Happy Monday to all! We thought we’d continue on with designs that show you how to accent a room with color. Today, we are featuring Black & White combinations. It’s classic, it’s chic, it’s fun, and it’s really easy to find great black and white pieces that will fit your style.
First, we have a minimalist kitchen/dining room area from the Style Files. It’s clean and I love the metallic chairs. You can find black chandeliers or you can spray paint one and achieve the same look:
Next we have a cool office space by Design is Mine. Without a ton of color in the room for distraction, you can really focus on your work:
Here’s another kitchen/dining room area. I think this room works not only for the black and white, but also because of the huge windows. If this room didn’t have the windows, I think it might feel too sterile but I like bringing the outdoors in and the flowers on the table is a nice touch:
Who knew Bessie would make such a great couch? This room by Alex Ion features a contemporary black and white palate:
This is a great entryway from Apartment Therapy. It just looks so regal:
The Swedes sure have a way with design. At Purple Area, the designer wanted a clean, rustic look. I think they did it:
This is a modern corporate look, also by Purple Area. I feel the need to spin around in those chairs:
This room, by Simple Lovely, is a nice combination of patterns and textures. Can you picture a room in your house where you could experiment with black and white accessories and furniture?
This modern dining area could be elegant or casual depending on how you dress it up or down:
I can’t decide if this is a cool school cafeteria or a strangely shaped room in a house, either way, I like it. Thanks, Design is Mine:
Desire to Inspire featured this amazing kitchen and I’m in love. Not only does it have built-in cabinets and gorgeous wood floors, I bet somewhere in this house, there’s something with a zebra print. This technically isn’t true black and white, it’s white and dark brown but it’s close, so just deal with it:
Here’s another room from Desire to Inspire. Have you ever thought about painting an accent wall black? Well why not? It looks great especially if you have white or lighter furniture:
This is what a Scandinavian kitchen looks like, according to the Kitchen Designer. I can tell you one thing—they certainly don’t have cats. I see no paw prints:
This living room is by Purple Area and has a lot of great pieces. I like the different drapes and I also really like those chairs. Very cool. By the way, have you noticed that many of these black and white rooms use light green flowers or plants as accessories? You might want to make a note of that.
I’m ready for my close-up. Just let me slowly walk down these stairs in my fancy dress while all eyes are on me. (Don’t trip, don’t trip, don’t trip.) Thanks to Material Girls for this picture:
Yet another great room by Purple Area. It’s open, it’s comfortable, and it’s simple. What more could you want in a room?
If you have metal stairs in your home, black is a great color. Hides stains, looks great, and if you really wanted to overhaul your place, you could repaint them:
Ah, at last…a relaxing bedroom from Coco + Kelley. No clutter, no craziness, just a perfect little place to help you drift off to sleep:
Another great room by Apartment Therapy uses an orange art deco chair to add color:
Ohdeedoh knows that orange and blue (and green) are huge trends in baby rooms right now. This room looks fun and clean…until you place a baby in the room, then it’s just fun:
I would have never thought to paint a front door orange but with the deep gray bricks and the bright white trim, it really works:
Here’s a great idea from The Kitchen Designer. The orange seat cushions blend nicely with the blinds and the wood tones in the room:
In this kitchen by Patricia Gray, orange paint is used beneath a glass backsplash for a bright and clean look. It really brings out the wood tones in the cabinets:
Using darker shades in a bedroom makes it feel cozy. Check out those high ceilings! Thanks to Habitually Chic for this great find:
Another cute baby room, another happy baby. We found this one at Ohdeedoh (they know baby rooms) and again we have the orange, green, and blue together:
These next two pictures are from Material Girls. What a great combination of colors! I love that they used zebra print with orange:
And while this color looks great in this entryway, what I like best about this room is how they’ve painted the angles black as well…it looks like one giant picture frame. Very cool:
This cute room by Design Sponge would be a great idea for a teen or a child. I also like the way they’ve framed fabric over the bed. That can be changed out easily:
It looks like a little girl’s bathroom but I’d take it! Thanks to 6th Street Design School:
These two rooms from Apartment Therapy show how you can use pink and orange together:
The cut-out wall is just plain cool:
Another hip kitchen by Van Patterson Design. All you need is some cool chairs, a few antlers, and you’ve got a great room for entertaining:
