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Inspiration: Black and White Rooms and Furnishings

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The Washington Post Magazine 2009 Spring Home & Design Issue features the Maryland house of designer Darryl Savage. He bought the house from his parents and completely redid the decor in black and white. The effect is bold, clean, and gorgeously inspired. After drooling through the slideshow, we searched for even more beautiful rooms decorated in black and white. See our striking finds below the jump...
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Shown above: the Modium kitchen by KicheConcept via Trendir; the bathroom in Lena Proudlock's restored Jacobean house in Gloucester, England; and Cactus wall bookcases from the Italian company Compar. Below are living room furniture from Fritz Hansen and a Black and White Balanced bedroom from LivingEtc.

For more black and white home decor ideas, check out the blog Black and White Delight. Click here to see The Washington Post's photo tour of Darryl Savage's house. Read the article "River Retreat;
Designer Darryl Savage crafts a whimsical refuge from a house his parents once owned" by clicking here.

Black and White Furniture

Moorish Chest from Wisteria

Modern Contemporary White Black Leather Sectional Sofa with Black Ottoman

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Nice bedding in the last photo.

posted by PRU on April 23rd 2009 at 8:51am
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Do you think you'd get tired of only black and white? What if Aunt Judy buys you a red doo-dad?

Anyway, I love the duvet cover, too.

posted by DesignHole on April 23rd 2009 at 9:36am
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Does anyone know where the bedding is from?

posted by PixP on April 23rd 2009 at 9:39am
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the bedding is gorgeous. i would also like to know where it's from!

posted by ckk on April 23rd 2009 at 11:27am
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I have black and white in my house and everyone is always trying to get me to add in color. My pets are even white! I think that bedding look Dwell-ish.

posted by royaltygirl on April 23rd 2009 at 2:51pm
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The overall style is not me and I'd need color too, a lot more color, say bursts of red or yellow or bright shades of blue, or all three perhaps to add life to what to me feels a bit stuffy-ish.

I mean, the he even has a dept store manniquin dressed in a suit and tie (not that, that's a bad thing but still as a piece of decor, not so much).

Just black and white is a tad too stark.

posted by ciddyguy on April 23rd 2009 at 3:10pm
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I am redoing my boring beige tiled bathoom in a black and white theme...the tile unfortunately has to stay but instead of adding red like i've been doing, everything is going black and white to play off the black granite counters (which are AWFUL for a bathroom sink btw, don't ever do it!)

posted by kgenesius on April 23rd 2009 at 4:24pm
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I love black and white. so sexy and simple at the same time. you can always add any color!
http://www.makemineeclectic.wordpress.com

posted by jessimarie33 on April 24th 2009 at 10:21am
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The bedding is the Foxglove Duvet from Habitat. I've been trying to figure out a way to make it mine for ages now.

posted by freneticfloetry on April 24th 2009 at 12:14pm
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Ahhh... that explains why they have the duvet cover askew like that. It is sized for Europe and doesn't actually fit the bed properly.

posted by P.T. on April 24th 2009 at 12:48pm
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We've had a bed like this without a headboard now for two years and it's always bothered me. The bed just doesn't feel "anchored" without it, even a low one. This photo accentuates the problem by hanging the John Lennon art work too high, too. We finally caved today and bought a low style bed at the High Point Furniture Market for below wholesale cost. (Anyone who lives on the east coast should drive down next weekend to buy market samples--- you'll walk away with steals since the economy is sooo bad and they market vendors have been really hurting).
Katy
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posted by fishgirl on April 26th 2009 at 8:49pm
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Yeah, I coveted the Foxglove bedding when it appeared in a previous posting at AT. But, it is 200cm x 200cm and doesn't fit any US sized comforters! And I love my king sized silk floss comforter. How I wish it this bedding was available in US sizes and stores.

posted by SanDiegoAT on April 27th 2009 at 4:40pm
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Every time I see black and white print in stores I want to throw out my eclectic collection of color, but then realize that I want ALL the patterns, and it would result in a disaster. The commitment to stick to the B&W theme is too hard for someone like me who has to paint every piece of furniture she owns.

posted by Rampart on May 1st 2009 at 9:56pm
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