Dark Themed Interiors: How to use grey in interior design

Whether you realize it or not, colors play a huge role in your surroundings and your mood. Take a look at nature. The world looks and feels different during the cold days of winter with lots of white snow. In the summertime, the green leaves and brightly colored flowers tell a different story. Colors can have a dramatic impact in your home as well. If you're stumped on a color to use, consider choosing an interesting shade of grey. Grey is a very complex color that some people usually avoid due to its typically somber effect on a cloudy day. However, it can do wonders for a room in a few ways.

1. Grey walls
Grey is an excellent color to choose for your walls. It's a great way of instantly adding edge and sophistication. While black is a beautiful color for the walls, it can be a hit or miss and a little unforgiving. Grey is a happy medium and is difficult to get wrong. If your dining room has wainscoting on the lower portion of the walls, paint the top portion a cooler grey and paint the wainscoting a warmer shade. The contrast of colors coupled with a few pops of color within the decor is an easy way to create a stunningly chic design statement.

2. Grey furniture
When it's time to choose furniture, many people popularly go with black, brown or white options. The reason many people make these choices is because these colors seem the most neutral. Unless you intentionally desire a statement couch, it makes sense to invest in a neutral piece. Well, consider grey the new neutral. It's also the most sophisticated neutral. Whether it's a couch, sofa or dining room table, grey lends a different type of chic sleekness that black doesn't offer. If you decide to choose a darker shade of grey, you'll get to enjoy the joys of easy clean-up since it's easy to camouflage any accidental spills. If you're looking for an uber-feminine look, grey and blush pink are a gorgeous combination for any living room.

3. Grey accessories
A really good art piece makes a perfect design statement on the walls. Find a really gorgeous grey canvas with an ombre effect. The gradient from white to grey is pretty versatile. Since silver appears like a shade of grey, use silver lamp bases with grey lampshades to add illuminate the room. Beneath your feet, rugs can truly tie in the entire decor and create a solid foundation. You can choose a grey rug. A popular trend involves using grey area rugs with pops of colors like purple, pink or yellow.

Dark themed interiors might seem like they could be depressing. Ironically, when dark themed interiors are executed correctly, the space becomes instantly inviting, chic and interesting. The warm shades of grey aren't the typical stark white, so they already look unique. The cooler shades of grey aren't as unforgiving as black, so they are easy to execute.