Cobalt Gets the Red Carpet Treatment

I would add that cobalt also goes well with other blues and greens.

As seems to be the case with trends, if you wait long enough, what one did in the past will have its turn at being in style. My wife made the tiles for our double sided fireplace hearth 14 years ago. She worked hard to achieve a variation in the surface and color. Cat staff that we are, there are footprints of our oldest cat, Ernie, when he was a young 'un. One of the reasons for choosing cobalt/blue for the tiles was to tie in to this living room door. We like cobalt in small doses. Replacing the kitchen cooktop and dishwasher is in our to do list and doing so with color finished appliances is a thought; but as shown In the examples in this ideabook, the color seems too bright and too much.

Old story, but I stumbled on it. I always liked cobalt blue Delftware. When I was a teenager, my mother sewed a bedspread and valance with a small-floral material with little cobalt roses and olive green leaves on a cream background. She trimmed with cobalt blue piping and a ball fringe. She really loved putting it all together, and I loved having a pretty room. I had a kitchen once with soft blue walls and a lighter blue ceiling. The table had a checked tablecloth in cobalt blue. And I had a few Delftware pieces on display. I keep coming back to cobalt but in small doses. So Becky… and any other friend out there… I have a north-facing living room with cordovan leather loveseats, and one day I put something down on one and was struck by the effect. The object was a deep cobalt blue fabric, not bright, almost black. I've looked unsuccessfully for pictures combining the two. I've brought my Delftware pieces into the room to see what I think. I thought of buying accent pillows in cobalt, but pillows are pretty worthless on leather. Besides, I want to let the leather show. Does anyone have pictures of cordovan leather and cobalt in the room? I want to understand how to incorporate cobalt.