Using a dark palette to design a room can be a showstopping choice but intimidating in practice. Rich shades of black, gray, and brown can feel heavy, especially in tight spaces, if not balanced.

Seattle-based interior designer Allison Lind’s clients tend to resist dark interior colors — at first. Many want their living spaces to feel light, bright and open, which is great for some areas of ...

Crisp fall days, a Victorian oil portrait, an antique wooden desk, shelves of books lit by warm lamplight, old maps, an ironed blazer, a Renaissance engraving of a skull—as disparate as these objects ...

It’s nearly Halloween, so are you ready to transform your home into a haven of sophistication and drama? Dark and moody interiors are taking the design world by storm, offering a captivating ...

There are certain features that can make or break a room. One of them? Dark carpet. Both words—dark and carpet—are polarizing when it comes to interior design. Dark colors can feel mysterious and ...

In an ideal world, we’d all live in homes with tons of natural light, but sometimes, we find ourselves in spaces that fall short in that department. When my husband and I moved into our spec house ...

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LAST YEAR, when Julia Kramer and Zachary Kaplan decamped from New York to Los Angeles for Ms. Kramer’s new tech job, they set out to find an old house to make their first. The pair had grown to love ...

I asked an interior designer how to make my neutral living room feel more stylish and cozy. She suggested adding black and wooden accents to the room to create warmth. The designer told me rearranging ...

We're buying new furniture for our living room. We're going for a "rustic beach cottage" look, with the colors of a tropical beach: beige (sand), light blue (ocean and water), green (water again) and ...