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dark furniture pieces will still be a big trend for the next season and beyond, so it's a great time to snap up fabulous furniture pieces while they're on discount.
Not exact matches
If you need
furniture, scour charity shops for old stools, benches, drawers and shelves but bear in mind that
dark - stained wood can soak up light and dominate a photograph, so if your products need something lighter consider stripping back any imposing
pieces or painting to a shade that's easier to work with.
I picked a beautiful,
dark wooden learning tower that doesn't show the food Mac spills on it and looks like another beautiful
piece of
furniture instead of something I threw together from some wooden scraps.
As much as I like the look of light
furniture, I will always go back to
dark leather for our main
pieces (like these couches).
Look for a
piece that matches or complements your bedroom
furniture - we have jewelry armoires in a range of wood finishes from warm and rustic to
dark and sophisticated.
A rich
dark gray can work well in a formal space, study, or even on a statement
piece of
furniture.
It's what I use if I'm planning to paint a
piece of
furniture in a
dark color.
By sanding the
piece, the wax gets worked into the grooves of the raw wood on the painted
furniture, brings out the
dark tone and «ages» the
piece.
This muddy gray might be a little
dark for walls but would look amazing on an island or bottom cabinets in the kitchen or on painted
pieces of
furniture.
I have a similar
piece of
furniture — a long, heavy dresser — in an outdated
dark color that I plan on painting in the same fashion.
I have done my first
piece of
furniture in old white then put on a clear wax and then
dark wax.
Now before you tackle a sacred
piece of
furniture that you inherited from your favorite great aunt with
Dark Wax, I suggest you «practice» with
Dark Wax on a small
piece or a cheap garage sale find.
The set is made of
dark, mahogany wood and has opulent carvings around most of each
furniture piece.
I would love to bring in lighter
pieces of
furniture to contrast the
dark media center, wall paint, flooring, ceiling fan and mirror.
Below is another example of a family room which has one inherited traditional
piece in a
dark stain that is next to a kitchen dining area with a totally different «French» country
furniture style...
I have
dark stained
furniture and was thinking of painting the
pieces, but I think if I paint a certain neutral color instead, I may like the room and leave the
furniture alone.
I am in progress of buying a townhome with scraped
dark hardwood floors, so I have started looking at rugs to define areas and to bring in a beachy, coastal, nautical esthetic to mix with my Mid-Century vintage
pieces and some new
furniture.
The
furniture, lights and objects, most of which the owner has collected on his travels, mix well with new
pieces made from scrap materials and a tried - and - tested paint method — layering a light shade over a
dark shade and sanded through, give it a lovely patina.
This red
furniture piece, as well as this gray one, I painted was coated with
dark wax only and both looked amazing.
I've had a number of friends comment on how pretty and feminine the mural is, but I think the
dark moody shadows and heavy
furniture pieces keep the master from looking overly girl focused.
Knits in neutral colors,
dark tones and lights shades, pastels and bright colors look fabulous with all
furniture pieces.
One of the things I love most about the family room is that while the walls and flooring are light,
darker pieces of
furniture help to ground the space.
This muddy gray might be a little
dark for walls but would look amazing on an island or bottom cabinets in the kitchen or on painted
pieces of
furniture.
In classic schemes, mix two or three shades using the
darkest or boldest shade on a stand out
piece such as an island or a larder unit — this is an easy way to create the relaxed feel of freestanding
furniture in a fitted kitchen.
I love the
dark brown trim her husband made, and think that it ties in nicely with some of their
furniture (the couch, trunk and side table in the corner), but I'd love to see a couple of the other wood
pieces painted white and / or blue, (not necessarily the
pieces I popped into the photo) just to inject a couple brighter colors, and to establish a dedicated color palette.
I like
dark traditional
furniture, simple and heavy
pieces and natural, soft textures.
I love a soft warm gray paint on the walls, white trim,
dark or warm toned antique
furniture like Chippendale, Queen Anne or Federal style
pieces (I'm not afraid to paint or reupholster a great thrifted find or an heirloom
piece either), warm hardwood floors covered with a sisal rug, a great classic shaped white or natural linen slip - covered sofa (washable since I have 2 toddler boys!)
I have so much white
furniture, blondish wood floors in parts of my house and white woodwork, my house can handle some
dark pieces to ground things a bit.
If you want
darker wood versus a light finish, you'll be able to narrow down the wide selection of bedroom
furniture to find
pieces you like that also go together.
Look for a
piece that matches or complements your bedroom
furniture - we have jewelry armoires in a range of wood finishes from warm and rustic to
dark and sophisticated.
The vast six - foot square sleigh bed is the only large
piece of
dark wood
furniture in the house, playing to the French feel that the owners wanted to achieve.
But the problem is I need to use what I have, which is pretty basic traditional style
furniture and even several
dark wood
pieces.
That
dark teal, hexagon - shaped side table (pictured above) was attached to the picture of the chair - and - a-half I dragged in, so that's probably not the best
piece of
furniture to have there (right in front of their nightstand), but I liked the color of it, so I left in it just so Lindsey could see if she wanted to use it as an accent color.
A
dark patterned wallpaper like this will bring drama to any space, and is a great excuse to bring in some brightly coloured
pieces of
furniture like this vibrant blue sofa.
We also have different wood finishes, including red cherry options, more natural woods,
dark walnut, black matte, or white finishes to make every parsons chair or
piece of
furniture you purchase from Carrington Court the perfect match, even for the most discriminating buyer.
Oh my goodness... I think IF she plans on keeping it and not tearing it down and starting over, paint the outside, keep the white, do black shutters and a great color for the front door or get a new solid wood one, 2nd... on the inside, seeing that J Lo transformed her husband's NY place into more modern fare, I think that she would definitely add color (all the walls are white) in the lighter neutrals, reverse the
dark stained wood molding in the sitting area around the ceiling and windows into something lighter to coordinate with whatever wall color she chooses or white, 3rd... she would remove most of the colonial
furniture pieces, especially sofas and chairs, and add something with more interest, 4th... holy cow... that red carpet on the stairs would definitely go and she would do hardwoods, 5th... kitchen and FR complete overhaul, I can see her doing 2 different seating areas in the FR and gut the kitchen..
I love the drama of a
dark piece of
furniture.
Aim to keep the main
pieces of
furniture in the same mid tone, then accessorise with all shades from light to
dark, using these as accent hues.
I really love the yellow
pieces and would like to know how you did these
pieces, I have some
furniture I need to paint and really have no idea what paint to use or how to get the
dark edging on them, like you did yours.
Black, grey and
dark colours also work as a great blank canvas for adding extra punch to pops of bold colour from
pieces of
furniture, pillows and paintings.
Dark wax is great for adding an aged look to your
furniture piece.
Now before you tackle a sacred
piece of
furniture that you inherited from your favorite great aunt with
Dark Wax, I suggest you «practice» with
Dark Wax on a small
piece or a cheap garage sale find.
I'd take out the tall
piece of
dark furniture and take the runner and things off of the buffet.
Last week I thought I had selected the perfect blue hue for a
piece of
furniture online, then when I got to the store I realized it was a much brighter indigo versus the
dark, dusty navy I thought it was.
I love
dark wood grains when they're balanced against light bright rooms, like a beautiful
piece of old wood
furniture with lovely patina, surrounded by crisp white linens.
I have done my first
piece of
furniture in old white then put on a clear wax and then
dark wax.
In spaces with
dark walls, include accent
furniture and accessories in the same saturation, then shift to lighter tones on larger
pieces of
furniture and drapes.
Here we have different oaks from the light to the
dark, the grainy to the smooth, the rustic to the modern, all assembled together in one patchwork sideboard to create a unqiue
piece of
furniture.
Shannon immediately went with the
Dark wax and wanted to make sure it looked aged, different and that it was a separate
piece of
furniture in the kitchen... NOT like it had been set there from the cabinet maker to match the rest of the cabinets.