Having a certain amount of color in your home can be cheerful and add beauty to your space, but not everything can or should be bright and light. Black accessories help to anchor a room, help off set bright colors or simply can be part of a graphic color scheme. Here, we look at bold black accessories, some playful and some classic, but all great additions to a home.
1. Eames® LCW Chair, MoMA Store, $979.00
2. Hidrìa Vase, Yoox, $250.00
3. Jeeves Pendant Lamp, Y Lighting, $280.00
4. Rhino Bookend, Urban Outfitters, $34.00
5. Dome Lamp, ModMobili, $800.00
6. Servopluvio Umbrella stand, Yoox, $613.00
7. Night Smoke Candle, Need Supply Co., $30.00
8. Watchdog Doorstop, Anthropologie, $24.00
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Regarding the Eames LCW - I have the black DCMs for my dining chairs and although I love the look and the chairs themselves in hindsight I really wish I had opted for a standard stain version. The paint has worn away on the front edges from being pushed into one another while being put back under the table and I also have some pretty visible marks from people sitting down while wearing belts with metal on them and scratching parts to the point of bare wood showing through. One big thing that sucks about this is how bad people have felt for scratching them, and it's not their fault, they are dining room chairs and they shouldn't have to go through a vigorous pat down before being allowed to sit down in the first place. I realize that even with the regular stain I would have some marks, I just think it would be way less noticeable.
Long story short, in my opinion, if you are going to get an Eames chair that gets more than looked at don't get a painted finish.
For the imagination-challenged such as myself, another post with whole rooms (with black accents) would be wonderful!
I have black chairs, black ottomans, black ceramic plants for my cacti, a black cabinet, a black & gray wall hanging....
Do I like it? Yes.
Is that the main reason I have them? No.
I also have 3 large black dogs, who consider shedding to be a full-time job. (To be fair, they also do obedience & agility.)
Sometimes it's just easier to go with the flow.
Of course, I also have 2 Siamese cats, who shed light hair.
Sometimes you just can't win.