I hope you will love these turquoise kitchen accessories I rounded up! Clearly, I love turquoise. Bring on bright and bold turquoise cabinets, turquoise hair dye, and turquoise sinks!
Turquoise Kitchen Accessories on Open Shelving
I have, however, relaxed a bit with turquoise kitchen accessories and now the open shelving are a bit more eclectic!
How Turquoise Became My Favorite Color
I’ve always loved turquoise, but it wasn’t until moving lakeside that I felt liberated enough to really embrace the color. In our former townhouse I really played it safe with color, because I was so concerned with resale. (I did hide some turquoise kitchen accessories behind my plain wood cabinets doors though!) My style, as you’ve seen, is actually much bolder when I’m not constrained by trying to create a space everyone will love. I’m the gal who once painted my car lime green – I’m drawn to color. But I used to be more varied with what colors I liked. After painting my kitchen cabinets turquoise, and realizing how HAPPY the room made me, I started to play pretty fast and loose with the color, peppering in some vintage blues and shades of green so it’s not all aqua, all the time. There’s even a little bright orange here and there. Hubby and I both agree that our current lakehouse feels happy and uplifting – and very “us”. Along the way, turquoise became my favorite color and now I’m just drawn to it.
Turquoise Kitchen Accessories:
If you’ve been wanting to add a dash of aqua to your kitchen, without going all in like we did, I’ve rounded up my favorite cheery – and practical! – turquoise kitchen accessories. Click the link to see them all. There’s tons of aqua kitchen accessories out there, from furniture to artwork – all with the mid-century coastal style I love.
Favorite Turquoise Kitchen Accessories:
Don’t laugh at me, but when Hubby and I drove to Minneapolis MN one year, getting this Pyrex 100 year anniversary cup from Target was definitely one of my main objectives! I also picked up a turquoise colander at the same time. This is why I’m the person to write about turquoise kitchen accessories, haha! I have the commitment and dedication.
Choosing the color for a KitchenAid stand mixer is a big commitment because these can last FOREVER! I think you can’t go wrong with a turquoise KitchenAid stand mixer:
I am still loving my turquoise Kate Spade non-stick pots and pans in bright turquoise. They are just so cheery and they look great on the stove top. I really think that turquoise pots and pans make cooking more enjoyable!
Turquoise kitchen utensils are a fun way to add turquoise to a kitchen in a low commitment way – it’s something you’re using every day anyway! Mine are KitchenAid, which I bought piece by piece to replace my utensils that had worn out. I can’t find the exact color anymore online, but this KitchenAid set is a softer aqua. This set of turquoise kitchen utensils is a brighter color than the KitchenAid and super popular.
You have quite the collection! I'm really considering the metal canisters (hear that, pantry moths?)Btw, how is Charlie-the-Lime-Green-Car doing? I loved how much you loved him! I was so upset when my parents sold our oldest car without even telling me. It felt like losing an old pet.
Haha – you tell those pantry moths! I have gone quite nutty with putting every single thing in a jar but it's made life so much easier. Charlie is still languishing in our driveway. We meant to donate him to a charity that asks people for old vehicles, but I couldn't part with him. It's terrible! I've been trying for years to say good-bye and I just lose my nerve each time. I saw someone make a porch swing out of the back end of an old car – trying to talk Hubby into that, lol.
Awww it's so lovely that you still have him! You're so creative, I'm sure you'll find a way to use him in your decor. It would be such a pity to send him away in his old age when he needs you the most. (I'm not helping, am I? 🙂 )
Not helping, lol. I need someone to get tough with me, to tell me to pass him on. How do we get so attached to inanimate objects? We're such soft cookies…
Can you paint your white slow cooker so you can love it more?
That's an interesting idea! The metal could likely be painted with a heat safe paint (I think they make paint for stoves, but the colors are limited), but the design of mine is such that the metal part is sort of eclipsed by the ceramic part which is the truly offensive area, lol. It's pretty ugly. I'll have to see if there's a heat save turquoise paint around – thanks for that idea!
Wow! What a portfolio of turquoise! That was quite comprehensive. The photos that included other pops of color (besides white and turquoise) are much more interesting visually. Bright yellow, in small doses, would enliven a mono color palette. Better yet, bright yellow and a pastel like green or pink or even coral, would be visually more interesting, have more depth and bring more richness to the space. I think that might be true for most mono color palettes. That one extra color, or two, makes a surprisingly beautiful difference without compromising the core color vibe. I really enjoy reading your blog and the details you provide in both photography and content. You are so very talented and I applaud and commend your creativity! I hope to purchase something from your vintage shop soon! Thank you!
Thanks for your kind words! So nice to hear you enjoyed this round up. I kept saving/pinning all of these turquoise goodies for myself, haha, and thought I'd share for anyone else who wants a little dose of aqua in the kitchen. I agree: aqua and orange or bright yellow look sooooo good together. I've been adding warm wood tones and pastel jadeite greens to my kitchen but still keeping the monochromatic vibe. There's colorful art above the stove and to the right of the window that do the rest of the work for me, lol.