#bare brick

Bare brick walls can be such a treasure for you to your home… while it can also be an eye-sore to others… basicly, it’s all in the eye of the beholder. Personally, I love bare brick walls, as they add a quirky quality, an imperfection that makes a room interesting. (more…)

BLACK WALLS

I find black walls seriously sexy and they're currently sneaking into three of the rooms in my imagined abode.

THE BEDROOM

The bedroom is an obvious choice - there's nothing more seductive than a black-based over-sized floral print - though I'd probably limit it to a statement wall behind a four-poster bed as I love waking up to see sunlight on white.

Jenna Lyons' black bedroom as featured in Living etc.:

I adore this ornate four-poster bed, along with all its linens and cushions, and I'm picturing this against my feature black wall:

Vivienne Westwood's Magnolia wallpaper in black:

THE BATHROOM

The bedroom would naturally spill over into a luxe en-suite bathroom, by which I mean the utter adult luxury of a room for bathing and very little else (i.e. no toilet or sink in sight). Here I'd go for pitch-black walls with a deep tub sunken into black marble shot with white, lifted by a huge, gilded, ornate mirror, and a little jewel-coloured velvet chair for company. 

THE DINING ROOM

Finally, I'd opt for a dramatic black dining room with warm wood and tan leather furniture, lots of gold and brass features to brighten such as tableware, a statement, low-hanging light, and art deco cocktail cart, and perhaps a mirror-panelled wall for added light and luxury.

THE DETAILS

Just add brightening touches such as Kelly Wearstler Kaleidoscope brass sculpture and Anthropologie's iron and mango wood shelving unit:

DIFFERENT TAKES

In short, black can make many a space sumptuous:

But black can also be industrial and urban cool:

And it can even be kid friendly and Scandi chic: