Dark wood shows a lot of fuzz, footprints, etc. and a mid-tone wood would be a bit more forgiving while still giving a beautiful look.
Not exact matches
Other room details include vibrant use of yellow and bronze throughout (inspired by glowing marquees), custom wallpaper, premium beds with 100 % Egyptian cotton linens as well as
dark wood finishes reminiscent of dance - worn floors of
show stages.
If you still have a little bit of
wood showing through here and there (which will happen more if you paint a light color on a
dark piece or vice versa), pour a little chalk paint into a plastic cup and mix in a bit of water to thin it out.
Taking inspiration from nature, the designer
showed a lustrous palette of
dark greens and intense browns rendered in shiny silks covered in feather embroideries or
wood prints, but the overall effect was too bourgeois.
We knew the Coco wash would
show up
darker on the raw
wood, highlighting the
wood grain and giving the piece some dimension.
Sometimes I don't want a
dark coat of paint to
show through, just the idea that there's
wood underneath.
Tarr
shows us firelight flickering against
wood grain, the deep creases in the daughter's face, each wiry hair in the widower's beard,
dark leaves blowing past the windowpane.
The Sol Guadalupe restaurant with air - conditioning (in summer season) offers a self - service buffet with
show cooking, theme nights and an Italian corner serving delicious pizza and pasta and other Italian dishes in a bright, modern setting with
dark -
wood furnishings.
An adjacent space is
dark, save for two large vertical LED screens
showing bird's eye view animations of waves that shine blue light on weathered
wood rafters.
Each is handsomely
shown in vitrines mounted on
dark wood pedestals.
In this group
show curator Henry Hussey draws on the sense of exile, trepidation and loss in the first Canto of the Inferno, using the idea of the
dark wood to bring together a group of artists who have each inhabited such a place in their practice.
The
show consists of a series of acrylic paintings on
wood and paper, all related to the struggle between
dark and light.
This «reaction
wood» is
shown in the picture below the quoted statement by the
darker and wider rings, and could easily be the cause of a «hockey stick.»
Oh yes, I had
dark stained
wood floors in my old house and they always
showed a layer of dust.
Traditional shaker - style cupboard and drawer handles are robust and keeping them in a
dark wood colour, rather than painting them in a matching pastel shade, means that grubby finger - marks won't
show up.
I have a few antique
dark wood bits of furniture and I like how the white allows them to be the stars of the
show.
I hadn't thought about how scratches would probably
show up more on the
darker wood.
Slide
show after slide
show of beautiful fall mantels and not a single one included a
dark wood fireplace.
were all
dark wood and this would not
show up very well on them.
I just did that so if any color
showed between our white - painted,
wood planks, it would be
dark - not light yellow.)
Add a country edge to an all - white room by introducing
dark wood accessories, such as the mirror, picture frames and rattan basket
shown here.
It looks
darker than the top and the link to Birch Lane
shows that the
wood is all the same color.
If you still have a little bit of
wood showing through here and there (which will happen more if you paint a light color on a
dark piece or vice versa), pour a little chalk paint into a plastic cup and mix in a bit of water to thin it out.
The picture below
shows what
dark wood base cabinets against the white, planked wall would look like...
Dark woods tend to
show the grain more clearly than their lighter counterparts.
This dining set look super stylish in contemporary walnut
wood, the
dark shade
showing off the natural beauty of the grain.
The last two photos
show the original stained
dark wood — and really help to illustrate the dramatic change that paint alone can bring to a space.
Cabinets in the 1980s bathrooms (and kitchens) went from
dark stain to a lighter stain to
show off the
wood grain.
Our cabinets are not as
dark as yours, but would love to know if you have a post on here on how you went about painting those to ensure the
dark wood and knots would now
show through.
But I worry about nicks and dings on the cabinets that would allow the
darker wood stain to
show through.
Broad
wood rays
show as light colored radial lines on the end grain as
dark colored distinct flakes or ribbon on the quarter sawn faces.
We liked the weathered look in the inspiration photos I shared last week, but agreed with some of you that we needed a little more contrast to keep the house from feeling washed out, so we wanted a
dark gray stain that would provide a subtle pop, but still allow the grain of the
wood to
show through for the weathered effect we liked.
I love the contrast against our
dark Acadia
wood table, which I'll be
showing soon as part of our backyard makeover.
She has successfully blended old and new pieces to create a modern country home, as
shown in the elegant living room where traditional
dark wood furniture sits easily with clean - lined sofas and a glass table.