Black adds Elegance and Interest

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Real Estate Agent with Keller Williams Realty Professionals MN Broker #40288835
  •  To create drama and dress up any room, consider adding touches of black. It works in virtually any color scheme and with any decorating style. 
  • If you are going for major drama, inject even larger doses of this dynamic color in your window treatments, upholstered furniture, bedding, flooring or floor coverings, decorative wall moldings, shelving, cabinets, or your wooden furniture pieces.
  •  Lime green, white, orange, red,  yellow and aqua all pop when positioned on or near black pieces.
  •  Paint artwork frames, mirrors, or add black painted pinstripes.  Decorative boxes hung on the wall or open shelving to hold accessories in black are striking.
  •  Paint the legs of a coffee table or dining table black -leaving the top in a wood tone. To give painted black objects an aged worn look; sand the edges, details, around handles and legs, or anywhere that might have natural wear.
  •  IT IS BACK!

 

 

Photo taken in IKEA of Black & White Bedroom and Closet Display 

IKEA

Kathleen Lordbock

Re$ale Design & Home Staging

Home Staging, Property Presentation, & Interior Redesign Services 


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Comments (18)

Bill Gillhespy
16 Sunview Blvd - Fort Myers Beach, FL
Fort Myers Beach Realtor, Fort Myers Beach Agent - Homes & Condos

Hi Kathleen,   Just sold a terrific house and it had a lot of dramatic black colors !   Everyone seeing it said it really had a " WOW " factor.

Jun 16, 2008 06:55 AM
Kathleen Lordbock
Keller Williams Realty Professionals - Baxter, MN
Keller Williams Realty Professionals

I told you so!!!

Was just in your area 2 weeks ago and drove back to MN with my staging partner/daughter. She will be back there in Aug.

Jun 16, 2008 06:58 AM
Lori Kim Polk
Premiere Home Staging : Home Staging Services - Roseville, CA
Home Stager - Roseville, Sacramento

I love this "non color". To me it is dramatic and you can pop with another wild color. I love zebra stipes too ;)

Jun 16, 2008 09:16 AM
Karen Dembsky
Peachtree Home Staging LLC, Home Staging in Atlanta, GA - Peachtree City, GA
Atlanta Home Staging

featured in the group "Real World Home Staging for Newbies" thx for the contribution; being the wise one that you are! I happen to know that for a fact!

Real World of Home Staging for Newbies group needs two things only -- wise ones such as you and Newbies that want to be wise such as you!

thx, my friend, Karen

Jun 16, 2008 12:56 PM
Kristina Leone
Lionheart Home Staging, LLC - Minneapolis, MN

Kathleen, Ikea is well worth the drive!

Jun 16, 2008 02:42 PM
Cindy Bryant
Redesign Etc. Home Staging - Houston, TX
"Houston Home Staging Pros"

I remember 20 years ago, my mom always told her clients to always add a touch of black.

Jun 16, 2008 04:54 PM
Kathleen Lordbock
Keller Williams Realty Professionals - Baxter, MN
Keller Williams Realty Professionals

Lori Kim - Obviously, I love Zebra stripes and Zebras.

Jun 17, 2008 01:45 PM
Kathy Passarette
Creative Home Expressions - Mount Sinai, NY
L.I. Staging/Decorating

Kathleen ~ I always like to see a little bit of black in a room, whether the frame of a picture, an accessory or a piece of furniture.

Jun 17, 2008 02:04 PM
Kathleen Lordbock
Keller Williams Realty Professionals - Baxter, MN
Keller Williams Realty Professionals

Karen - I am not sure about the wise part , but I do try hard!  Always learning as I go.

Jun 17, 2008 02:52 PM
Kathleen Lordbock
Keller Williams Realty Professionals - Baxter, MN
Keller Williams Realty Professionals

Kristina - We have such fun in IKEA & I never leave without buying something.

Jun 17, 2008 02:53 PM
Kathleen Lordbock
Keller Williams Realty Professionals - Baxter, MN
Keller Williams Realty Professionals

Kathy - I do too, not too much but a touch here and there will do the trick.

Jun 17, 2008 02:54 PM
Lynn Johnson
Coldwell Banker Home Connection - Owatonna, MN
Owatonna, MN Real Estate

Kathleen - Thanks for the pointer.  I'll have to keep that in mind.

Jun 18, 2008 04:07 PM
Kathleen Lordbock
Keller Williams Realty Professionals - Baxter, MN
Keller Williams Realty Professionals

Cindy -


At least some things never change & that is good!!!

Jun 19, 2008 03:59 PM
Kathleen Lordbock
Keller Williams Realty Professionals - Baxter, MN
Keller Williams Realty Professionals

Lynn- You are so welcome.

Jun 19, 2008 04:05 PM
No Longer Active in Staging. No Longer Staging
Hickory, NC

Kathleen, I love using black in my wardrobe and in decorating.. Nice post.. God bless,

Jun 19, 2008 05:19 PM
Kathleen Lordbock
Keller Williams Realty Professionals - Baxter, MN
Keller Williams Realty Professionals

Cheryl - Thanks For the comment - I too put a lot of black in my wardrobe - not because I'm sad but because it is classy. May God bless you  too - He  blesses me over and over every day.

Jul 10, 2008 03:50 AM
Joyce Zdenek
Hallmark Sotheby's International Realty & Joyce's Interiors - Hopkinton, MA

I love touches of black.  It's elegant and classic.

I can't tell you how much black is in my closet, besides the pairs of black shoes, never enough.

Joyce

Jul 10, 2008 05:17 PM
Kathleen Lordbock
Keller Williams Realty Professionals - Baxter, MN
Keller Williams Realty Professionals

Joyce - I always think of the classic little black evening dress - never out of style - dress it up or casual it down.

Jul 11, 2008 04:25 AM

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