Black is not exactly a Christmas color, but with a little glitter, anything is possible
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Jet-black
Jet-black is the darkest shade of black. The light shine (metallic luster) gives its elegance. It can be combined with any color, all of them will seem to be stronger and more vivid. Its use in interior design requires boldness even if it is only on accessories. It was named after the semi-precious stone jet, which is not a mineral but a piece of wood formed under high pressure and wet conditions. It is hard to work with it. It was mined for making mourning jewelry in the Victorian era.
Black Friday 2.
Black accessories for Black Friday
Paint palette 23.
Forceful paint palettes
Black metal
Black metal home accessories are more and more fashionable
Black Friday
Some black for Black Friday
Black flowers
Black color is more and more popular in interior design. Many people bravely paint the walls black or use black wallpaper and buy bigger furniture. If we don’t like to accent this color so much, we can use it on accessories (cushions, vases, candles, picture frames etc.) or on easy changeable smaller pieces of furniture or carpets. Cut or potted flowers always bring nature to the interiors. Where black is the dominant color and the color palette is monochrome, it’s harder to choose plants because bright colors are very different from the concept.
In this case, „black” flowers are perfect, which are less familiar and harder to purchase. Although black is in their name, actually none of them is black, but a very deep hue of claret and purple which seems to be black compared to other plants.
Queen of Night tulip – became famous by the novel of Alexander Dumas – is a plain petal species which looks good in a bigger bunch. There are black ones among so-called parrot tulips, their petals are scalloped.
Black calla lily is much more common and can be bought in several flower shops. It is durable, looks good in a big bunch or just one flower itself.
Black Mamba petunia is not a cut flower but it can be perfectly used instead of green plants in black interiors. It blooms richly and long, in addition to, it’s easy to care. Petals are plushy to touch.
More species of pansies have black flowers (e.g. Atlas, Sorbet Black Delight, Black Beauty). It feels good in balcony pots and hung baskets also. Its blooming time is long. It will be marvelous in pots fitting to the interior.
Black Mondo Grass is a perfect choice for those who want more neutral sight. It has pale pink flowers in summer which turn to bluish black berries later. It can be bred in containers.
There are a lot more species which can be called black (iris, bleeding glory-blower, cornflower etc.). Ask for help of an interior designer for choosing species fitting for your home.
Elegant decors for Halloween
When preparing a Halloween decoration, the goal is to create it more scary. Anyhow, classic homes should be decorated in an elegant way for this feast also.
Decorate the mantelpiece, coffee table, shelves with objects which have old mood and fit for the occasion: alarm clock, antique silver and glass candle holders, paper and metal boxes in fitting colors, magnifiers, bird cage etc. Some leather- or linen-folded old books are a good base. If we don’t have these at home, we can even make some by ourselves: cut black-and-white newspapers at the required size, glue them to each other by the edges to get a ca. 2-3 cm thick „volume”. Wrap it with brown paper. Dip it into black tea and let it dry. It will be similar to an antique book without its cover. We can even burn the edges and write the title on the rootlet by a fountain pen.
Make the door wreath from e.g. black feathers which remind us to crows but look good anyway. If the door is too dark for this, then choose white, silver or golden colored pieces. Orange dried flowers and white chrysanthemums are suitable instead of feathers also.
Let’s decorate the walls with unique handmade silhouettes. Cut the profile out from black cardboard and put them on light bases into similar frames. Old black-and-white family photos and anatomical engravings are also perfect decoration elements for Halloween.
Gather old types of keys, the bigger and shabbier is better. They can be hanged on the wall in frames but the smaller can be pinned on pumpkins as decoration too. If they are individually stringed to a black ribbon, then they can be hanged interlaced to the stair-rail or the curtain rod.
Let’s paint some classic bird feeder to dark grey or black color. They will be spooky placed in group in the corner near the door.
Take out the high-heeled black boots and shoes, top-hat and hat fitting in color from the wardrobe. Stuff the shoes and place them e.g. beside the fireplace. Hats can be put even on the top of the pumpkins but they look perfect hanged from the ceiling also. We can highlight these everyday objects decorating them with light-garlands.
Ask for help of an interior designer making a classical effected Halloween decoration.
Black lines
Highlight important details with black lines, that makes the room characteristic and elegant
My project 10.
Designed for a competition: antiques in a modern bedroom
