Kitchen with a dark floor

Kitchen according to the rules of design should be filled with light and bring joy. How to enter the dark floor into this space, and what nuances does it carry?

To begin with, we will determine which colors of the floor are dark. There are three main tones - black, brown, gray. But a maroon floor can also be. The floor can be of any dark shade of these colors, the saturation will be responsible for the whole interior as a whole.

In addition, you need to know that brown floor is a classic. He carries warmth and comfort.

Black - extravagant, suitable for modern interiors.

Cold gray promotes relaxation and detachment.

Advantages and disadvantages

If you chose dark floors for the kitchen, know that they will bring respectability and high cost to the interior. The dark floor always looks presentable, no matter where it is. The interior of the kitchen with a dark floor looks fundamentally and reliably. This is due to the fact that psychologically a person is more confident on the dark floor, because the subconscious mind associates it with the earth. In addition, on dark flooring, all furniture looks in a winning light, even unpretentious chairs or a chair are transformed.

The drawbacks of the dark sex lie on the surface. Many, when confronted with them, forever refuse to set up a dark-colored floor,

Dark floor visually reduces space

If the kitchen is small, this floor covering will not work. However, if you have a white headset installed, the black floor will emphasize the elegance and brevity of the interior. The bright kitchen at the same time set off the dark floor, not allowing it to "eat" square meters. In this case, the floor clearly delineates the space. In such a kitchen, no additional accents will be needed - the dark floor will take on this mission.

All crumbs, stains from water, oil drops are immediately visible on the dark floor

It must be carefully and frequently cleaned. In addition, all the stains on it will also be noticeable, especially if you choose a tile with a glossy shine as the cover. The Americans have a joke: first start a housekeeper, and then install dark floors. There is more truth than jokes. In the hard work of caring for the dark floor in the kitchen, a robot vacuum cleaner can help you, preferably with a wet cleaning function.But if you choose a dark floor with a pattern (wood relief, marble web), then this problem will be almost completely solved. A dark floor with a matte finish will also help ease the care of it.

The main materials used for the floor of dark shades in the kitchen are laminate, granite, tile, oak parquet.

How to choose a kitchen for the dark floor

If there is a dark floor indoors, he will always decorate it. But the main thing is to choose the other elements of the decoration, so as not to make the room gloomy and gloomy.

This, no doubt, will help light tone. The classic black and white combination is also suitable for the kitchen.

For brown shades of flooring suitable colors are golden or bronze.

You can play with colors, preferring light colors. True, when choosing finishing materials you need to be extremely careful. Very often choosing wallpaper, in a roll, they look much lighter than later on the walls. To avoid this error, it is worth looking at the catalogs of how this or that color looks in reality.

With bright colors you need to be careful not to overburden the interior and not to make the kitchen annoying.

The dark brown floor with the fronts of the headset in bright yellow or orange will look great.

The combination of earth - grass is also a good option. The combination of deep gray and green will bring freshness and naturalness to the interior, as well as whet your appetite.

Olive finish in combination with dark floors will help to make the interior more comfortable.

But there are lovers and gloomy interiors. Here you can trim the apron with all sorts of brown shades in the color of the headset. It is better to finish the walls above the cabinets with white to compensate for the darkness.

Monochrome finishing of walls and floor is allowed only on condition of installation of bright furniture. For example, in an interior with a gray floor and walls install a red kitchen set.

Another solution is to make the bottom of the headset in the color of the floor, and the top to contrast in light shades of beige or milky. It will defuse the situation. In this case, to choose chairs and a table in the color of the light half of the kitchen, then this will unite the interior into one whole.

Black floor can be combined with a set of the same color, while the walls to finish with white - a great solution.But over time, such an interior can be depressing and depressing, especially if you spend there many hours a day.

An excellent combination for the kitchen with a dark floor will be a trio: gray, black, pink. The gray color here will act as a neutralizer, that is, it will balance the other colors, making black less serious and pink less intrusive.

In the selection of materials for the decoration of the kitchen is to give preference to the same textures. If the kitchen floor is glossy, then the furniture must be installed with a glossy shine. Strips on the walls vertical or horizontal will help to visually increase the space of the kitchen with dark floors. If the floor has the texture of wood, then in the decoration of the walls it is possible to use both velvet and some kind of gilded decor.

Permissible materials in the interior with a dark floor - glass, chrome-plated materials, wood.

When making the floor in dark colors, you must choose the color of the doors. It should be either white, in the Scandinavian style, or match the color with the floor.

You also need to seriously approach the choice of textiles on the windows. The dark floor implies a good heavy fabric on the windows.

True, in high-tech styles and minimalism, it is allowed to leave windows without “clothes”, but at the same time paint the frames with the same color as the floor.

Popular interior design options

Black and white interior is always relevant, and in the kitchen, including. If this interior is too strict for you, dilute it with a decorative element in the form of a red armchair or a turquoise table.

In the studio apartment, where the kitchen and living room are combined, the dark floor can be adjusted with a light carpet in the living area.

Dark gray tiles on the floor, in combination with the same shade on the curtains and the top of the headset, can be shaded with the facade of the color of untreated wood. Brick walls will complete the brutal design of the kitchen with dark floors.

In the rustic-style kitchen, you can soften the dark floors with a handmade rug that is crocheted from multicolored knit threads.

The brown floor will look great in a bright kitchen with a classic interior, emphasizing all the presentable appearance.

In the loft style, he also has a place to be.

In the kitchen with a stylistic solution of country in the color of the brown floor, you can paint the carrier beams on the ceiling.In this case, the headsets and walls should be in shades of beige.

Dark laminate on the floor will also look good in high-tech style in combination with the facade of a wenge-colored headset.

A mahogany floor is suitable for a kitchen that combines Bordeaux with ivory. This combination is well suited for modern interiors or high-tech.

For an interior in ethnic style, materials from sisal, bamboo and rattan furniture will suit the dark brown floor.

The brickwork will be suitable to a dark floor from a tile under a natural stone for registration of walls. In combination, they will create a brutal interior, perfect for a large kitchen.

In a small kitchen, it is still not recommended to lay the dark floor, as it will reduce a small room and so, and it is unlikely to succeed in adjusting it on several squares.

Almost the only possible option - the use of glossy tiles, which will allow for the expense of reflection to increase the space. If at the same time the seams are rubbed with a white mixture, then we get a rather dynamic result.

Another way to increase space is to lay tiles on the floor diagonally.

You can also paint one wall with black paint, the color of the flooring. Thus, the floor will move onto it, thereby pushing the wall aside, visually pushing the space apart.

Feel free to use the dark floor in the large kitchen. In combination with light shades of beige, sand and pastel colors, he will ennoble the interior, bring luxury to it. However, remember that moderation is the main component in creating a successful interior.

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