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Posts tagged “black”

Color Combo: Burgundy, Blues, and Black

We happened upon this color combo accidentally when we were researching Sköna Hem for last week's plant chandelier post. We held on to it mainly because we've never actually seen these colors used i...

Black, Bold and Inspiring
Melbourne

We're taking part in the Fall Cure and have been searching for lots of inspiration. The top of our inspiration pile comes from a magazine from the other side of the world, this months Living Etc and b...

Ikea-Chic Dorm Room in Red, Black, and White

With the fall semester looming around the corner, we're pretty sure that Target and Ikea are going to be clogged with students stocking up on dorm essentials. Thankfully, it's becoming easier to be a...

Designer's Trick: A Bit Of Black In Every Room

Black grounds, adds drama and is a foil for other colorsThere's an old adage among interior designers that every room needs a hit of black to finish it up... ...

Inspiration: Black, Gray and Purple

We've been hearing about the shift from bright white on white in home decor to a darker, more sophisticated palette with the same crispness that white offers. Until now we hadn't been totally convinc...

Look! Black Chalkboard Mantle

Yes we know, it seems that chalkboard paint has been applied to everything, but we just loved the idea of a black dramatic mantle that you can write on: ...

Color Combo: Black + White + Green

We love the lobby bathroom in the Viceroy Hotel Santa Monica. The vibrant green tiles mixed with the black and white floor is chic, elegant and cool. We recently spotted this color combo in a popular ...

Look! Big Black Bedroom

While it's one thing to paint your walls black, we weren't quite prepared with how it would look if everything else (furniture-wise) was painted a high gloss black as well. If anything, it makes ever...

House Tour Update: Maria's “Oh So You” Bungalow

We're sure many of you remember one of our most popular house tours, Maria's “Oh So You” Bungalow. The interior was a pastiche of vibrant colours and welcoming textures, all framed by the open flo...

Painting the Ceiling Black?
In Style June 2008

It was featured in a Fall Colors Contest entry a while back, and just yesterday, we noticed it in the dressing room of the home of Miley Cyrus that currently is in the latest In-Style magazine (above)...

Look! FLOR Color Scheme Inspiration

We've got an extended post of this boutique pet shop coming up, but we wanted to particularly point out the sophisticated modern looking FLOR area rug in faux mohair inside the downtown pet shop, Puss...

Hot or Not? Black Bathroom with Neon

A stark contrast to the black bathroom we talked about before, this Neo Metro Bathroom at CA Boom confused us. We've talked about their miniLoo before and love their attention to small spaces (and we...