your house.

An original choice would be this handmade upcycled art accessory by Create Display. Inspired by Bosham quay in Chichester harbour, West Sussex, this nautical piece will add buckets of seaside charm to your space.

The brass hooks keep your favourite things organised and handy in the kitchen, hall or bedroom.

On the subject of reusing materials to give a coastal feel, we love this blue and white crafted denim waterfall sculpture in the Anthropology store in Guildford, Surrey.

This sculptural display shows how simple squares of fabric in turquoise and soft blues can add texture and depth to your environment.

Our travels to Valencia in Spain have inspired us to introduce china blue and porcelain white into the home.

These photographs are from the wonderful Ceramics museum in the city Valencia.

This cultural attraction is well worth a visit as the architecture of the museum is an artwork of ceramics in itself, boasting an amazing sculptural exterior.

This splendid exhibition is a classic combination of a pale glaze and Wedgewood blue that would be easy to live with and stylish too.

A contemporary take on this theme can be seen at the Spanish Zara home store where indigo and chalk hued towels, cushions and throws would look smart in any modern room.

Tall open shelves can also be a great way to showcase neat linen and accessories. 

This type of storage keeps everything tidy and also visible so none of your best furnishing gems get forgotten.

A simple colour scheme need not be boring as interest can be added in the details.

On the French coast handmade textiles by Papa Pique, a boutique in La Touquet, in northern France introduce intricate patterns with blue, white and red set against a periwinkle and cream shop window display.

In London Kensington Olympia the Top Drawer trade fair for home interiors in the retail industry takes place bi-annually.

This Autumn MyGiftsTrade showcased the prints and designs of John Hinchcliffe, creating a display with impact that could be emulated in a striking naval colour scheme suitable for any fashionable English home. Many of the pieces in the collection are made in Britain too.

Inspired by 16^th century Delftware, this month we are over the moon with these Skyros wall and floor tiles from Total Tiles.They look very welcoming in a kitchen in a cottage in West Sussex that is being completely refurbished.

For more nautical textiles to brighten up your country manor or coastal retreat check out our Create Display etsy shop.

Bosham Walk

Anthropology

National Museum of Ceramics, Spain

Zara Home

Papa Pique and Maman Coud

Total Tiles