Before finishing an apartment or house, you need to think about choosing a color scheme, so it’s worthwhile to draw the interior of all rooms in advance. Black floors look very impressive, which will be discussed below.
The right combination of shades
The correct use of black in the interior will allow you to get a non-standard and absolutely unique room. So that it does not look gloomy, boring and impractical, it is necessary to correctly combine the flooring with the surrounding decor, furniture, etc.
The subfloor can only be done taking into account general recommendations for use. To make the room look as beautiful as possible, you can’t: use only this color in the design and choose it for decoration of small rooms. As for furniture and other decorative elements, it is worth stopping at contrasting tones. The combination of black and white will make the interior a win-win, beautiful and original. More specific recommendations for using shades for each room are given below.
Advantages and disadvantages
The black floor in the house looks unusual, respectable, elegant and very rich. Among its advantages it is necessary to highlight: comfort, the effect of strength and reliability, the ability to play in contrasts by adding multi-colored finishing materials, carpets, furniture, chandeliers, etc. Such an interior will look bright and impressive.
The dark floor has several disadvantages:
- it visually reduces the space (you can smooth out the effect with light or striped walls);
- small dust particles, villi, footprints (it will be necessary to do the cleaning very often) are very noticeable on it.
If you use a matte finish, then the garbage will not be so noticeable. Glossy and varnished materials, on the contrary, will not work: they quickly become covered with noticeable scratches. The problem with dust can be solved by choosing a black matte finish with small light veins or using carpets.
Material selection
Before finishing the house, it is necessary to determine the material for each room. The best thing for the floor to choose: tile, bulk coating, linoleum, laminate and wood. The tile is perfect for bathrooms and kitchens, and the rest of the materials - for residential premises. In addition to a dark shade, they can have some original pattern.
The black floor in the kitchen and in the bathroom should not be glossy - this is very dangerous. It is better to choose a matte and rough surface. In addition, the coating in “wet” rooms should be moisture resistant, durable, resistant to various detergents and easy to clean.
Bedroom
To get a comfortable and beautiful bedroom, you can choose a black floor (laminate, parquet, bulk coating). Light elements will help to get rid of gloominess in the interior: furniture, carpets, wallpaper, curtains, bedding.
Black coating can look great not only with light but also with dark shades. Do not choose a pure white color, it is better to stay on a cream or white tone, mixed with some other. The bedroom interior with bright decorative elements will be perfectly enlivened. It is not necessary to make floors and doors of the same color - it is better if they are contrasting. Skirting boards should have the same shade as the doors.
An approximate decoration of the bedroom interior: dark coating, white ceilings, wallpaper with horizontal black and white stripes, curtains with a large black and white pattern.
Living room
Living room - a special room in which should be comfortable and respectable. It should have saturated shades, because they create the effect of calm and comfort. The black floor in the living room will look good if you create contrasting combinations and provide enhanced lighting. It is very important that the coating creates a single ensemble with furniture, walls and ceiling. Below are some examples of the design of this room.
1. The traditional version is based on the opposite of colors, that is, on contrast. Bright carpets and colored furniture fit well into such an interior.
2. A great combination of black coating with rich wallpaper and light decorative elements.
3. A rather harmonious combination - a dark floor and cream walls. You can also experiment with blue, green and turquoise shades. The white baseboard will look original.
Kitchen
On black floors, stains, footprints, pollution are very visible, so they are rarely used in the kitchen. However, experts advise choosing a material with a fine pattern - then there will be much less problems. The black floor looks solid and noble with white, dairy and cream facades. If the color of the kitchen set and the coating matches, then you can separate the “array” with a contrasting base.
Bright furniture and black should be combined carefully. Although such an interior looks spectacular, it will cause irritation among the owners of the house. If there is excess space on the floor, you can put a light rug (in the color of walls, facades or any decorative elements). The room looks very unusual when black tiles are laid on the floor and grouted with a contrasting color.
Small rooms are suitable for glossy flooring , laid in a diagonal direction (tile, moisture resistant laminate, linoleum with a small pattern). Their surface will create a reflection effect and visually enhance the kitchen. Black ceilings and light walls will help expand the space. In this case, it is important to pay attention to the presence of a sufficient number of lighting devices (chandeliers, sconces, floor lamps, spotlights).
You can add to the kitchen:
- black or two-color curtains;
- painted cornice;
- dark paintings, services, vases;
- bright decorative elements.
Bathroom
You can create a beautiful interior in the bathroom, if you make a black floor in it (the photo can be seen below). The main rule is color harmony. If the choice fell on a dark tile, then it should be on the walls to a minimum. For wall decoration, white is best suited, and decorative elements may be dark. Do not make walls and floors of the same color, otherwise the room will visually decrease and will crush.
In small bathrooms, do not make black horizontal stripes. But with the help of vertical stripes you can perform zoning of the space, for example, highlight a bath, washbasin, toilet or even divide it into zones (for washing, taking a shower, cleaning, washing).
Black flooring is expensive, beautiful, and chic. This color must be used correctly so that the room is comfortable and unusual. Otherwise, the owners of the house will have many problems.