Trend Spotlight: Dark Interiors
If you’re into your interior design trends, you’ll have noticed over the last year that homeowners and interior designers alike are opting for darker tones and colour pallets. Darker colours can look stunning and even if you prefer light and airy spaces, there are still ways you can incorporate this trend into your home.
Go For Dark Walls
Opting for darker paint colours are the quickest and budget friendly way to adapt this trend and will instantly update your living space. For the brave interior enthusiasts, black paint has become a staple and can create a cosy and cocooning space. Incorporate with lighter furnishings or light wide-plank wood flooring to lift the space. Alternatively, painting skirting boards, door frames and stair cases black can make a striking contrast to lighter walls.
If black paint is too much of a jump for you, opt for darker tones of rich blues, forest greens or charcoal greys. Use it on a feature wall of panelling, or select a wallpaper with a dark background for an instant talking point.
Consider Black Fixtures & Fittings
If you prefer a more neutral palette and like to keep your walls light, you can still embrace this trend through your choice of décor.
Incorporating black accents throughout your home can add instant style and cohesion. For example, black fixtures are a modern and popular option over traditional chrome or brass. Why not opt for black taps in your bathroom or replace your door handles with matt black or modern nickel? Budget depending, you can embrace this move to black in every room with black radiators, or simply add some black light fixtures.
Incorporate Monochrome Accents
Even if you’re on a modest budget, there many simple ways to incorporate darker colours into your home.
Consider going darker with your soft furnishings such as cushions, curtains, blinds and bedspreads. Deep green is a hugely popular choice at the moment and compliments both traditional and interior styles. Inky blues or dusky pinks are also popular choices for bedrooms and living rooms.
Opt For Dark Wood Flooring
Opting for dark wood flooring throughout your property will create a warm and inviting atmosphere. Dark wood flooring can be used as the perfect backdrop, perfectly contrasting with lighter furnishings, or setting the scene for plush, decadent décor. It can look particularly stunning when used alongside brass, gold or black fixtures and fittings.
Whether you want to go modern with a grey-brown toned floor, or prefer a rustic deep oak, a dark wooden floor will create a bold style statement. From the varied smoked tones of our 'Campfire', to the modern cohesive black of 'Cinder', you will be sure to find a dark engineered wood floor in our collections to create a bold style statement. All of the engineered wood planks from Knot & Grain collection are made from French oak for premium quality made to last.
Call our team or email us at hello@knotandgrain.com to discuss any of our flooring collections or simply to pick our brains about which floor might be best for you – we love talking interiors!
