Dark spaces create a powerful image with a heavy mood. She looks dramatic, serious, gorgeous, and confident. So, what happens when you inject too little color…or too much? These two modern home designs explore the combination of bright pops of color in dark spaces, and show how to strike the right balance. Our first home tour takes place inside a charcoal gray home that has been elevated with a range of perforated furniture pieces to achieve a 50/50 mix. In contrast, House Design #2 uses a few blue electric dividers to get rid of the gray and black background shades. Each offers a different proportion of colors to achieve dramatic aesthetics.
This two-room apartment design was created for a young and enthusiastic homeowner who teaches art history at a university. So the interior design was formed based on the concept of modern style meeting with historical elements. In this dark interior concept, the modular sofa and ottoman coffee table introduces green, salmon, and yellow provinces.
Dark walls are trimmed with bright paint features that form an artistic backdrop for statues and paintings of ancient Greek culture.
Mature indoor plants staple the room’s edges, merging into heavy green curtains.
The life-size statue next to the TV has been given a modern paint treatment that integrates it into the surroundings more effectively.
The rest of the TV wall offers no media storage but comes alive with a salmon pink painted circle contrasting with the dark gray plaster on the wall.
A small vase of flowers lights up the coffee table with its all-white arrangement.
The lounge forms an open concept with the kitchen and dining area, each of which presents a coherent palette of colors and contrasting tones.
Behind the sofa is a small pedestal dining table surrounded by green upholstered dining chairs. A marble vase brings some bright green fronds to the centerpiece of your dining table.
The kitchen is a color-blocked design, with a pine green plinth, wall cabinets, and a matching green countertop.
Lower cabinet lighting is reflected in bright colors against a reflective black rear splash. A marble pot holder and serving stand put white accents against the dark background.
The brass kitchen faucet warmly complements the light finish of the dining room.
Inside the bedroom, a riot of color discontinuities with more modern paint effects continues across a focal wall and a colorful Greek statue.
The bedroom is divided by a green partition behind the headboard. A curtain separates the sleeping area from the home’s workspace and dressing area with a custom full length mirror.
In the home office area, a custom-designed green desk contrasts with an eye-catching yellow office chair. The workspace extends directly under the window and is flanked on both sides by two open wardrobes. The LED desk lamp provides focused task lighting for the study area when the sun goes down, and the potted plant provides light decoration.
A small bedside table holds a vase of contrasting plant pillars and a modern table lamp for reading.
Pillows and bedspreads are layered to achieve a colorful blend.
In our second featured house design, a blue electric sectional sofa punctuates the dark gray and black living space, creating visual buzz.
A decorative ceiling flower emerges from a dark gray ceiling. Small recessed floodlights spread across gray plaster in triples to deflect pockets of lighting. Below, a small side table and coffee tables reflect its circular layout.
The living room floor lamp cuts out a more pronounced silhouette over the sofa, replacing the curves with a slim, angular shape. Tall interior doors disappear into the gray walls, devoid of any frame, and only distinguishable by modern backsplashes.
Nesting coffee tables have a uniquely bold minimalist aesthetic that competes powerfully with the color strike.
The surfaces in the room are clutter-free, evoking a sculptural feel.
The modular sofa itself looks like a piece of installation art.
The sofa is arranged to face two directions in the living room. One faces the kitchen dinner, the other looks at the TV and the wall-mounted media units. Wall-hung cabinets in black wood grain to blend in boldly with the moody gray background. A contrasting silver shelving unit catches sunlight from the window.
The crisp white voile keeps windows bright. Shallow radiators prevent cold from the glass.
A gorgeous blue light fixture glows above a black dining table and six modern chairs.
A glass fruit bowl makes a mirrored dining table a centerpiece.
Behind the contemporary dining group is a modern kitchen that runs around the back of the L-shaped living room.
A wall of floating black base units and metal wall units bump into a solid wall of hardware housing.
An integrated black oven fits neatly against a black wood grain wall.
Silver wall units reflect natural light from the kitchen window with a modern, linear fixture.
The bright blue dining room pendant lights are the first thing the eye focuses on when rounding the corner into the black and gray kitchen dining space. Their bold presence has an amazing effect that builds intrigue and astonishment.
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