Designing with black and white color is implementing two basic colors. Many interior designers have used these colors with fabulous results. It is not merely a contrast color that has whole different character. White as purity and saintness, black as a symbol of calmity and sometimes; darkness.

Black and white interior designs often create fashionable and elegant design. Mixing both colors can be a fascinating mix of modern colors, because somehow these colors often represent emptiness and containess, like yin and yang.

White may give impression of clean and comfortable, while black will give an elegant impression. Both colors may be framing each other in a cool way.

Fusing black and white, we should consider some aspects, and sometimes blending the two colors can be bad if it is not planned from beginning. Black is one of the most difficult color to be placed inside interior design, unless if you are designing a cafe or bar, of course. Black can also hide details of the design.




Best way to do black and white interior design is not to use too many colors, because it may make our eyes a bit confused. A few other colors may be added as accent to the black and white colors, such as red, green, or creme.

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The basic principles of good design is first to get the framework of space in its best and then to decide what we can do about it to manipulate the room, whether it is cosmetically, structurally or by other means. Designing is also about understanding how scale and balance contribute to making a room look comfortable and inviting. Sometimes it is about lighting, natural or artificial, color choosing, mixing, matching or contrasting to the best effect.

The mixtures of texture and pattern can be assembled and built up. All of these rules are essential which are dealt with in this article. Everything must be taken into consideration to bring a long lasting interior design.

How to use the space

Common problem almost everyone has today is lack of space. To change the feeling of spaciousness in a place, you do not have to change the construction. Feeling is what most important about space, not the actual footage. We sometimes find it easier to arrange small rooms than big rooms.

At the simplest level, a home that is owned, as opposed to a rental, could be improved by the elementary expedient of changing the functions of various rooms, or by altering the layout. Almost any room can be made multi purpose. A kitchen, if it is large enough, can also be used for a general eating and family room. A dining room or a guest room can also double as a study; bedrooms can always be made into ged/ sitting /work rooms just by adding appropriatae furniture. It often happens that in the reshuffle you gain an extra room.

In every house, there is usually space being wasted sowhere that can  be utilized; landing and corridor space; the area under the stairs; blank walls; odd ccorners. Used with imagination, these spaces can often relieve congestion elsewhere. The secret is to be flexible, to wuestion cinvention and to have no rigid ideas when it comes to the function of a room.

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