Dark floors have this peculiarity - they look luxurious and expensive. This applies to all types of materials and colors. With a dark floor covering, the interior acquires grace and nobility, despite all the seemingly gloomy shade. Or thanks to her. This interesting effect is actively used by designers to “increase the cost” of the interior when developing a major renovation project. Despite the fact that the finishing materials themselves can be from the budget line.
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A dark floor creates psychological comfort
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It’s more common to walk on a dark floor, as if at home we are in contact with Mother Earth. A dark floor creates a feeling of stability and solidity. Such an interior appears carefully calibrated, correct, and reliable. Confidence in both the premises and its owners increases. A room with a dark floor looks very cozy and relaxing. This is the psychological effect that a dark floor has.
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Dark floors come in a variety of materials and shades
Dark flooring can be either natural or artificial. Natural materials are dominated by parquet, solid and parquet boards, which must be distinguished from laminate, ceramic tiles, porcelain stoneware, marble, granite, slate, sandstone. Of the artificial ones, the most popular are laminate, linoleum, self-leveling floors and PVC modular covering. Each material not only has its own characteristics, but also texture and color design.
The most popular shades of dark floors are chocolate brown, deep gray, deep burgundy, blue-black and black. They often have uneven coloring, light or colored inclusions. First of all, this applies to natural materials. Such “discord” only enhances the decorative properties of the coating.
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Dark floors suit any interior style
There are no style exceptions for dark floors. It fits everywhere and with everything, be it Scandinavian design, that famous lover of light finishes, or the Gothic style, the domain of dark colors. The main difference is between warm and cool shades. For example, Art Deco loves cold marble in the interior and will choose it for the floor in black with white inserts. And Provence and shabby chic will prefer a floor from the warm brown or green spectrum.
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Furniture for a dark hallway
The main furniture in the hallway is a clothes hanger or a wardrobe, if space allows, a banquette or ottoman, a cabinet for shoes. A sliding wardrobe is the most convenient option; it has long won the hearts of consumers with its functionality. Its facades will replace walls, it will create the illusion of additional space. A large mirror in the closet door will double this illusion.
A seat in the hallway must be provided. This could be a banquette or a small sofa, which can act as a contrast to the main color scheme. The seat can be combined with a shoe cabinet.
Add light colors to the dark interior in the form of small decorative details - posters, figurines, vases, and so on. But don't get carried away. The hallway is a small room, and the abundance of decor will also make it cramped.
A dark floor increases the space both in width and height
The well-known principle “darkness reduces space” does not work for the same gender. Or, better said, it does not work as it is attributed to it. On the contrary, a dark floor can visually expand the room if the walls are light. It becomes a visual reference point, in relation to which the light walls move apart. This effect will be enhanced if you make the ceiling dark. He and the floor seem to be squeezing the walls on both sides, and they are heard under color pressure. And with light walls and ceilings, the space increases not only in width, but also upward, forming an inverted trapezoid. Or a spotlight whose dark base emits light that radiates outwards.
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Advantages of a dark hallway
This prelude is very short, figuratively speaking, a few chords, the area of the hallway does not exceed 8 square meters, and often even less. And in this small space you need to place quite a lot of things and do it so that the hallway does not look cluttered. Another feature of this room is the absence of windows (in most cases) and a large number of doors. Decorating this area so that it makes a good impression on guests and owners and fits harmoniously into the overall concept of the apartment is not at all easy.
This article will talk about how to decorate a hallway in dark colors. Why in the dark ones? There is not enough light in this room, will it be too gloomy? A dark hallway has several valuable advantages, and we will overcome the darkness with the help of lighting and other design techniques. A hallway in dark colors is attractive because:
- Practical - all the dirt and moisture carried from the street remains in this room.
- Original - the dark hallway looks unusual and unusual.
- Dark shades are stylish.
- Such a hallway is decorated with bright lighting, and this makes the atmosphere festive.
Such an interior is chosen by serious, self-confident people, pedants with an analytical mind.
Dark shades are rarely used in hallway design because they visually compress an already small space. But we are not afraid of all these difficulties, and we will create a magnificent, stylish interior for a dark hallway.
Dark floors love contrasts
A dark floor works great with color contrasts. Moreover, these opposites of dark flooring are necessary. Only “in the play of light and shadow” does the interior acquire clear boundaries and outlines of objects, otherwise all surfaces and things lose their originality. It is not necessary to focus only on classic contrasts: black and white or brown and milky. You can experiment within the same tone. For example, a coal floor accompanied by zirconium walls and light gray, almost white furniture.
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Dark floors go well with colored walls
In addition to contrasts, dark floors love bright colors and patterns. First of all, this applies to walls covered with wallpaper in rich colors or with expressive prints. This wallpaper is suitable for rooms with both high and low ceilings. To visually increase the height of the room, you need to choose a vertical ornament. Bright colors combined with a dark floor enhance their properties. For example, yellow acquires greater depth, saturation, and emits more solar energy. And for green walls, a dark floor is the most natural and harmonious partnership, because emerald grass grows better on black soil.
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Obvious advantages
When choosing this design for rooms of different functionality, you don’t have to worry about the following points:
- Stylistics. It will fit into any style, and can conditionally “add value” to the final result.
- Psychological aspect. Choosing dark colors is a natural solution. The foundation of the room is subconsciously stable and reliable.
- Saving. A spectacular floor can become the basis of the interior: it will allow the remaining surfaces to be finished with neutral, more budget-friendly materials.
- Contrast. Fashionable black and white interiors.
- Expressiveness. Combines with wallpaper pattern. Excessive variegation is reduced by a light ceiling, neutral finishing, and upholstery of the main furniture.
- Decorating an accent wall, which an interior rarely needs, can change the configuration of a room. Relevant for a long narrow room.
- Fashionable gradient solutions (when one primary color is used with varying degrees of saturation).
A vertical dark ornament will visually raise the ceiling.
A dark floor can be easily maintained with decor and accessories
A dark floor needs items that match its shade. Interior accessories and decor perfectly cope with this function. It is not at all necessary that these things stand on the floor or touch it. A bronze panel, echoing the chocolate parquet, and Roman blinds with a deep burgundy pattern, echoing the laminate, will cope with this. The dark floor is also supported by such little things as sofa cushions, curtain tiebacks, candelabra, table vases, lamps, and figurines. The color of the rest of the surroundings - walls, ceilings, furniture - can be anything, the dark floor has someone to appeal to.
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Features of green color
If we consider this palette from the point of view of psychology, it is in demand due to the reason to become closer to nature and further away from the technogenic world. Green color allows you to relax and get rid of stress, and relax mentally. In addition, this natural shade has aesthetic appeal and is associated with freedom, happiness and good mood.
Green colors are chosen by purposeful people who need an additional energy boost. The palette helps improve mental performance, increases concentration and improves memory by 10%. The calming effect has a beneficial effect on the respiratory, nervous, and cardiovascular systems, not to mention the activation of the production of happiness hormones.
The overall psychological effect directly depends on the level of lighting in the room. For example, dark marsh and pine tones can be made warmer using lamps, and bright ones can be slightly muted for a comfortable perception.
