Color: 11 Inspiring Ways to Decorate with Deep Red - With the discovery of new pigments in the mid 19th century, dark red has become a very popular color in Victorian homes. Today, this wonderfully earthy hue remains relevant, but it is generally used in a more sober manner. Of course, it is still quite acceptable to cover the walls and darker red, like our ancestors could have, but today's interiors typically use this heavy, rich color as an accent lush and sometimes unexpected. It arises on carpets and cushions, and in more familiar and surprising places, too, heads credenzas. So why not explore the visceral tone, deep. It's time to see red, but in a very elegant way!
Chantel Elshout Design Consultancy
team with darks
Matching two tone colors equal - dark gray with dark brown, for example - creates a rich layered effect. Neither the color screams for attention, but a uniform gray wall is broken and enriched by this deep red headboard.
Matching two tone colors equal - dark gray with dark brown, for example - creates a rich layered effect. Neither the color screams for attention, but a uniform gray wall is broken and enriched by this deep red headboard.
Beau-Port Cuisines
Go glass
deep red packs a strong punch and therefore works beautifully as an accent color. Here, a backsplash and red glass collars add warmth and color to this contemporary kitchen and complement the Aga black and chrome. Thank you to their deep tone, they add interest without threatening to master this system perfectly balanced.
See credenzas with punch and personality
deep red packs a strong punch and therefore works beautifully as an accent color. Here, a backsplash and red glass collars add warmth and color to this contemporary kitchen and complement the Aga black and chrome. Thank you to their deep tone, they add interest without threatening to master this system perfectly balanced.
See credenzas with punch and personality
Holly Marder
Take upstairs
new oak floors in this Dutch house were painted in a lush red. It is a bold look and is used on all floors to create a solid base color throughout the house. The key to their success is the lashings of white elsewhere, making the floors feature a strong, but not dominant.
new oak floors in this Dutch house were painted in a lush red. It is a bold look and is used on all floors to create a solid base color throughout the house. The key to their success is the lashings of white elsewhere, making the floors feature a strong, but not dominant.
Joel Antunes photography
Prepare a patchwork
deep red through a single surface can suck the light and feel quite dense. A patchwork of dark red, the other, with mixed patterns and shades, makes up the intensity of an all-red system and is a great way to introduce this rich color to any room.
deep red through a single surface can suck the light and feel quite dense. A patchwork of dark red, the other, with mixed patterns and shades, makes up the intensity of an all-red system and is a great way to introduce this rich color to any room.
jamesthomas Interiors
Enjoy a classic design
If you splash out on an iconic piece of design, why not choose a bold color? The Egg chair designed by Danish legend Arne Jacobsen, is almost the only color element in this room. It helps to provide heat to the system and also ensures that beautiful piece is noticed and appreciated.
Learn more about the iconic Egg chair by Arne Jacobsen
If you splash out on an iconic piece of design, why not choose a bold color? The Egg chair designed by Danish legend Arne Jacobsen, is almost the only color element in this room. It helps to provide heat to the system and also ensures that beautiful piece is noticed and appreciated.
Learn more about the iconic Egg chair by Arne Jacobsen
BOLD architecture + Interior design
bag bolster a big red
Add colorful soft furnishings, ceramics and works of art is a proven way to inject color in a white room - it is less intrusive and more flexible than painting the walls. This large knitted cushion perfectly illustrates the idea. He brings a dose of deep red in this single room and also picks up on the red notes in the stained glass windows and doors.
Add colorful soft furnishings, ceramics and works of art is a proven way to inject color in a white room - it is less intrusive and more flexible than painting the walls. This large knitted cushion perfectly illustrates the idea. He brings a dose of deep red in this single room and also picks up on the red notes in the stained glass windows and doors.
Closets Capital
work on the wall
deep red works on the walls, but remember that it will absorb the light and make the space feel slightly smaller and more closed. This may simply be the effect you are after, but if not, try to balance the expanses of deep red with a pale ceiling and flooring. Lots of natural light will also help keep the red attractive looking, rather than oppressive.
deep red works on the walls, but remember that it will absorb the light and make the space feel slightly smaller and more closed. This may simply be the effect you are after, but if not, try to balance the expanses of deep red with a pale ceiling and flooring. Lots of natural light will also help keep the red attractive looking, rather than oppressive.
Celia James
Add strips
broad stripes in shiny dark red and gold are a feature of these long curtains luxurious silk. This is a striking way to introduce color in every room, and seems particularly effective in white space, as this room.
broad stripes in shiny dark red and gold are a feature of these long curtains luxurious silk. This is a striking way to introduce color in every room, and seems particularly effective in white space, as this room.
Bliss Garden Design
Enjoy the garden
very dark red is a color that is often in nature, on plums and ripe grapes, autumn leaves and even in the ground, so it looks good in the garden. A deep red umbrella and chair cushions provide a warm contrast to the lush green all in the dining room in the open, without running with natural or plantation dominant space.
very dark red is a color that is often in nature, on plums and ripe grapes, autumn leaves and even in the ground, so it looks good in the garden. A deep red umbrella and chair cushions provide a warm contrast to the lush green all in the dining room in the open, without running with natural or plantation dominant space.
Celia James
Call it contemporary
Although deep red hue was a very loved by the Victorians, it was reinvented successfully for their time and can look fantastic contemporary. Here, a high gloss kitchen has three fronted drawers with glossy brown, which break the pale regime without compromising its smooth touch.
Although deep red hue was a very loved by the Victorians, it was reinvented successfully for their time and can look fantastic contemporary. Here, a high gloss kitchen has three fronted drawers with glossy brown, which break the pale regime without compromising its smooth touch.
Turner Pocock
Get chart
Used as an accent and in combination with graphic pattern, very dark red bold and contemporary looks. Here, a red hexagons pattern brings a shot of detail and color to the show, pushing her sophisticated look to something more original and eclectic.
Tell us ...
Do you like dark red? Did you use in your home? Share your thoughts and photos in the comments below.
Used as an accent and in combination with graphic pattern, very dark red bold and contemporary looks. Here, a red hexagons pattern brings a shot of detail and color to the show, pushing her sophisticated look to something more original and eclectic.
Tell us ...
Do you like dark red? Did you use in your home? Share your thoughts and photos in the comments below.