Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Dark walls?


They are dramatic, to say the least. They can read mysterious, serious, sophisticated.
The dark wall, either as an accent wall in a room or
enveloping the entire room, becomes an important wall.

In the bathroom:
Photo by Nicolas Tosi in Elle Decoration


Photo by Andreas Von Einsiedel

 In the dining room:

 
Photo by William Waldron in Elle Decor

These eggplant colors don't read quite as deeply dramatic as the charcoal and black walls.

Albany Paints @  Brewers

This reads quite dressy, wouldn't you say?

 
Photo by Tony Soluri in AD

In the bedroom, it becomes soothing. Great color- Pratt & Lambert's Wolf.


 
Photo by Luca Trovato in House Beautiful

The large window and adjoining white walls allow the dark wall to shine.

Photo by Nicolas Tosi in Elle Decoration

As a casual accent wall:

 

or the room's happily formal walls, which are reflected in the furniture and accessories.

Photo by John Bessler

Would you dare to include a dark wall in your home's decor?
 

6 comments:

  1. What a great post! I certainly dare to bring in a dark wall in an interior! I just love it! As in the 1st pic. here the vivid colours of decoration items give a wonderful contrast!!
    Thank you for sharing these beautiful pictures!
    xx
    Greet

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  2. HI Ann

    Really terrific post with inspiring rooms..I usually go for the lighter palettes, but these are stunning. Especially that dining room!

    Thanks for visiting my blog1

    xx

    Kit

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  3. I loved the all white bedroom with the dark walls. I'm with Greet. Dare to be different. That bedroom becomes more modern. Not so sweet. Opposites do attract!

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  4. That dark bedroom (photo by Trovato) is one of my absolute favorites!

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  5. I love dark walls, it's how you pull the rest of the room together as to whether or not it works. I had a chocolate brown dining room and it was stunning...I loved that room!

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  6. Ummmmm I love dark walls although I don't have any in my own house I have recently done three rooms in charcoal, charcoal and dark blue as well as a gorgeous deep eggplant...always dramatic and rather theatrical you have to have the personality to go with!

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