Stumped on a Decorating Scheme? Try Black and White

Black and achromatic are a hot combination these days. The colours are turning up everywhere -- furnishings, fashion, cook ware, serving ware, linens, gadgets, storage products, paper products, and more. In fact, it's hard to avoid achromatic and white. Why is this colour strategy popular?

For one thing, the colour strategy have been around for centuries. "Decorating in Black and White," an article by Coral Nafie on the About.com Web site, believes achromatic and achromatic are a arresting combination. Black can anchor a room, Nafie says, and also adds sophistication. She mentions the designer's regulation of adding a small achromatic to every room to make drama. I've tried this and it works.

Black and achromatic came to my head the other day. Respective old age ago my hubby and I renovated our maestro bath. We installed an old-timer claw-foot bathtub (re-surfaced ), A separate lavish with rainfall glass, new tile flooring, brushed Ni lighting and towel bars. The off-white floor tiles have got a run of suntan in them and the dual sink top is achromatic granite. There are two achromatic granite shelves next to the tub. As much as I love our maestro bath, it misses punch.

I tried to add poke by changing the colour of the towels. Tan towels didn't work because they were bland. Picket bluish towels were so-so. Though achromatic towels were okay, and easy to bleach, but the room was just too white. So I took a opportunity and bought achromatic towels. The towels were on sale and, if they didn't look good, I wasn't out a batch of money.

When I hung the towels on the towel parallel bars our maestro bath suddenly had punch. The achromatic towels brought out the granite sink top and shelves. I liked the expression of achromatic against the flooring tiles and our off-white, Polar Bear walls. Adding achromatic to our maestro bath changed the expression completely. Wow.

An Australian Web site, www.homesite.com.au, have tips for creating a achromatic and achromatic colour scheme. The land site urges picture 1 wall blackness for a dramatic effect. You have got to be careful about the tone of voice of the color, however. Tone is a decorating term that mentions to the strength of color. When you paint a wall black, the land land site says, you should take a colour with undertones of greenish or blue.

Though blackness and achromatic piece of furniture will heighten your colour scheme, the site states you should endeavor for balance. "If there's too much achromatic it will look stark, and if there's too much achromatic it will look morbid." Bright accoutrements -- blue, green, red, and other bold colours -- will maintain this from happening. I'm so pleased with my achromatic towels that I'm going to purchase a achromatic bath mat and some accoutrements for more than punch.

Are you stumped on a colour scheme? Black and achromatic may be the answer. Adding checks, polka dots, and speech pattern colours will give the your room even more than pizazz.

Copyright 2008 by Harriet Hodgson