Kitchen design in black - interior ideas

The color of any living room is chosen by its owners, of their own free will - the bedroom may well be painted green, the living room is completely white, the kitchen is black.

The last option of interior decoration in recent years has become more and more fashionable, popular - spacious apartments of modern new buildings allow you to use dark colors, without fear, visually make the room small.

With a competent approach, the black kitchen will favorably differ from the usual interiors, reflecting the bold nature of the owners of the house

Black color in the interior of the kitchen

Black is chic and gloomy, mysterious and paradoxical. This color is considered the "lack of color", symbolizes silence, calm, security. It is easy to combine with both bright and pastel colors, decorating the premises of various sizes and configurations.

The right balance between black and white makes the room stylish, and the glossy headset looks luxurious due to good lighting

Advantages disadvantages

The dark kitchen, like any other, has certain advantages:

• this is an easy way to create an interior “timeless” - such a design will come out of fashion very soon;
• interior design in black tones creates unlimited space, this is especially noticeable on shiny stretch ceilings;
• even the most modest kitchenette, competently painted with such a color, looks stylish, original;
• additional color will be almost anything here.

Black color has many shades, among which you can choose the most suitable

But there are some disadvantages:

1. Black is the darkest color after white. A floor painted with such a color scheme, especially shiny, plain, will have to be washed daily.
2. With excessive use, the room will be so dark that nothing will be visible in it - you will need many light sources, which will increase the cost of electricity.
3. Kohler is not suitable for cramped kitchens with a small window - you get the effect of a pantry.

There can be a lot of black in a spacious room, especially in a room with panoramic windows

Design Tips

Professional designers give a lot of recommendations regarding black kitchen design:

• dark colors are both “warm” (black-brown) and cold (blue-black). The smaller the kitchenette, the warmer, lighter it becomes;
• it is not advisable to paint black the entire room from floor to ceiling - it will be too dark. 40-60% of the total space occupied by dark tones is the best option;
• contrasting combinations of dark with light, in equal proportions give the room dynamism;
• it is not necessary to decorate the entire room with blackness - you can put a dark set or a dining table with an angular sofa, paint one wall, and arrange black dishes on the shelves of the other.

Given the richness of the black headset, it is better to make the kitchen floor neutral. Natural parquet, laminate for wood or ceramics of gray, sand or beige color will do.

Which style is right

The original design of the dark kitchen is carried out in many interior styles.

• Minimalism - black is combined with red, white or yellow.There are very few details, the decor is completely absent, all the equipment is hidden behind the facades of the cabinets. It seems that absolutely no one lives here.
  

  Minimalism is a deliberate rejection of pretentiousness in favor of functionality and ease of design

• Loft is a spacious room, usually part of an open space. The furniture is heavy, solid, artificially aged. One of the walls is decorated with black brick, the plank floor is styled like a bog oak, and the ceiling has heavy beams and communication pipes.
  

  Against the background of aged masonry, furniture with a visible wood texture looks good

• Gothic - luxurious setting, a little scary impressionable person. Expensive carved furniture, patinated in some places, black "floor" curtains, plenty of draperies, lighting imitating torches or candles in candelabra.
  

  Only natural wood furniture is suitable for the Gothic style, oak is best

• Hi-tech - gray-black interior, shiny with metals. Glossy facades, built-in lights, a blue-black bar with chairs on high chrome legs, a high suite with closed shelves, built-in household appliances.
  

  Trendy hi-tech kitchen reminiscent of a spaceship

• Country - a wooden set is replete with voluminous details, but it looks rude. The dining area is decorated with simple, a little “clumsy” furniture, checkered curtains on the windows, the same rug on the floor.
  

  Country lovers of traditional and at the same time relaxed, cozy design

• Brutalism - this is how a bachelor’s kitchen is usually formed. There are few items here, but they are all as functional as possible. Concrete walls are evenly painted black, home-made furniture, less often - modular, decor - original, made mainly of metal.
  

  A duet of black and gray is perfect for a brutal bachelor interior

Glossy or matte

When the room is small, besides it is partially or completely painted with a matte paint (for example, slate paint), and at first glance it seems that the kitchen is dark.

In a small kitchen, furniture should definitely have glossy facades.

The shiny glossy black kitchen can be quite small - the expansion of the room here is achieved with the help of mirrors. The most suitable materials are black and gray marble, stained oak, covered with several layers of varnish, self-adhesive films, dark metals. Stretch ceiling, including multi-level is also appropriate.

The matte surfaces of the headset do not look corny due to the snow-white walls and a couple of accents in the form of an unusual chandelier and an orange spot

The matte black kitchen “eats” the space, even if there is enough lighting. The most suitable for this design is slate paint, which creates the effect of a blackboard, wood without varnish, coated with wood stain. Framed will also be picture frames on the walls, a sink with a mixer, window curtains.

Combination with wood, beige, brown shades

Wood is the most commonly used material for creating a decor in any living quarters. Woody shades are very different - it's bogged and bleached oak, cherry and pine, wenge and tigran. Dark tones combine perfectly with beige - then the walls or facades of the headset are the last to be formed. Brown should not be excessively dark here - options that are closer to the orange color are preferred. Looks good light brown flooring, which are coffee-black furniture elements.

Using a combination of black and wood, you divert attention from the abundance of dark tones and make them softer

Wallpaper selection rules

Black wallpaper with light accents in the kitchen looks very original. The kitchen space is humid, hot, there is a high probability that water drops, food, fat will fall on almost any surface, therefore washable wallpapers are preferred.It is undesirable that the wallpaper be monophonic - options with creamy white, raspberry, transparent green, and lilac details look beautiful. Black and white murals are placed on a completely free wall. Liquid wallpapers are not recommended here - they are problematic to clean, and metallized, non-woven will do.

Wall murals in the interior of the kitchen are placed on one accent wall, usually a dining area

Tip. When the prints on the walls are small, the furniture, the curtains are made plain and vice versa.

Black furniture for the kitchen

The kitchen furniture consists of a headset, a dining table with chairs or a corner sofa, a bar counter. Any of these elements or they are all performed in dark colors. To diversify the boring room, the furniture is decorated with bright prints - floral, "animal", geometric.

Black and red duet - one of the most expressive combinations in the world of design

Furniture items are made of natural wood, chipboard, MDF, have metal, plastic parts. Black and gray glass is also quite appropriate.

Black cabinets look great on a white floor

Tip. The accessories for the chocolate-black furniture are selected exclusively light.

Walls, headsets

It is important to consider that either headsets or walls are made dark, but by no means all at once.

A favorable background for black furniture should be chosen based on the texture and style features of the headset

There are several options for decorating the walls with black color:

• staining with ordinary oil paint, after preliminary alignment;
• black painting with the drawing of small golden (silver, white) elements - “lightning”, flowers, etc .;
• careful leveling, grinding, uniform pouring with graphite paint, on which it is subsequently allowed to draw with colored chalks;
• black-gray-white gradient transition from bottom to top, diagonally - this ensures accurate zoning.

In general, wall decoration should be as simple and plain as possible.

Completely black headsets are rare - the facades of the lower cabinets are formed in such a tone, while the upper and countertops are made white-gray, woody yellow, red, burgundy. “Chess” is also allowed - here, the parts located diagonally relative to each other are painted with a dark color.

Apron, mosaic

The gloss on the kitchen apron slightly expands the existing territory. This element is made out of plastic, glass, metal, but the most beautiful, expensive, original look is facing with natural stone and ceramic mosaic. In the latter version, the plot is chosen according to the existing interior style - a panorama of the city, an animal silhouette, flowers, fractals, meanders or waves. Equally often used ready-made mosaic modules.

An apron delimits the upper and lower parts of the headset, while being the central object of the kitchen interior

Tip: a mosaic in the form of a “checkerboard” goes well with white and black ceramic flooring.

The photo shows an example of a harmonious combination of “chess” on an apron with white facades and a black countertop

Furniture, appliances

Dark is made out not only of the entire room furniture, but also of household appliances. Refrigerators, washing machines, microwave ovens, ovens, hobs, toasters, cooker hoods and other black color kitchen equipment are offered by most consumer-respecting companies. Such items look very elegant - it is recommended to alternate them with light gray facades, a kitchen apron, and the tabletop is also permissible to make a little black.

With a dark headset, a stainless steel metal countertop goes well

Tip. A real or electric fireplace made of black and yellow glass will be an original addition to any interior.

Ceiling

The black and black ceiling in the kitchen is a rare occurrence.If this is a brilliant stretch PVC construction, then, contrary to expectations, the room seems much taller. Experts recommend the following design option: "white top - black bottom." This option allows you to maintain balance, creating a stable support for legs, furniture.

The black ceiling contrasts perfectly with white furniture and walls.

Tip. If you do not want everything that is happening in the room to be reflected in the ceiling, a matte texture is chosen.

Lighting

Almost completely black kitchen in the interior in the photo is brightly lit - this is done in order to make it comfortable to work, eat, relax. Long gone are the days when rooms were lit by a single ceiling chandelier - now each logical zone is individually lit, even if the kitchenette is cramped. The working area is illuminated with lamps on a special rail, the dining area is suitable for the style of sconces, decorative lighting is launched along the perimeter of the floor, ceiling, individual light sources are placed inside cabinets protected by glass.

Particular attention must be paid to highlighting the working areas of the kitchen

Tip. Lampshades are also made transparent dark.

The design of the fixtures should fit into the overall interior of the room

Conclusion

Can walls, ceilings, floors, a kitchen set be completely black, only the owner (hostess) of the room decides. This color is “for everybody,” because if you decide to design a room for them, you need to do it carefully. In an excessively dark kitchen it is inconvenient to cook, relax, eat. In order for the kitchenette to become beautiful, visually spacious, harmonious, it is better to use the services of a professional designer who will tell you how to handle dark colors correctly, make 3D visualization, in accordance with the wishes of the customer.

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