We collected eight interior situations when it is appropriate to focus on the dark shade of the floor covering.
1 if contrasting walls
Design: Cat Brewis
The dark tones of the floor covering are perfectly combined with an active color or ornament of walls and a light ceiling. Of course, such a combination looks like enough, so for the room it is better to choose the main body furniture of light tones.
An option with dark floors and tone-saturated walls is suitable for rooms with both high and low ceiling. If you want to visually lift the room, make a saturated tone with darker or use the wallpaper with a vertical ornament.
2 If light walls and surfaces
Design: Helsinghouse.
The win-win option is to balance the dark floor with light vertical surfaces. White walls will suit minimalistic design, and pastel darkest or cool tones will help to form an interior in a classic style. Such a combination of colors looks sufficiently strictly, so designers are recommended to make several contrasting shades into the color gamut due to decor.
3 if the room is narrow
Design: Dyer Grimes Architecture
In a narrow room with a dark floor, apply the principle of the accent wall and in no case do not change the appearance of the floor covering, let it remain dark. In this situation, you can safely make walls deep and rich in color, and the ceiling is white. Such a solution will optically correct the configuration of the room.
4 If you want an experiment
Design: Nina Frolova
Try to make a dark ceiling - not darker than the floor, of course, but with a pronounced tonality. Interestingly, such a combination is again suitable for premises both with high and low ceiling. Dark floor, light walls and dark ceilings - such a combination looks very modern.
5 if the furniture is tone
Design: The FRENCH MIX INTERIOR DESIGN
A classic combination is to add dark floors with furniture of the same color, but for several tones lighter. Not contraindicated with dark floors and absolutely white furniture: in this case, you can again play the contrast to the shades. By the way, at the expense of furniture, the color of the dark floor can be emphasized and indirectly - let's say, at the expense of furniture legs of the same shade: Then the furniture will be how to float above the floor.
6 If there are suitable accessories
Design: ECOLE Bureau
Dense color of the floor, regardless of the overall range of the interior, it is worth emphasizing the details of similar shades. It can be a frame for paintings, and lamps with a dark basis, and even wicker baskets - the main thing that the decor matches the overall stylistic decision.
7 If you can emphasize the textures
Photo: CentrsVet Group
Solve a rather typical problem of the "plane" of space, relevant to interiors with a dark floor, a combination of several textures will help. Cast iron and wrought elements, rattans and bamboo, as well as decorative canvases will help to revive the room, make it a less static. The matte surface of the floor is combined with glossy countertops: For example, the marble surfaces of the working area are often used in the kitchen interior, and in the living room there are glass journal tables.
8 If you want an eco-interior
Design: Tatyana Kovaleva
The eco-motive in the interior with a dark floor can be embodied, combining furniture of various wood and colors. If you make a choice in favor of such a variety, do not forget to take care of neutral walls and think through the light script. Very harmonious and fresh in this interior will look an abundance of live plants with green leaves.