navy

The winter blues are here, literally in the form of navy. The color of the season gives a little more depth  and masculinity to the home. The color has long and rather uninteresting history. It is popularly used in navies all over the world and usually became their standard uniform color. The first reported use is 1840 England. Navy looks fantastic when paired with darker metals, pecan colored and reclaimed wood. Other colors that bring out some contrast to the hue are oranges, yellows, and greens. Thrive furniture has a rich upholstery fabric named Klein Azure that is a multi weave cotton that looks great on most if not all of their pieces. At West Elm they currently have deeply colored duvets and a beautiful performance velvet fabric in ink. Check them out at Thrive and West Elm.