Dark and Moody!

Dear readers... Here is a collection of interiors I find quite appealing! We all come across pictures of interiors, not many catches our eye.. here are the ones that did:)
Enjoy!
Elle

Cheers!!
ps: Sorry for all the designers I neglected to cite. Couldnt find the artists!

Raining....

Today, its raining.....I love rain.. I love hearing rainfall when I fall asleep. I love the sensation of being rained on, I love how cleaning it is, I love smelling it, and I love how clean the air is after it has rained. So this is my inspiration for this blog entry. If you want to recreate that atmospheric moody room
, here are a few favourites: "Down Pipe" by Farrow and Ball, "Passive" by Sherwin Williams,"Carry on" by Para, "Mistral" and "Seraph" by C2, "Kid Glove" by Pratt and Lambert, "Oxford gray" 2128-40 by Benjamin Moore...

Kara Mann

Artform Interior collage around artwork, Gabriella Crespi coffee tables, quartz lamps, Persian rug, and a Montauk Sofas

Via Sukio

Via Sukio

Artform Interiors collage created around a Susan Jamison painting (AvianCouture, www.susanjamison.com) and Kaveri Singh Tibetan Mural, both great artists. Mouvement, and wind is felt throughout this artwork.

 xoxo

Dark rooms. So magical!

Per

 (Photo courtesy: Chic Coles, Personal collection, Canadian House and Home, La Dolce Vita)

(Photo courtesy: Dolce Vita, Kara Mann)

While in the midst of some serious overhauls, I have had a huge inclination to dark and moody rooms. Everytime I have suggested to my clients, their first reaction is to run and scream!.. It need not be so intense, nor scary! Dark rooms are just misunderstood and not well used. Room orientation is a huge determinant on whether a dark room will be successful or not. For example, on North facing rooms, green undertones or gray undertones are a big "no no". Why? because it makes the room even more drab and cold. So, instead of fighting with nature which provides only limited natural room in north facing rooms, you can go drastically dark! Farrow and Ball, Benjamin Moore, Para and Pratt and Lambert have a nice collection of darks. Beware: there are a lot of undertones within those darks: greens, blues, reds. Best is the try it in the room before commiting! Whatever you bring into a dark room has to be relatively light though. No caves please! My personal favourite darks are as follows:

Off-Black by Farrow & Ball (dark charcoal with a tinge of blue)

Pelt by FB (eggplant)

London Brown by FB ( a neutral light brown)
Hague Blue by FB

Down Pipe by FB (wrought iron gray)

Iron Mountain by Benjamin Moore ( a cold charcoal brown)

Mink by Pratt and Lambert (dark brown)

Stout by C2 
Malachite by C2 (beautiful dark teal)