 |  |  | |  | | | | Room: | | Dining Room | | | | Colours: | | Black; | | | | Style: | | Minimal; Modern; | | | | Budget: | | Low | | | | Programme: | | Housecall | | | | Designer: | | Gordon Whistance; | | | | Feature: | | curtains | |
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Create a dramatic black dining room. With a striking black background, the addition of a soothing colour combination of soft purple, cream, and pink to bring light into the room.
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| | Wall colour
Paint your walls white. Add accents of black in the alcoves, above the fireplace and around the window frames. Paint a wide purple stripe around the room at picture rail height. Outline the stripe with white paint. | | 
| | Floor
Strip down the wooden floorboards and paint with black floor paint. | | 
| | Furniture
Paint all your existing furniture black. Use strips of fabric in lilac and pink as accent colours. Drape these over the backs of the dining chairs. | | 
| | Curtains
Make full-length curtains in black fabric and back with a white linen lining. Tie the curtains back to reveal the white lining by hooking the bottom corner of each curtain to the wall. | | 
| | Accessories
Finish the room with pink candles and silver candlesticks and soft pink satin cushions. Decorate the table with a white tablecloth, chrome bowls and dress with a black china dinner service. | | |
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