A black bed adds a sophisticated touch to this black and white bedroom.
Black and white are colors that lend themselves to the sleek characteristics found in contemporary décor, but with the right furnishings and accessories, a black and white color scheme can also be warm and comforting. Add pops of color and this palette works equally well for a master suite and a child's room. Choose the right wallpaper, furnishings and bedding and your bedroom takes on a traditional mood. Black and white is versatile enough to work in just about any space. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
Contemporary
1. Choose a simple but elegant black platform bed.
2. Dress the bed in bright white linens and top it with a zebra print duvet. Add throw pillows. Mix solid black and solid white.
3. Paint three walls white. Opt for an accent wall in black and white stripes.
4. Lay white wall-to-wall carpet or opt for white area rugs over a tile floor in black and white tiles.
5. Add accessories. Choose black bedside tables with clean lines painted shiny black. Top them with black iron lamps featuring shades that echo the zebra print on the bed. Hang a row of black and white photographs above the bed. Frame them in unadorned black frames. Choose photos that reflect your interests or opt for family photographs.
Traditional
6. Choose black and white wallpaper in a traditional toile print. Cover all four walls or paint three walls creamy white and paper the fourth as an accent wall.
7. Make a Colonial-style four poster or sleigh bed the centerpiece of the room. Highlight it with a white lace canopy and white dust ruffle. Dress the bed with a white quilt and black and white pinstripe sheets, or choose a quilt in a black and white pattern.
8. Flank the bed with Colonial-style two-drawer side tables painted white and topped with white ginger jar lamps featuring black and white checked shades.
9. Lay hardwood floors stained deep mahogany. Warm them with braided area rugs in black, white, grey, and red. Pull it all together with shams that match the wallpaper.
10. Create a reading area with a Windsor rocker painted black and softened with a seat cushion that matches the wallpaper. Pair the rocker with a black wrought iron floor lamp topped by a white linen shade.
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