How to Decorate With Black | Ideas For Using Black in Your Home
How to Decorate With Black | Ideas For Using Black in Your Home
In this video, I go over how to decorate with black! Sometimes it’s hard to figure out how to decorate with black because it can seem like an intimidating color. This video will go over some of my favorite ways to decorate with black, including paint and metals, different textures and natural elements!
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00:00 – How to Decorate With Black
00:29 – Black Paint
02:32 – Match Your Black Metals
04:05 – Use Black Natural Materials
05:53 – Black Textures
07:25 – Use Black Accents
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We have black feature walls and I love it. Your tips are excellent and I like the visual examples you used. Thanks
@houseofvalentina has so many ideas for using black in your home. She gave me the ok to use black on walls, furniture, decor, etc, and to know it would be the wow factor I wanted.
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im here because i’ve read your comment on the other youtuber channel on not using black in bedroom 🤣
ayyyee the Becki and Chris photo at 1:39
Great information I can’t wait to paint some of my walls black. This sparked some creative thoughts for me 🙏🏻
Can we get a tour of your space ? 😊 I love that back navy wall ! Such a tease in every video!
Would love to know where that black sectional at minute 7:56 is from.
Inspiring ! I saw a red door and I think you all know what’s gonna happen.
Question. Do your walls have to be white in order to have a black focal wall?
Me wanting to do my bedroom with black and white
Hey Nick, I just found your videos yesterday and was already able to implement a lot of your advice on renovating in our kitchen project today, thank you so much!
Now correct me if you have already done a video on that but here is my question:
Do you have any advice on decorating with "heavier" (for the lack of a better term) colours/textures? Like dark reds, blues, greens, panelled wood walls, heavy dark wooden 1850s-1940s furniture, a lot of "heavy" ornaments (baroque, rokoko) etc. – I really love those things but somehow my living spaces always end up feeling "too modern" since I lack the high ceiling these things were designed for and also adding in TVs, electronics etc. just looks odd.
Bonus tip I forgot to mention in the video! Remember that there are warm blacks and cool blacks, just like white and grey. So make sure you choose the correct colour temperature for your space! This especially applies to black paints. Feel free to check out my neutral paint video for more info! https://youtu.be/kEfG5XoJZxM
I went all out (most my friends do) and went with black shaker style base cabinets in my kitchen and shaker style alabaster upper cabinets. I love the look but having a problem with choosing flooring. The kitchen melds into the hallway and dining area. I want to add in a natural wood look floor so it flows. Thoughts?
Thank you for being the voice of reason on YouTube! I painted our bedroom black and it’s just so much cozier and easier to sleep in than a white bedroom.
I am really enjoying your channel. I just recently found you but an a big fan and am currently binge watching your videos.
Have you thought of a collab with Valentina from "The House of Valentina"? I think the two of you to really be in harmony.
Do you foresee black going out of style someday?
Sorry, I don’t do black anymore. I’ve updated to browns and tans! Yes, a little in every room..I’ll call it a sprinkle. 🐕🦺🦮 woof 👍
I love black glass in a room, table and storage space
1:00 I love that design, and the next one too. The main thing I would worry about with black paint is how dark does it get when you dont have lights on? The power may go at any time, also nighttime/evening. And nowadays electricity has gotten really expensive too, so I and probably many others choose to not have lights on most of the time, along with other adjustments. But I actually really like it as a design
I LOVE decorating with black! It’s my most-used accent color.
I love black! It gives me such an elevated feeling for my space. I have painted some antique furniture black with crystal knobs and I have lighter grey/green walls. I have this look throughout my home and I am now looking at my bedroom. I would really like to paint the wall behind my bed with matte black and bring in a large piece of art that really speaks to me. My walls will be white and then I can add any accent colour I want to. I am excited but apprehensive at the same time.
Nick, I’ve been following your channel and found your videos extremely informative and helpful. I love this video and actually plan to paint my master bedroom walls black. Initially, I wanted to start with just one black "accent wall", but most design photos you showed and online all suggest painting all 4 walls black. What’s your opinion on that (4 walls vs. 1 wall)? And the "accent wall" idea in general? Would love to hear your thoughts and advice! Thank you so much!!
What do you think about black kitchen cabinets? What tips can you give me?
This was really and awesome video. These tips truly help when you want to put together a space, thank you Nick for sharing.
Everything he said about black was correct. Which is why I’m happy to be Black lol. 🖤
I have tried explaining this to people again and again. Maybe now that a male YouTube designer says the same exact things, they’ll believe me. 🥴 Black is beautiful purr period 👏🏻
After having finished painting my living room I called my mom to brag a little- she didn’t know which colour I had picked…
Me: So, I’m finally done painting. Guess what colour!
Mom: Don’t know, tell me.
Me: Black.
Silence
Me: Hello?!
Silence
Me: Are you still there?!
Mom: Are you making fun of me?!
Me: No, not today. It actually looks amazing.
Mom: You are crazy.
Me: Yeah, what else is new?! 😄
I love my new black living room. 🥰
Buying a century old home with aged wood floors. about to paint them black. can’t wait. I don’t decorate. I design.
Love the black focus! We just purchased a home with a huge bottom floor that is open with a bar with medium stained wood, huge black leather sofa and really nice pool table. Yeah my hubby was done looking when he saw this space. Only natural light is coming from two doors to the outside. I had no idea what to do because the tile flooring is the same color as the bar. Walls are white. Think I might paint the walls matte black and buy sofa pillows and throws in the medium brown. Then add add rugs that are black and medium brown ~ maybe from Morocco.
I love black but not always sure about how to use it. Thanks for all the ideas. 🌸✝️
Love black. Did my walk in closet black with gray shelves and wallpaper with back background and white roses, on one wall. Wish I post a pic.
I would love do my main room black.
Hi Nick. I adore your videos. Can we get an episode about dark and moody rooms? Maybe dos and don’ts or any other tips. I am starting a home renovation in a small apartment and I have fallen in love with the idea but my partner is concerned we might get carried away and make it "cave-like".
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gorgeous!
I am going to use your ideas on my apartment in Brisbane Australia
I have a terracotta leather sofa that just does not look great against a white wall. I have been contemplating painting a black accent wall benind it. Its scary because it will take a lot of coats and if I dont like it, it will take a lot of coats to undo it.
As a teenager (a long, long time ago) I asked my parents if I could paint my bedroom black, and as you might guess, the answer was no. So, I painted it white and got black & white daybed spreads and curtains. It was a good substitute for the time. But, once I left home, there has always been black elements in my bedrooms (and sometimes in other rooms, as well). For years now, my guest bedroom (white walls) has been black and white with accents of ruby red around the room. I purchased black fabric to make a bed skirt and matching Roman window shade, and then I purchased a black and white quilt with matching curtains. I cut the curtains into quilt squares and made of quilt top incorporating some ruby red quilt squares, and my window valance uses some of the curtain fabric along with a strip of the ruby red fabric horizontally through the middle. A couple other touches of red in the room, and it makes me happy just to walk into that room.
been using black in my ‘home’ forever!…….my father actually liked it & "introduced" it to my mom about 60yrs. ago……he was a metal worker…& in downtime use to make wrought iron candlesticks etc….went very well with our shaker/colonial furniture at the time……Today I have eclectic (shaker, mid century & modern) in my home…….black is where it’s at! along with my glass, chrome, stainless, wood & a lot of natural "items"
Black is my favorite. I am an millennial goth 😂 now I can paint my whole house black and no one can say a thing!
❤thank you black is classy . I had a friend that said to me when I wanted to paint my dining room black . She told me it would increase depression. I painted dining room is cozy and classy . ❤❤❤
Thought you said "orc cyborg" LOL
🧡… this video is very inspiring
I love black finishes like hardware.
My bedroom is Black Fox SW (brownish black), I love it. I’m even thinking about painting the baseboards and door. I have also had it in Cracked Pepper Behr (blue-black). Hides the black tv on the wall too.
to me black decor makes your home elegant
I want mu guest bathroom black
How do you use the nice matte black that you showed in a bathroom? Isn’t glossy black tacky?
3:34 those switches, what brand are they?
Same for the clock at 5:23
Don’t tell me this my whole house will end up black the bedroom is already leaning towards that.
Loved the video and the comments.. I always loved how black has a ‘final’ feel. Not as in a funeral, but a finished look. I have black bedding, in a matte shade.
Black as a neutral, and black accents definitely make sense.