I’ve been enjoying the long weekend with no alarm clocks, no plans and a lot of time spent in my (hot) garage doing this:
Benjamin Moore’s Hale Navy
Valspar’s Gloss Black
“Operation Take Back Our Bedroom” has officially begun. Now that the babies have moved to their own room, I’m ready to make it feel like a grown-up space. Instead of buying new bedding, I decided to take a cue from what we already have on the bed and mix in more navy and black throughout the room—with touches of gold.
Navy and black is one of those combos that feels so rich to me now, but I used to think wouldn’t work well together in the same room. (Kind of like mixing metals, or grays with gold—which I don’t think twice about doing anymore.) I’m loving the mix of shades of blue with black lately and am bringing it into our room with a couple of revamped painted pieces that I’ll show you as soon as they’re all finished.
Enjoy your Labor Day! (I’ll be in my garage.)
Loving the combo!
I’m excited to see this. I love the color navy, and was thinking of using it on my kitchen cabinets, but was hesitant because I just wasn’t sure what it would look like with my black appliances. But, now I’m thinking I’ll get a sample and try it out. Thanks for sharing! :)
I love it, especially with the gold!
I love the combo of navy and black. The pops of white and gold you already have will look very sophisticated! Can’t wait to see the reveal!
I love this combo and am about to do it i my guest room! Growing up I thought you could not mix these colors- my how times have changed! :)
I love this combo and am about to do it i my guest room! Growing up I thought you could not mix these colors- my how times have changed! :)
I love that! We used hale navy on the furniture in my son’s room. It’s a great color!
Your room looks so luxe with these colors! I’m glad you posted this because my living room has plenty of navy and I was just thinking this morning that I’d like to add more black, but I was nervous. Thanks for blazing the trail for me! xo, Abby M.
Love the combo! Your kids moved out much sooner than mine did.
great timing…I’ve been pinning blue-black paints repeatedly and after seeing this I think I’m brave enough to paint our kitchen island Hale Navy!
Oooh, can’t wait to see it! Our bedroom is hale navy and I love the color! I agree, mixing black and blue seemed like a no-no before but now it looks great together! Enjoy your painting!
I agree emily, Love black and navy, so very rich looking. I have a pinboard called black and white and blue all over….http://pinterest.com/kathysue/black-white-and-blue-all-over/
I had to make a board because of loving blue with black and white. I know it is not for everyone, but it works in my home nicely and it is soon to be very lovely in your home!!
Kathysue
You’re so good at what you do. That is why you can mix! :- )
Love this combo!
Can’t wait to see it! I love black and navy together. For years we were made to think it shouldn’t be done – but now our eyes tell us differently.
Yup, love it too! Looks awesome.
Every room needs some black in my opinion so it’s totally awesome with navy and gold. Can’t wait to see more!
Love the Hale Navy! The room is very sophisticated yet comfy. Navy and black work great for you.
Oh how lovely, Emily! That color combination is so beautiful and I cannot wait to see what you do! I also have to say that I absolutely love grey and gold together and I’ve been trying to convince my mom to do their bedroom in that color scheme for the past year!
Blessings,
Kayla
Beautiful, Emily … I look forward to seeing the final reveal!
Never thought of this combo for home, but you pulled it off beautifully!
Navy and black is a great color combination! Very sophisticated….can’t wait to see the final result!