A bedroom dressing table is the ultimate place for pampering. Carried through from 18th Century aristocracy, it’s a space for getting ready for your biggest and brightest occasions. What could bring your vanity table to the next level? A creative chair to match. Our top fifty list of beautiful chairs and stools for your powdering area bring out your inner princess. Whether you’re looking for a low-set pouf covered in faux fur, a bohemian ottoman ringed in metallics or a wingback chair covered in purple velvet, we’ve got you covered. Take a seat and enjoy the view, as we guide you through our most elegant and stylish vanity chair and stool options.
Ghost Transparent Vanity Chair With Arms
Buy the chair that works around your interior. This transparent design brings beauty parlours to mind and modernity to your bedroom.
Ikea Tobias Clear Acrylic Makeup Vanity Chair
Want to blend clear acrylic and metal in one? This chair shows off your outfit on a sturdy metal base.
Eames Shell Chair With Wood Base
The famous Eames chair, available here in nine shades, uses dowel wood and wire to hold its matte-finished seat.
Eames Shell Chair With Metal Base
Rather sit on metal? This Eames variety makes a below-seat sculpture, as its protective caps grace the floor beneath.
About A Chair
Hay and Hee Welling’s design offers one form-enveloping, cosy seat. Available with your choice of painted or natural oak legs, it achieves its goal of ‘conspicuous simplicity’.
Wishbone-Style Chair
Bring two material elements into your dressing room. This solid beech and rope paper seat offer a natural feel – lavishly accessorized with a fur throw.
Swan-Style Dressing Chair
We can’t see the swan, but we can see the style. This swivel chair throws back to the 70’s, with steel supporting a beige, orange, olive, blue or purple frame.
Cherner-Style Vanity Table Chair
Own the beautiful Cherner chair, without the high price tag. This walnut reproduction follows the same design lines, for a unique addition to your beauty or office corner.
Wegner Elbow-Style Chair
Perfect around a dining or vanity table, these wide-set chairs are unmistakably square. Place its fine stitching and leatherette seat inside your couple’s bedroom.
Panton S Chair
Want a one-piece chair to grace your table? The Panton S, available in white, black, red or blue, uses ABS construction to stack its seats four high.
Tulip-Style Vanity Chair
Sit in the seat Judy Jetson would use. Another ABS construction, its aluminium holds cushions in 15 colours.
Bertoia-Style Chair
Have a modern vanity you’d like to accessorize? The lines of the Bertoia wow, in this chrome steel mesh and vinyl pad number.
Vitra Wiggle Chair
Dare to be different at your vanity. These striking curves by famed architect Frank Gehry are made with corrugated cardboard and hardboard edges.
Golden Bronze Finish Vanity Chair With Back Support
Feel Victorian during your pampering time. This beauty weaves its bronze metal frame around a traditional back design.
Purple Wingback Vanity Chair
Real comfort is a chair you can snuggle into. This deep purple wingback offers the seduction of velvet upon espresso-finish wooden legs.
Tall Red Vanity Chair
Why not make a statement? This tufted chair makes a scene in high-back red velvet. Available in five colours.
Upholstered Grey Vanity Chair With Wheels
Have a pain in your back while you powder your face? This velvet variation offers lumbar support and height adjustment - on roller wheels.
Upholstered Black Vanity Stool With Back Support
Want back support, in the shape of a stool? This birch wood number clad in linen lets you sit in class and comfort.
White Swivel Vanity Chair
Want a chair that meets halfway? This height-adjustable seat provides the perching feeling, with a back to lean into.
Girls’ Pink Faux Fur Vanity Chair
Make your vanity into a powderer’s paradise. This pink faux-fur stool is everything your inner princess dreams of.
Stylish Faux Wool Stool
Want to tone down the look? Get your faux fur in beige, with this stylish stool doubling as an ottoman.
Spherical Modern-Style White Vanity Stool
Make your vanity minimalist. This ABS stool provides a simple cavity within its sphere.
Gehry Twist Cube
Another seat by the innovative Gehry, this polyethylene cube is made in the US. Get it in bright yellow or silver for a stronger colour pop.
Triangular Futuristic-Style Vanity Seating
After a twist on the twist? This unusual ABS plastic stool can be used indoors or out.
Modern-Style White Vanity Stool
Also available in black, this plastic hourglass stool doubles as a bedside table.
Curved Chrome Vanity Stool
Combine style and comfort at your vanity. This padded seat makes waves in polished chrome – which you can keep in your home, with money-back, for up to 45 days.
Antique Vanity Stool With Distressed Look
Add a sense of romanticism to your morning ritual. Handcrafted in hardwood, this French-style seat with upholstered cushion sits perfectly afront a bunch of flowers.
Beatrice Stool
After a less distressed design? This grey-painted creation offers a smooth wooden surface, with a couple of armrests.
Scandinavian-Style Wooden Vanity Stool
Outfit your light-wooden vanity with a Scandinavian seat. This handcrafted gem blends 50% cotton with 50% fir legs – and a 90-day warranty.
Decorative Hand-Shaped Vanity Chair
Need a hand while you’re at the vanity? Find one in your chair, with this surrealist frame inspired by artist Pedro Friedeburg.
Platner Stool
Get the crème de la crème of vanity stools. Designed by Warren Platner in 1966, this luxurious design earned an International Award from the American Institute of Architects for its unique steel frame and molded fibreglass shell.
Copper Finish Wire Dressing Stool
A cheaper find, this rosy copper-plate stool by designer Gaurav Nanda gives your dressing room a geometric fix.
Art Deco-Style Vanity Stool
Steel and velvet combine in this turquoise stool, a veritable art piece beside your vanity table.
Square Tufted Vanity Stool (Grey)
Grey is perfect for an understated vanity. Make yours quilted, handcrafted in birch and trimmed with silver nails, like this stylish find.
Eclectic Boho-Style Vanity Stool
Introduce Moroccan flavour to your bedroom vanity. This eco-friendly, multi-layered stool in birchwood is the perfect damask accessory.
Knitted Knot Blue Stool
Love the knitted look? This sky-blue stool topped with wool adds a unique piece on ash wood.
Luxury Bronze Finish Vanity Stool
Looking for something more glamorous? High-density foam cushioning on a steel frame makes this stool fit for Nefertiti.
Glam-Style Metal Vanity Stool
For a more structured design, you can’t go past this velvet and bronze number. Stand its golden form alongside a black-painted vanity.
Round Glam-Style Dressing Stool
Beige polyester and painted metal form this circular seat with a touch of glitz.
Industrial-Style Vanity Stool
Trying to match an industrial interior? This pinewood stool lets you swivel around on its steel frame. Take a rest from your heels with its in-built footrest.
Cube-Shaped Vanity Stool
Choose from 42 colour-ways in this marine-grade vinyl cube, built to withstand the elements.
Ivory-Colored Jute Pouf
Give your vanity a cosy feel. This 100% jute pouf is easy to clean and comfortable to sit on.
Upholstered Vanity Stool
Looking for something low? This beech wood and linen creation contains enough foam for a seat, enough height for a footstool.
Kid’s Vanity Stool
Our first dressing room dreams were as children. Lead-free and CPSIA-compliant, this striped stool is available separately or as a matching set with vanity.
Kids’ Tree Trunk Stool
Kids away with the fairies? Gift them a 100% cotton yarn stool – in the shape of a trunk from the fairy’s forest.
Wicker Vanity Stool With Storage
Match your bedroom’s laundry basket with this woven hyacinth-grass stool. Complete with feet, choose from black, red or natural colours.
Nautical-Themed Vanity Seating
Match your nautical home decor bedroom, bean-bag style. This striped navy find comes as a square or round.
Tufted Round Vanity Stool With Storage
Have a few items you’d love to hide away? This quilted stool keeps your secrets on the inside.
Metal Floral-Patterned Vanity Stool
Add metallic shine with a dash of cool. This aluminium stool won’t retain heat for those hotter-than-hot climates.
Decorative Vanity Stool Made From Rope & Metal
Sea grass, iron and rope lace make this stool beautifully unique. Seat it afront a natural-toned vanity to let its design shine.
With design trends leaning so far towards minimalism, obsessed with clean lines and mid-century modern furniture, it can be easy to forget just how cozy a home that has plenty of stuff can be. Having things like books, trinkets, and even coffee mugs for many people is like wrapping yourself in a warm blanket. Being surrounded by the things you love is an important and soothing part of having a home. The cozy house featured in this post, from the designers at The November with photos from Hey!Cheese Photography , has plenty of shelving and storage for all those lovely tchotchkes and even provides fun spaces for a few furry companions.
The entertainment center can be a trick beast. In a minimalist design, a television mounted to the wall and perhaps a narrow console would be enough.
But in this home, a large shelving unit acts as bookshelves, entertainment center, and stylish cat furniture all in one.
The natural wood unit has a country chic style to it while interior cat doors make it easy for the furry little friends to move through the various compartments safely.
Hidden hinges and portals mean that this beautiful shelving unit doesn’t look like a giant cat tree at first glance, only when you get a bit closer.
It’s really what goes onto the shelves in a home that makes them special, like a modern cuckoo clock , and lots of much loved books.
The patterns and colors used in this house give the design a bit of a vintage vibe, from a mustard gingham couch cover to some cute minty curtains.
As from these muted colors, things are kept fairly neutral with white and wood making up the majority of the interior.
The use of interior windows looking into the home office makes the space feel much bigger and allows more natural light into that room.
House plants scattered about are another cozy addition to this full space.
Those interior windows also open up, maximizing airflow and of course creating yet another perch for a curious cat.
The non-shelving furniture in the home is fairly sparse, but a beautiful dresser near the front door does have a mid-century feel to it.
Atop that dressed, indoor house plants add color and clean the air.
Overhead, a Boston Fern hangs down.
In the corridor, more shelving for a massive book collection.
The glass cover can slide over the shelves or act as a door for the office space, keeping those distracting kitties outside.
The interior windows are especially helpful for the office because the window in this room is quite small.
More shelving and some simple furniture make for an inspirational workspace.
Looking out into the living room, you can see another cat climbing apparatus tucked into what would otherwise look like a china cabinet.
A window seat offers some hidden storage and surely a nice sunny spot to curl up in.
The kitchen is fairly cozy in its design with a single cooktop and dining table that extends from the counter.
Simple, modern chairs hie away underneath the table when not in use while a mix of dark and light woods give the kitchen an eclectic, bohemian feel.
The overhead kitchen pendant lights are simple in their design, a more vintage take on track lighting.
Open shelving in the kitchen is another way to be constantly aware of the things you love and choose to keep.
A small exposed kitchen shelf creates a snug spot for plates and coffee mugs .
A single white kitchen bar stool is perfect for a quick cuppa. This pretty, modern version is the About a Stool by Hee Welling for Hay .
A patterned tile floor is a final vintage flourish in the kitchen design.
Moving into the private space, the bedroom is kept surprisingly simple with just a bed and a comfortable reading chair for furniture.
Natural wood cabinetry acts as a closet, but it is closed off from prying eyes and paws.
In place of bedside lamps , vintage-inspired wall sconces flank the bed.
And no room in this house would be complete without a few books.
The bathroom is also an exercise in simplicity.
White walls and a slate gray tile floor, along with a glass-walled shower are all that’s needed.
A couple of small plants liven up the room and surely benefit from the humidity.
Dark isn’t the first theme that comes to mind when designing a kitchen. Stereotypical assumptions are of white and bright kitchens matched by light wood—something like the color of breakfast pancakes. Have you ever thought otherwise? Perhaps something like a modern dark kitchen?
We’ve got a collection of stunning spaces sure to switch up your vision. This black kitchen design inspiration is the sexiest interior design can muster. All divulging in shades of black, navy, or dark brown, they add what white kitchens cannot—a seductive allure that says sleekness and sophistication at the same time. Take a peek at some brilliant interiors on the darker side to see if a modern luxury black kitchen could be for you.
Modern Dark Kitchen Design Ideas to Inspire Your Next Renovation
1. Make it an All Black Kitchen
Visualizer:Design At Sketch
Almost completely covered in black, a few minor elements shine in chrome and wood in this kitchen interior. We love how the textures do the talking, especially through the matte table under black wood-panelled walls. But having an open approach like this means that every one of your accessories on display—including knives, wine glasses, mugs, cutting boards, teapots, cookie jars, etc.—need to be on point.
2. Add Wooden Elements
Visualizer:Bogdan Tovstyy
This black beauty edges towards wooden elements. We see a speckled floor, a white wall, and a central bench. Rounded black lamps hover over the island, providing functionality and style. If you’re wondering how visual intrigue is added to this modern black kitchen… a huge credit goes to the abstract art!
3. Complement the Black Kitchen with Orange
Source:Vancouver House
A bit of curve rounds out the hard edges—adding some much-needed warmth. This wave-design bench leads up to an orange-hued enclave in this black-and-silver interior. The burnt orange sure makes a design statement (apart from the unique central island).
4. Keep Your Dark Modern Kitchen Simple
Visualizer:Panda Fox Studios
A simplistic look makes this black kitchen a winner. We see the basics: a light floor, a black minimalist island, and sleek cabinetry. But the contrast between light and dark keeps the ambiance interesting, while the large window welcomes plenty of natural light.
5. Make it Dark… Or Not?
Visualizer:Who Cares Design
If you’re eyeing a dark kitchen aesthetic but are hesitant to make the change, this is it. Introducing more light, this black kitchen is hardly dark at all. Black benches, cabinetry, fixtures and stools are intersected by large-panel windows, a white shelving stand and light flooring.
6. Make Use of Asymmetry in the Black Modern Kitchen
Visualizer:Visual Method
This modern black kitchen takes another angle on this kaleidoscopic space, breaking all spatial boundaries. Black and glass alternate in this chic kitchen as the interesting ceiling design keeps the space unconventional. We’ve also got to appreciate the cherry blossoms, doubling as decor even within the interior.
7. Factor in Some Warmth
Source:Modulnova
This warmer-looking kitchen makes a move to brown. It strategically achieves the purpose with the use of wood. This not only introduces natural textures but also makes the ambiance inviting. Talk about a modern style that’s equal parts welcoming!
8. Place a White Island in a Black Modern Kitchen
Visualizer:Jean Regauer
An instant way to brighten up a dark kitchen (we mean, get the best of both worlds)? This kitchen space shows us how by using a white island on a black floor. The backsplash further enhances this dark-and-light effect, while the cowhide rug adds just the right amount of coziness.
9. Make Marble Your Best Friend
Architect:Chamberlain Javens Architects
If you’re looking to create a modern luxury black kitchen, you know what you’ve got to do: Go big on marble! This natural stone adds the luxe factor to any space, especially as a large, central island, as seen in the kitchen above. You can also add it through the backsplash.
10. Make it Mysterious
Visualizer:Tomek Michalski
You can double the visual intrigue in your all black kitchen by adding some mystery. In this kitchen, mood-lighting sets the scene in black and grey, while a marbled bench acts as the hero. The back inlet and flooring create contrast and depth. Taken together, these elements make the space an interesting one.
11. Layer Gray and Gold
Visualizer:Mitaka Dimov
Black kitchens are cool, but what if we layer in gray and add accents of gold? This stunning kitchen space uses gray flooring to add diversity to the otherwise black palette. The thick gold panel is one way that makes the space look incredibly high-end.
12. Add French Style to Black Kitchen Design
Visualizer:Aeroslon
Make your kitchen both modern and French with traditional black cabinetry. In this space, standing armoires act as sinks, and all other displayed items remain black. The stark white clock can surely act as the focal point of the space!
13. Consider Soft Elements
Visualizer:Julia Sultanova
Rough, light wood and low-hanging white lights set this kitchen interior a world apart. You can also notice a layer of light gray cabinetry, adding variation to the otherwise dark color palette. These elements factor in softness to the black kitchen design.
14. Let the Accessories Do the Talking
Photographer:Mikko Ryhänen
In this black-and-wood creation, the accessories take center stage in adorning the interior. We love the houseplant, but the crockery deserves a special mention for doubling as decor. The light oakwood backdrop further warms the space up.
15. Consider a Matte All Black Kitchen
Visualizer:HDR Designer
Neat square panels perfectly line up to emphasize the stark black minimalism that is at play here. We love how the cabinetry is matte black with no hardware, adding a sense of simplicity. The herb planters are a healthy green addition to bring the otherwise simple space.
16. Add Some Stencilling to Black Kitchens
Visualizer:Julia Sultanova
Fine lines and stencilling set this monochromatic space apart. Lined by black magnetic lights, black stencils and glossy white facades, it makes its mark on a light wooden floor.
17. Build a Shape Out of Black
Visualizer:Huso
18. Create a Modern Dark Kitchen with Gradients
Visualizer:Mario Nogueira
If you’re wondering how the intrigue in this space is working… It’s the gradients from black, to charcoal, to light grey. White surrounds in the walls and a monochromatic hanging light. This clever design technique makes sure the space is anything but boring, even if it’s using mere neutrals (minus the stunning orange dining chairs, of course).
19. Leverage Black Textures
Visualizer:Nefeli Kallianou
One instant way to add interest to a black kitchen is with textures, as seen in this metallic matte kitchen. This accounts for decorative presence in the light and bright space, providing character to an otherwise simple room.
20. Work on the Functionality of the Modern Dark Kitchen
Visualizer:İbrahim Ethem KISACIK
This dark modern kitchen makes sure it’s as functional as is stylish. The central island is paired with a black dining table, while all necessary appliances are fixed into the cabinetry. We also see pendant lights and lighting under the hood providing just the right illumination.
21. Create a Modern Classic All Black Kitchen
Visualizer:A&L Interior Design
Folks seeking an inviting all black kitchen can look towards this modern classic space. It merges contemporary elements (through sleek black cabinetry) with traditional ones (as seen in the wooden backsplash) to bring together the best of both worlds.
22. Put Essentials on Display in Your Modern Black Kitchen Interior
Visualizer:Polygon
Yet another kitchen that uses black and wooden elements to create a dark-themed interior. What sets this one apart is the hanging pans. They do offer easy access as the residents cook, but they also double as decor! (Note how the pans also use black and wooden elements to stay coherent with the theme).
23. Add the Industrial Style to the All Black Kitchen
Via:Emotion School
Industrial style lovers, rejoice! This is THE inspiration to set up your favorite interior design style, the dark way. This kitchen uses rustic wood and exposed elements for the ceiling to create an industrial black kitchen interior.
24. Make a Statement with Black Chunky Lamps
Via:HomePicture.in
All eyes on the two chunky lamps hanging in this monochromatic setting. They do add focus but also allow the contrasting white inset to shine. Not to forget the central island, providing plenty of storage space.
25. Make Room for Keepsakes
Visualizer:Maxim Goryachev
There’s nothing like personalizing your space to who YOU are. This kitchen serves the purpose by adding keepsakes and heirlooms. Also, black leaves room for details, so it’s one of the best colors to use if you’re hoping to display knick-knacks.
26. Use Black to Add Intimacy
Visualizer:Helen Bank
Who says dark colors make small spaces feel smaller? We only see black adding luxury to this compact space (with some credit to the white flooring adding brightness). This kitchen—with black marble backsplash—speaks opulence, and for all the right reasons!
27. Enhance Black Kitchen Design with Patterns
Visualizer:Ksenia Lenski
This black kitchen interior makes a design statement with the patterned marble island. Its sleek metallic legs lift it off the floor, creating an illusion of space. Simultaneously, the textured inset makes sure visual interest is added.
28. Don’t Forget a Black and White Rug
Visualizer:Nada Aboelrous
If you’re not in for a complete kitchen renovation, simply painting your cabinets black and adding a black-and-white patterned rug will achieve the purpose! We love how this kitchen keeps sets the base with white and tops it with black.
29. Let the Lighting Make a Statement in the All Black Kitchen
Architect:Artpartner Architects
When everything else is understated, letting the lighting create a statement is a good idea. This matte black kitchen interior uses rod lighting to do the talking. It sticks to the all black kitchen color scheme, though!
30. Tone it Down
Visualizer:Valeria Mosolova
This open floor plan uses dark gray throughout, showing us that black can work in more spaces than the kitchen 😉 It sure makes a design statement for those cooking and dining—or lounging!
31. Consider a Black and Wooden Bar
Visualizer:Amir Emami
This is the ultimate modern luxury black kitchen! After all, what’s better than displaying your favorite collection of beer right behind the black kitchen island? The low-hanging pendant lights also add to the black kitchen design.
32. Add the Gothic Vibe
Visualizer:Sebastian Lorio
This dark-gray kitchen is super simple with its sleek, hardware-less cabinetry. Well, except the far left end. Here, we see a statement piece of art and intriguing layered lighting created a focal point.
33. Stick to the Minimalist Style for Black Kitchens
Visualizer:Miguel A. Ramos
This compact kitchen space follows the simple rule: white walls paired with black cabinetry and an island. Even in this nook, the space is able to make a style statement while providing optimal functionality. The window here gives a contrasting element of light to the otherwise dark modern kitchen.
34. Layer Lighting in the All Black Kitchen
Visualizer:Tatiana Durnescu
We see shades of gray and black coming together to bring this modern dark kitchen to life. What we especially love is the multiple types of lighting, all layered together to bring visual interest to the space.
35. Set the Backdrop For Your Living Space
Visualizer:Sasha Zolotukhin
