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9 Easy Ways To Use Dark Paint In Your Home
Create a warm, all-white space that mixes traditional and contemporary elements.
This dining space from a house featured in Homes & Gardens (UK) shows how an all-white decorating scheme can feel warm and inviting -- even in a modern architectural space. White (and its multifarious shades) can have more character than one might assume: Notice how this room uses several shades of white in one space.
Simple ideas make this space zen, cool and welcoming all at once.
Homes & Gardens, September 2005, IPC Media
The key to this space's succes is the careful mix of classic and contemporary. The room's traditional elements like a farm table, ladder-back chairs, a wingback seat, wainscoting and wide-board floors establish a classic, country feel in the space, yet the open plan and floor-to-ceiling windows are modern, spare and clean. The furnishing also demonstrate that opposites attract: The use of retro modern bar stools is a perfect study of mixing styles -- in fact, they're almost cheeky in this space.
A handful of dark elements, like the stools and the farm table's top, break up the all-white canvas. Meanwhile, natural wood, rush seats and multiple fabrics work to create texture in the room. The variations in color and texture work to give this space its warmth.
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A handful of dark elements, like the stools and the farm table's top, break up the all-white canvas. Meanwhile, natural wood, rush seats and multiple fabrics work to create texture in the room. The variations in color and texture work to give this space its warmth.
Start your own white oasis and get the look for less with the products below:
Mixing traditional silhouettes with modern elements takes the look to a whole new level.
Wing Chair, $379; Batista Counter Stool, $199; Mini Pendant Chandelier, $66.91
Wainscoting and wood candle holders bring instant texture. Texture is what takes a space from flat to pop!
Wainscot Panelling Kit, $44.99/8 feet; Montemartre Carved Candleholder, from $29
A farm table and ladder-back chairs are classic designs, which ground a room.
Linden Extention Dining Table, $459.43; Wynn Ladderback Chair, $229
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