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Or it’s just lovely to swim in white with specks of gold and pastel. Featured here is the Cynthia Rowley for Hooker Furniture Dining Room Swanson Upholstered Metal Side Chair.
There are many known advantages to using white in a home, probably the best known is its awesome ability to reflect light, making any home more spacious and airy. The aesthetic benefits of white also bring about a different level of calmness, cleanliness, and simplicity.
If you’re tempted to suddenly whitewash your home with this color (or the very absence of hues), it is wise to hold your horses first. There are many more creative ways of using white in interior design than just painting the walls white.
An even better part when you’re willing to wait is that you are going to have a limitless choice of fusing more beautiful colors all around.
Use White as Main Feature
Instead of using white on your walls, why not use white furnishings? Don’t let white become your default backdrop when you can use it in more interesting ways.
White furniture can pop against a dark background. So, when you have dark walls then you’ll have an elegant vibe as you make the space more interesting with your white furniture pieces. You can also have the fireplace painted white to match your furniture set.
Your background can be black, midnight blue or the unique bottle green.
Use White as a Highlighter
This is one of the most common roles of white. You can play up the most interesting details by using white as a highlighting color. An example is when you have white kitchen cabinets surrounding your kitchen. Here, fun details can be seen as a dark-colored kitchen island and wood flooring will help in playing up the beauty of bright yellow flowers in a glass vase.
Even your appliances can now come in color to offset the mainly neutral surroundings.
Use White as an Overhead Beam
Imagine white wood beam ceilings. This single feature can already make the room. A few people may prefer the natural color of wood as opposed to whitewashed ceilings but if you want to brighten up your space, then having white ceilings is one of the easiest ways to achieve it.
Plus, a single coat or whitewashing will not completely hide the grain of the wood so it will still look beautifully natural than having to hide the wood completely with thick coats of paint.
Use White on Trimming
Wainscoting might not be that common in bedrooms but it could be a terrific and fashionable idea to work on. Wainscoting can cover a major portion of the walls then you can choose any pastel color to complement.
This duo can then be the perfect backdrop for any interesting patterns and colors that you would want to add to the bedroom.
Paint the Floor White
Sure they are a tad more difficult to maintain but white floors are super charming. They can exude a casual vibe but, at the same time, a fancy appeal that is impossible to ignore.
White flooring can also make the furniture appear floating. You can also play up the fashion in the dining area as you place the most colorful, mismatched chairs. What about white oak floors? Oh, they’re so beautiful that they exude cleanliness.
White flooring is the most excellent complement to any home’s design. These floors are your blank canvas just like white walls.
Paint the Staircase White
Why not? Amp the style in your home as you take the interior design further with white staircases. Encase the steps with glass or acrylic side panels instead of the usual metal spindles and banisters.
Go Traditional with White Tiles
And what is a bathroom without white ceramic fixtures? White is still the go-to color when it comes to cleanliness and simple beauty. White bathroom fixtures are also an excellent way to add value to your home.
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