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Whether you choose entirely blue cabinetry, a mix and match of units, or a bold navy island, it's sure to create an impact in your kitchen.
Get inspired by our navy kitchen ideas and get ready to kickstart your dream scheme.
1Get the Industrial Vibe With Exposed Brick
This modern navy kitchen embraces industrial vibes with a brick feature wall.
The exposed brick adds instant warmth and texture, and natural oak worktops complement it.
Rustic bricks are the perfect partner to navy blue. They create a warm, relaxed vibe against rich deep hues.
DESIGN: SOLA KITCHENS, PHOTO: LIND & CUMINGS DESIGN PHOTOGRAPHY
The deep blue tones in this kitchen create an elegant space, while the simple flat-panel units bring a clean and sleek look.
Choose full-height navy cabinetry to create a colourful feature wall that brings drama to your kitchen.
Maximise your space with a versatile cupboard with room to keep everything out of sight, allowing you to enjoy a streamlined kitchen.
This kitchen strikes the perfect balance, with navy cabinetry adding drama and white walls and marble worktops creating a sense of airiness.
Pair your navy units with marble tiles and gold brassware for a sophisticated and luxurious look.
Gold metallics pop against the deep blue, creating a warm and elegant finish.
Bring Outside In
4. Bring the Outside In
This gorgeous navy kitchen is a fantastic example of bringing the outside in.
Complement your navy kitchen by introducing deep jewel tones, like emerald and amethyst.
Together, these beautiful hues combine to create a sense of luxury and comfort.
5. Complement Dark Units with Pale Pink
This gorgeous open-plan kitchen enjoys the best of all worlds with navy and baby pink units.
Sitting proudly amongst blue cabinetry, the large pink island contrasts and creates a focal point in the room.
Make your navy kitchen come alive with light muted tones. Muted warm tones of pink are the perfect way to balance cooler deep tones.
6. Mix Materials for An Eclectic Look
A kitchen of two halves, this charming space has bags of character.
Navy cabinets and wooden worktops bring simple elegance to the space, while the oversized brass pendants and brass fixtures add warmth.
Mixing the materials in your kitchen is a great way of ensuring your style stands the test of time.
Create a unique and contemporary feel in your kitchen by combining navy and wood units.
7. Geometric Patterns
This light-filled kitchen extension brings all the modern vibes. Sleek white granite worktops complement the navy cabinetry.
Sharp geometric patterns on the tiles and metal chairs add a cool, contemporary feel, while a wood table and herringbone flooring add a sense of warmth.
8. Combine Grey and Navy
Together, navy and grey create a cool and contemporary look that's suited to any home. Create a sophisticated style in your kitchen by combining navy with light grey.
9. Balance Dark and Light
Don't be afraid to go bold in your kitchen. Even the smallest spaces can come alive with complete navy cabinetry, but get clever with your colour pallet to avoid the space feeling too dark.
The pale grey chevron flooring is a clever way of balancing the overall look, grounding the dark cabinets.
Statement industrial-style lighting above the island also helps draw the eye up to the ceiling, adding a sense of height.
10. Soften Navy with Open Shelves
Hanging open shelving in an underused space at the end of a unit is an ingenious way of adding both practicality and style.
The warm wood helps soften the dark kitchen's bold edges, making a feature of ingredients, plants, and herbs.
Soften the edges of your navy cabinetry by including some open shelves in your design.
Choose natural wood shelves to contrast with your navy units and add warmth to the space.
11. Frame Navy with White
This long row of navy units creates instant impact in a kitchen filled with natural light.
Keep your kitchen light, fresh and airy by framing blue cabinets with white worktops and tiles.
White and navy is a classic combination and can stop smaller kitchens from looking gloomy.
12. Complement Navy with Brass
A mix of materials comes together in this stylish navy kitchen.
Statement gold bar stools, brass handles and taps add unrivalled glamour against navy shaker units.
The kitchen is warmed by light wood flooring, while exposed black beams add an industrial twist to the design.
Create subtle Art Deco vibes in your kitchen by adding elements of gold, brass and geometric shapes to your lighting, furniture and accessories.
13. Create a Colour Pop With Yellow Accents
DESIGN: REBECCA HAY DESIGNS, PHOTO: STEPHANI BUCHMAN
Navy blue, white and yellow work beautifully together in this open-plan kitchen.
The pops of yellow in the bar stools, kettle and blind add just the right amount of brightness without being overpowering.
White tiles and white upper units create a sense of height, resulting in an airy space.
Famed for its feel-good vibes, yellow is a stunning accent colour to lift darker schemes.
Place yellow mugs or decorative accessories on open shelving in your navy kitchen for a subtle colour pop.
14. Get Playful With Tiles
Pink geometric wall tiles bring a playful element to this gorgeous midnight navy kitchen.
White walls, white worktops and glass pendant lights create an open and airy feeling, while a single wood shelf adds texture and warmth.
Choose tiles with a pop of colour like blush pink or yellow to create impact and contrast with navy blue units.
15. Create Features With Paint
We love how the mid-posy pink paint complements the cool navy shaker units in this kitchen.
The paint makes a stunning feature of the far wall, and it's even been used to accentuate the transition between the kitchen and living areas.
Is a Navy Kitchen a Good Idea?
Navy kitchens are a fantastic idea – the colour is timeless, which means it's a versatile choice.
Whether your home is traditional or ultra-modern, you don't have to worry if you choose to change your paint, tiles, brassware or flooring in the future.
However, navy is a bold colour choice, so you need to give it some thought before taking the plunge.
Think about whether you are going to embark on a whole kitchen makeover, or whether you need something that complements your existing flooring and worktops.
If your kitchen is on the small side, navy can still work well, but bear in mind darker colours can make spaces feel more enclosed.
Consider whether you might also need to balance the blue with some white units and light flooring.
What Colour Worktop Goes Best In a Navy Kitchen?
Navy kitchens look their best when they are complemented by white worktops.
Whether granite, marble or terrazzo, a glossy white worktop will create a gorgeous contrast with navy units and reflect light around the room.
But if you prefer a more traditional farmhouse look, natural oak worktops look beautiful with navy, too. The wood adds texture and interest, while the warmth creates a homely vibe.
What Colour Walls In a Navy Kitchen?
Cool white or pale grey walls guarantee a crisp and clean finish in your navy kitchen.
Both combinations create a stunning contemporary look, making navy the accent colour.
The light, bright colours are ideal for helping enhance smaller spaces too.
If you're keen to add warmth to your scheme (especially useful if you have an open-plan kitchen-living space), choose beige or cream for your walls.
These warmer neutrals complement the cool tones of navy, helping create a cosier vibe.
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