Black and White Color Scheme for the NYC Condo

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Black and white is a classic combination providing an interior design scheme that lends itself well to condo living. In fact, many a Condo for sale West Chelsea interior designers may stage embrace black and white to showcase the spaciousness of apartments on the market. Understanding how to use black and white will help you be more successful in creating stunning interior spaces.

Creating the Backdrop

White is of course the color of choice to create the backdrop for rooms full of light and space. White is not stark, but warm and relaxing. White creates a sense of serenity while providing the ideal blank canvas on which great spaces are built. Many novice DIY decorators hesitate to use white fearing it will be boring. Instead, white should be used with ease and confidence knowing it is the perfect backdrop for any room.

Black for Accents

Black then becomes the accent color of preference. But using it wisely is the key to creating black and white spaces that do not look like a checker board, but instead create a space with yin and yang perfection in balance and artful design. Black can be used in a number of ways to achieve this balance. First it can be used for bold frames on artwork, or as artwork itself in large black and white prints, avant garde paintings with black slashes and geometrics or on over sized floor mirrors with massive bold frames. Black can be added as a single bolero style chair or couch as a focal point or accent. Black can also be the color of kitchen cabinets in a white, open plan condo. The key is to avoid obvious contrast and instead seek opportunities for natural flow and drama.

Ultra White

When you are seeking a completely serene interior, ultra white can be warmed with the addition of neutral colors such as beige or earthy, pale greens and browns. Black becomes a subtle silent partner in the design appearing on the edging of drapes, pillows and area rugs and thin, barely there picture frames.  White furniture invites while black provides the outline like that seen in an ink drawing, pointed yet ultra thin.

To get the look of the model condo for sale West Chelsea realtors depend on to sell spaces, these rules always apply.

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