A Case for Black – Walls!

*photo: Adore Home Magazine August/September 2011

Ok – so you’re thinking I’m nuts,  and a few months ago, I would have been on that bandwagon with you.  I thought black walls were totally a no-go in my place – or honestly in the real homes of anyone I know.

But this photo above from Adore Home Magazine’s Aug/Sept 11 issue really does it for me – and I could see it done in my own house. I know the ‘black’ wall is technically chalkboard paint, but I think even a regular black would be very pretty.

I’ve put benjamin moore’s ‘black satin’ in the below interpretation of this office

Ikea Vika Amon/ Vika Lerberg, $60
ADVICE RECTANGULAR TRAY | tabletop | accessories | Jayson Home, $75
White Punctuate Office Storage Boxes, $9.99
Woods Wallpaper, $198
Signal Zig-Zag Floor Lamp SI433 – Jielde – Horne
Lighting New York | Kenroy Coral Table Lamp in White Coral 32166WH
Linen Club Chair | theFoundary.com
Sexy Paint Colors – Designer Recommendations – House Beautiful

but I already have an office, which I love… but I do have a guest bedroom which I don’t love.  It has been on my list of things to get done since I moved into this house, but since sometimes it is slow going,  the room still remains untouched. I decided to turn this inspiration into a bedroom.  If I keep the black wall (just one or two) along with the birch wallpaper and white washed floors, I still love the result.

Scholar Bed in Beds | Crate&Barrel
Ikea Alvine Ruta, $179
Natural Tree-Stump Side Table | west elm, $199
Ikea Kvart, $9.99
Woods Wallpaper, $198
Signal Zig-Zag Floor Lamp SI433 – Jielde – Horne
Linen Club Chair | theFoundary.com
Sexy Paint Colors – Designer Recommendations – House Beautiful
1STDIBS.COM – B Gover Limited – Shanghai Trunk 

What are your thoughts? Would this be a ‘guest getaway’ you’d like to stay in? Did I win you over with the black wall?

Have a WONDERFUL Tuesday!