Black and wood tone come together in delicious contrast in this large and luxurious apartment, located in Athens. Designed and visualised by buro511 , this interior design is a completely cohesive scheme that sees the same colours, textures and materials run throughout every space in this high-end home. From black living room to dark and dramatic bedrooms, black bathrooms, and storage packed hallways, the design connection is on point. You will also see a floating furniture theme running through, in the shape of a floating effect coffee table, a floating kitchen, and bespoke floating platform bed designs. Even the bathroom mirrors seem to hover weightlessly in a warm halo.
A huge black living room stretches through the home, furnished with a long sumptuous sectional sofa and a coordinating chaise lounge.
An enormous square coffee table settles in the middle of the luxurious lounge, its solid wood mass seeming to float a couple of inches off the ground thanks to a recessed base.
Characterful home accessories dress the top of the coffee table, and a light cream rug beds beneath.
Majestic natural greenery comes into the room in the shape of a bonsai tree, which is held on a tall plant stand behind the deep chaise lounge. The effect of its tumbling foliage is doubled in towering mirrored panels.
The bonsai tree marks a transition into a small hallway in the home, where a wood effect door is camouflaged between matching wood wall panels.
Bespoke book stacks climb each side of the TV wall, with the base nooks settling on a long media unit that spans the full width of the room.
The mirror effect of the matching bookcases is echoed in a lounge chair arrangement behind the sofa, where two modern grey chairs face into a round coffee table by the fire.
At night, the flames of the fireplace warm the spot by the fireside, and soft lighting spills down over the book stacks.
Ten modern dining chairs surround an impressively chunky wooden dining table.
Floor to ceiling display shelves make an attractive dining room backdrop. Black panels cross between the shelves in varying widths to make an interesting feature, even if decor items are kept minimal. The panels also tie in with the solid black plinth on the dining room table design.
A linear suspension light crosses the dining room ceiling space. The fireplace hearth wraps around the partially dividing wall between the lounge and dining area.
Black doors front an expansive run of storage cupboards and shoe cabinets that start in the living room and continue all the way along the hallway. Modern spotlights extend down from the ceiling of the corridor on black cylinders.
There is a dramatic black U-shaped kitchen that seems to float, similarly to the coffee table illusion in the lounge. This time, the units have been wall mounted without plinths to magic the floating effect.
Wooden upper cabinets brighten, warm and texturise the colour scheme of the black kitchen . Wooden shutters dress a generously sized kitchen window.
A black backsplash works its way around the room, from a gas cooker hob on the right hand side return, to the an integrated black oven on the left.
A second run of wooden upper cabinets make a mirror image with the first.
The black storage cupboards from the hallway keep flowing along the back wall of the kitchen.
In the first bedroom, a Cesta dimmable lamp glows on the floor, lighting up the beautiful wood grain across made-to-measure units.
A headboard shelf has been cut into the wall of cabinets to create extra landing space for books and bedside bits, and to make up for the lack of storage beneath two neat bedside tables.
A floating effect platform bed pushes out directly from the headboard wall panels. The wood panelling creates a rich contrast against black fascias that cover the other half of the bedroom.
Grey runners warm up the floor on either side of the bed.
A floating wooden vanity table slices into the black TV wall decor. Wooden window shutters make a perfect pairing.
Black panels engulf a small powder room. Black fixtures blend with the surroundings.
A modern bathroom vanity stands out proudly against the dark decor, in a warm wood grain finish, with a matching towel bench. A backlit round vanity mirror seems to hover over the bathroom sink.
The second wood and black bedroom has an airier feel, thanks to dual aspect large windows–one of which is a glass wall ensuite.
A bespoke headboard design with integrated bedside units stretches wide across the room. Black wall shelves push along above the wooden headboard, as though they are emerging out of a dark night.
The glass wall ensuite bathroom helps the bedroom appear more spacious.
Another black panelled wall creates a smart TV mount. Bedroom doors are concealed within the panelwork.
The wood and black decor from the bedroom, and the rest of the home, continues into the ensuite master bathroom.
Flip out taps are concealed in the vanity shelving above an integrated black bathroom sink. Another illuminated vanity mirror highlights the wood tone wall.
LED strip lights make a recessed shelf glow inside a walk in shower.
A black wall mounted toilet blends with the dark bathroom decor.
A black flush plate, a bidet hand rinser, and a black toilet roll holder fall back into the black tiled walls too. A small wooden stool stands inside the black shower enclosure, matching with a wood slatted floor.
The last bathroom in the home is decorated in complete contrast to the previous two on the tour. This time, black large format wall tiles have been swapped out for cream counterparts, and a matching cream vanity unit is set beneath the illuminated wall mirror. However, the black theme of the home is brought through in the form of shower fixtures, toilet fittings and the same integrated tap and shelving unit found in the master suite.
Unique sweeping furniture designs, standout lighting installations and creative colour schemes come together to make this decidedly futuristic home interior, designed and visualised by Buro511 . This scene isn’t set in some far flung advanced civilisation though, this is simply a modern apartment with a bit of starship inspired zing. Clean cut room designs buddy up with a minimalist aesthetic, and the muted shades used within contrasting colour schemes make them comfortably suited to everyday life. The united colour story runs through home accents to fashion reassuring continuity. Asymmetrical pieces present new opportunities for room division without building rigidity, or feelings of hemmed in restriction.
A low backed asymmetrical sofa design kicks off the futuristic effect in the living room, along with a coffee table design that’s styled in a similar modular form. UFO-like lighting fills the ceiling space, beaming light in all directions.
Smooth flat white panels reveal storage space inside, some of which are home to a piece of classical art–and the kitchen sink!
Deep burgundy and fern green accents colour the room. A unique kitchen island snakes across the room in organic form, and becomes a dining table at one end where the height is lowered to accommodate a regular dining chair height.
The classical art mural creates an atmospheric backdrop for the dining kitchen, and quirkily juxtaposes the futuristic nature of other items in the same space.
White decorative vases stand on the white sculptural modern coffee table , as if they’ve been formed out of one piece of clay.
Behind another of the secretive white doors in the living room, we find an integrated oven unit and a coffee making station.
An built-in microwave is situated in the base of the island, where a couple of kitchen bar stools stand in the window light.
Another invasion of UFO-style lighting descends on the kids’ bedroom. The dark red and green colour story continues in here too, making all areas feel reassuringly united and flowing.
Contoured green panelling sets the scene for a bespoke kids’ bed . Chunky ladders attach to the top bunk at the foot of the beds, whilst a built-in shelving unit offers up a landing spot for bedtime books and toy treasures.
A circular rug makes a soft play area in the centre of the room. Rugs typically bring a pop of colour or texture along with them, but in this unusual scheme the mat is colour coordinated to the floor and smooth to give it a purely utilitarian aesthetic.
Opposite the bunk beds, a green desk chair pulls up to a floating desk. A lower reading table runs off along the window wall, teamed with a comfortable red reading chair.
A modern table lamp lights up the minimalist workspace . The modern floor lamp illuminates the reading area and tall book stacks.
The green desk chair, lamps and red reading chair are repeated in a single bedroom design.
This time, the desk model incorporates storage drawers underneath. Red bookshelves grow from the desktop to the ceiling, and repeat on the opposite side of a soffit.
Wall cabinets and a wardrobe are built around the bed in this room. The floor lamp lights up the sleeping nook.
A strong circular theme runs throughout the home, from flying saucer style lighting installations and circular lamps, to round floor mats and curvaceous furniture lines. It’s this shape theme that evokes much of the futuristic character in the scheme.
In the master bedroom room, there is a vanity centre that’s structured like some kind of energy core for the mother ship. Undulating perspex sheets have been fashioned into an impressive column that lets light permeate through, yet obscures the view of the bed on the other side.
Closets edge the full perimeter of the room.
The red platform bed has a hilly headboard design that wings at the edges.
An origami fold side table serves a red bedroom chair by the window, beneath a familiar floor lamp.
Out in the hallway, a deep red chair and pouf set are teamed with black side tables to make a plush seating spot.
Rippled panels round out the corner behind the lounge chair .
Doors are given the same finish as the walls so that they can meld quietly and not distract from statement decor pieces.
A bright cobalt blue seat stands proudly poised inside a long walk in wardrobe .
LED shelf lights glow brightly from inside a closet system of shelves and garment hanging compartments.
Spotlights wash walls with atmospheric light…
…Even the plainest hallway gains special ambience in the glow.
Behind one of the plain hallway doors there lies a dedicated utility room with a stacked washing machine and tumble dryer station.
Another door leads to a unique bathroom design with a red double sink bathroom vanity and a matching red side table.
Behind the large vanity unit we find a grey luxurious freestanding bathtub, that’s filled by a black waterfall tap.
The next bathroom design swaps out the oval tub for a more linear look. Sculptural red wall panels add to the angular effect.
The toilet and bidet are finished in green to contrast.
With plenty of high colour pieces in the room already, the vanity is tiled simply to match to walls.
A rainfall shower head unleashes into a softly lit wet room.
A grey toilet and bidet set work into the shadows of the low lighting scheme.
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
