Modern Living Room Ideas: Black Wooden Flooring

Floor

• Black wooden flooring is already stylish on it's own, so adding anything else to your floors isn't necessary. However, if you must add an area rug, choose a color that pops against black, such as white, or a bold color like yellow or orange. Another idea is to choose a textured rug such as sisal or grasscloth. Likewise, you can choose an area rug with a geometric print or an animal print area rug or hide. Choosing the right colors, textures and prints helps to create a modern living room design.

Walls

• Since black is a strong color, paint your walls in neutral or muted colors. Doing otherwise creates a look that can be stressful to your eyes and may take away from your focal point -- your black wooden flooring. Using dark colors on your walls with black flooring also makes the room look smaller. The lightest hue of almost any color that you choose goes well with black floors. However, colors that are often used with black are any shade of white or a light shade of gray or beige. Likewise, your walls can be covered in textured wallpaper such as grasscloth.

Furniture

• Color choices and materials are most important when deciding on the kind of furniture that goes well with black wooden flooring. Keep your design modern by choosing furniture in black or white and chrome. Gray furniture also goes well with black wooden floors. Keep lines sleek by choosing a modular sofa and box-type arm chairs rather than one with roll arms. Your furniture's material, such as leather or everyday suede, also create a modern look and feel. Other modern furniture that you can decorate with are a glass coffee table and side tables, clear plastic chairs or plastic chairs in a bold color, such as red, as an accent.

Accessories

• The options for accessorizing with black wooden floors are endless. Accessorize with table lamps with a glass, ceramic or hammered metal base. If you mostly have neutral colors such as white and gray in your living room, decorate with brightly colored lamps and vases. Hang a gold gilded mirror on the wall or lean a floor mirror with a woven seagrass border against the wall. Decorate your walls with artwork, especially artwork in black and white or in bright, bold colors. Adding green indoor plants potted in a woven basket also goes well in a living room with black wooden floors.