Room Inspiration № 16

Cozy Blue & White Reading Nook

A sunlit corner of a Nantucket library — a blue-and-white ticking stripe roll-arm armchair pulled up between a pair of PHI VILLA ivory farmhouse X-side end tables, layered with a chunky cream chenille throw and a hand-hooked crossed American flags pillow. A MacKenzie-Childs Sterling Check candlestick lamp glows on one side and the Royal Check mantel clock keeps time on the other, all floated over a vintage French-blue Persian medallion rug. Behind the chair, a wall of NovaSolo Halifax pure-white mahogany hutches holds rows of blue-and-cream books, ginger jars, and a hand-painted original coastal hydrangea and sailboats impasto oil painting.

Cozy Nantucket reading nook with a blue and white ticking stripe roll-arm armchair, cream chunky chenille throw, hand-hooked crossed American flags pillow, PHI VILLA ivory farmhouse X-side end tables, MacKenzie-Childs Sterling Check candlestick lamp, MacKenzie-Childs Royal Check mantel clock, NovaSolo Halifax pure white mahogany double hutch styled with blue and white porcelain and books, an original coastal hydrangea and sailboats impasto oil painting, and a vintage French-blue Persian medallion area rug with a sleeping black Labrador puppy.

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Blue and white coastal living room seen from above with two ivory slipcovered sofas facing each other, blue chinoiserie and trellis pillows, a whitewashed glass display coffee table with a wicker tray and ginger jar of hydrangeas, blue striped accent chairs, a wicker armchair, a light blue tufted bench at the marble fireplace, ivory X-side end tables, a hydrangea and sailboat painting, and blue and white porcelain throughout.

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The Hydrangea Harbor Living Room

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Classic blue and white living room with striped ticking armchairs, ivory sofa layered in hydrangea pillows, round brass mirror above the mantel with ginger jars, glass and brass coffee table with lanterns and hydrangeas.

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Classic Blue & White Living Room

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Blue and white coastal living room with an ivory chenille cloud sectional, blue distressed reclaimed wood coffee table, capiz shell chandelier, scalloped blue roman shades, cobalt glass triple-sphere lamps, whale lumbar pillow, ivory wool rug, and blue and white chinoiserie vases.

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Blue & White Coastal Living Room with a Capiz Shell Chandelier

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