The Best Color Wood to Put With a Black Metal Bed

Light Wood Colors

• Pale blond woods such as birch contrast dramatically with your black metal bed, making it a focal point in the room. This color combination works well for modern designs. Add modular birch furniture and white bedding to a simple black metal bed for a simple, spa-like feel. Consider a wrought-iron headboard with an ornate leaf design and create a sophisticated contemporary bedroom with black-and-white print bedding, black lacquer furniture and light wood flooring.

Medium Wood Tones

• Use the warm brown and red tones of oak and light cherry woods to incorporate your metal bed into traditional and country-style rooms. Use distressed oak, knotty woods or cedar on both the walls and floor and add a homemade quilt to an old-fashioned black metal bed. Or create a Tuscan bedroom with a metal canopy bed, heavy burl wood furniture, plaster walls and rustic wood ceiling beams. Choose oak and cherry combinations for the dressers and night stands, then add a smooth cherry floor for a more contemporary feel.

Dark Woods

• Use dark cherry mahogany and walnut woods to accent an ornate, Gothic-style bed. Keep the floor and bedding dark. Draw the focus to the furniture by choosing individual pieces of various sizes in slightly lighter shades of wood, rather than a matched set. Blend the elegance of the bed into the room with rich fabrics and dark, intricately carved furniture with lighter wood inlays. Create a warm and comfortable space with a heavy, iron four-poster bed by adding traditional, deep cherry furniture and flooring. Contrast the black metal and darker wood with a cream area rug and patterned bedding. For a more modern spin, try a deep walnut floor, black painted furniture and burgundy fabrics.

Eclectic Room Style

• A simple rounded black metal headboard would provide an unobtrusive addition to an eclectic room. Choose a dual-color wood floor in dark walnut and brown oak and add antique furniture in various wood shades and design styles. Add a few white-washed pieces, white or pastel bedding and rustic wooden chairs for a French country feel. Create a more whimsical space with pale birch floors and painted wood furniture in primary colors.