Archive for the ‘Black’ Category
I’m loving the simple color palette of this home. Charcoal gray on white with pops of gold. Very unique color palette.
DECOR DEMON / WALLPAPER PICS / HGTV
I’m loving this bold powder room. There’s nothing like a bold wallpaper in a tiny room. It doesn’t really make sense, but it obviously works wonders. This baby I believe is Graham & Brown’s Illusion wallpaper, but I couldn’t find this black and silver colorway.
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Black and gold however, I had no trouble finding. Looks brown to me, but the specifications reads black, so it’s probably just a bad color representation. Speaking of black and gold fretwork wallpaper, here’s another beauty:
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The shiny metallic surface takes this wallpaper to another level. Too much of a good thing, or just right? You decide ;-)
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photography by MORIS MORENO
It’s always a treat to see a black room, and even better when it looks like this one. The crisp white sofa makes a wonderful clean contrast against the matte black walls, and the sleek glossy coffee table adds to the clean, slightly masculine feel.
Design by Phoebe Howard
Does your bookcases look a bit crowded (with books)? Need a fresh and free update? The highly ordered bookcase with books stacked neatly from left to right is a thing of the past because, lets face it; it’s not that interesting to look at. Bookcases are not just furniture for storing books anymore, it’s a blank canvas for us creative people to decorate till we drop! Let’s learn from the professionals:
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The fabulous (and free) online design magazine Lonny featured this beautiful bookcase. All books and magazines are stacked horizontally. On the top two shelves each stack is topped with decorative accents. The two bottom shelves are further from your eyes so you’d want to use larger items here for balance, like framed art, family photos and your favorite books. TIP: Lean books, artwork and framed photos against stacks of magazines and books to cover them up!
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Emily Henderson, the winner of Design Star decorated this built-in bookcase in a white, royal blue and turquoise color palette, and added a touch of glamour using gold accents. Notice how she plays on layers and proportion. TIP: Group small objects together to increase the impact!
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This bookcase is part of Interior Designer Anthony Gianacakos’ masculine bedroom featured in Lonny Magazine‘s second issue. An epitome of beautiful AND functional at the same time if you ask me. TIP: Pretty boxes and baskets are perfect for organizing magazines and hiding clutter!
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Can’t remember who designed this, please email me if You do so I can add proper credit.
The designer of this beautiful bookcase centered all the items in this built in bookcase in little A-type vignettes (learn what they are here). She combines books with accents of interesting shapes, and sticks to a color palette of black, white, blue and silver. TIP: Open a book to a page with pretty images and use it as part of the decor!
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Another beautiful yet functional bookcase, photographed by Julian Wass. Numbers, letters, and a pop of red is key here. TIP: Keep functional to the bottom shelves and beautiful to the top!
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A wonderful bookcase decorated by Domicile ID. Very simple and interesting. TIP: If your books don’t have gorgeous jackets like these, wrap them up with pretty wrapping paper!
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Ashley Whittaker pairs books with organic objects and pattern in this bookcase. I love how she uses the black contrast and the pops of color. You can see the rest of this room in this previous post ;) TIP: Incorporate natural elements like shells, corals and crystals with interesting shapes and beautiful texture.
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After redoing my own bookcase a while ago, I was amazed by the fact that books stacked horizontally appeared to take up a lot less space. This of course depends on the height to width ratio of the shelves in the given bookcase, see for your self by drawing a few figures on paper. So what’s your take on the bookcase decor trend? Have you jumped on that train yet? Or are you planning to?
Once I came across this image I recalled seeing it in online magazine Lonny. The Designer behind this sophisticated masculine apartment is Ron Marvin:
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A deep gray color tone sets a cozy but clean backdrop for this living room. The orange accent color is most definitely chosen to pick up the color in the red woods and and leathers throughout the home.
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I wouldn’t think of a coffee table vignette as typically masculine, but this one definitely is. Books with interesting book covers and smoky gray hurricanes are perfectly placed on a wooden tray. Using an organic decor element like a sea star or an interesting spiked ball like above, as a “paper weight” is a very popular decor element right now (as if you hadn’t noticed ;)
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The bedroom is dramatic with matte charcoal gray walls. In stead of a tall headboard, Ron opted for a large mirror behind the bed. A great choice to reflect the natural light from the windows. On another note, where is Patrick Cline, the photographer?? haha!
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This vignette on a dresser is located at the opposite end of the bed (as you can see in the mirror above it). I think the leather suitcase handles are the perfect touch. What do you think?
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A neat home office with seagrass wallpaper. For some reason this type of wallcovering goes perfectly with black, take a look at this previous post to see what I mean. According to Nancy Marcus who wrote a great post on chic desks, this one can be found at William Sonoma Home.
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If you enjoy Ron Marvin’s work, check out the first issue of Lonny to read more about this space!
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