Modern Dark Interior Design

Night owls by nature will love the all encompassing darkness of these three dramatic apartment interiors. Decor schemes that incorporate light and bright minimalism offer up a refreshing light and airy feel for sure, but sometimes a dwelling just calls for a little bit more bite. Filled with a combination of moody colours over high-end contemporary furnishings and some special examples of statement lighting, these homes look like secret style lairs. Beautiful feature walls including a sophisticated mural, gorgeous nouveau flooring designs that would draw your eyes constantly to your feet, and large examples of eye catching wall art abound. Shut out the summer sun and follow us into darkness…

Visualizer: Rafał Hański  

The first modern dark interior on our list is a sophisticated taupe, black and grey affair with shining copper accents to contrast. The living area is entirely open plan in an L-shaped formation.

The taupe sofa faces a feature wall with a black extruded tile design. Large wall art in the living room is dramatically lit from above by focused track lighting.

When the drapes are drawn, each piece of lighting illuminates only its specifically designated area, letting shadow fall in the space between. A focussed lighting design scheme makes this apartment the ideal setting in which to view a home cinema screen. The projection screen descends from a recessed slot in the ceiling as if by magic. The projection unit itself lowers into place from a concealed position within the roof, descending on a ceiling panel platform, affixed to a concertina bracket.

Behind the sofa, a sophisticated dining area leads onto a black marble topped kitchen. The flooring through the home is kept light to lift the dark coloured scheme.

The home cinema screen can be enjoyed from the dining table also, to take in a movie with dinner.

Copper accents brighten the kitchen, in the shape of shining handles, a gleaming faucet and an overhead rack to hold a collection of indoor herb planters.

Two large pendant light shades span the entire length of the dining room table. The tabletop is dressed with three short table runners in black. The flatware is a white design to lighten the table ensemble.

Grey painted wainscoting lines one wall, providing subtle contrast against the black kitchen cabinets. Three kitchen bar stools lined up at the central island have taupe seats to stand out against the black unit.

Black, grey and taupe bedroom decor is illuminated by two globe pendant lights, situated either side of a ridged headboard feature wall. A slender copper floor reading lamp lights a comfortable chair and footstool.

Visualizer: Roman Kasyan  

Our second featured dark home design has a wonderfully unique dual tone herringbone floor, which sweeps through a large open plan living area. A solid area of white floor planks transition into rich dark wood tone by introducing contrasting planks at random intervals across the midsection to stunning effect.

Floor lamps are a popular choice for soft lighting by a sofa; this seating area also incorporates a soft glowing suspended ceiling light, an artistic installation of wall lamps and gentle strip lighting within the shelves an adjacent bookcase. A landscape wall mural makes a dreamy vista.

Dozens of orb shaped dining room pendant lights cluster, like giant white caviar, at the centre of a kitchen diner.

Black kitchen cabinets surround the eating area, cut through with a stripe of dazzling white marble.

The cloud of dining pendants float over a white marble table top, teamed with deep green dining chairs.

A blue bed injects some colour into the master suite. Suspended at either side of a marble headboard feature wall are hoop shaped bedroom pendants, which are the HALO design by Matthew McCormick, available for purchase here..

Artwork is propped behind a neat bedside table.

A luxury closet is made up of glass cabinets with dark wood tone frames and shelving.

The bathroom holds a surprisingly light decor scheme, clad in white marble.

A light woodtone panel, lit around its perimeter, creates a feature behind a double sink bathroom vanity unit.

A second bathroom scheme goes back to the dark decor trend, with deep green wall tiles and a black ceiling. The floor sports a striking black and white herringbone pattern.

Visualizer: Igor Sirotov  

Home number three is by far the darkest of the lot. Architectural arches and exposed brickwork walls lift a shadowy black living room.

Lighting falls in spotlights over a modern sofa.

The sofa stretches out like a huge bed in the darkness.

A compact kitchen runs straight off the brick wall living room, visible through an arched doorway.

Black cabinets and panels flank the kitchen walls.

Exposed kitchen shelving provides a place to display a collection of white crockery and gleaming stainless steel pots. The shelf contents bring a small scattering of light to the all encompassing blackness of the room.

An air of decadence transcends in the kitchen, where an abundance of pomegranates tumble – though It appears they’re missing a modern fruit bowl!.

The shower is a simple black box, with a light wood floor.

A square black toilet matches a black floorstanding vanity unit with matching basin.

At the end of the small kitchen, a casual coffee area has been created by placing two black barstools by the windowsill.

A black heated towel rail climbs the wall just outside of the shower cubicle.

Black shutters dress the windows.

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The Contemporary Home Of A Majestic Pre-War Rain Tree

This example of contemporary architecture, designed by ONG & ONG, stands within a vast lush green garden in Singapore. A colossal pre-war rain tree flourishes in its landscaped grounds with such magnificence that much of the architecture is designed around enjoying its presence, as well as other smaller and different species of tree. Whilst being completely sheltered and wrapped with modern indoor comfort, nature can still be observed and absorbed from throughout this home; calming encounters with nature are available through expanses of glazed walls that can be fully retracted for seamless connection. At sundown the mature garden is dramatically lit so that it can always be appreciated, even by night.

The modern build stands two stories high, with an extra basement floor concealed from sight when at the front of the house. The home is raised slightly from ground level, settled on a level plane with the outdoor pool deck.

The deck pushes up smoothly against the interior floor, promoting a seamless indoor-outdoor living experience when huge glazed doors are fully retracted. A bridge crosses a lap pool to allow straight passage from inside of the home over to the manicured garden lawn.

The dwelling is clad with warm stained wood. A matching wooden fence marks its outer borders.

Slatted wood panels give pause to a concrete and glass façade.

A section of the ground has been cut away between the side of the house and the edge of the lap pool; this is a light well for basement rooms. This cutaway also allows the beautiful rain tree in the garden to be gazed up at from the subterranean level.

Another stunning tree stands pride of place atop its own little hill at the edge of the pool deck.

Glass spans the entire length of the first floor for an uninterrupted panoramic view over the grounds.

To one side of the exterior there is a large modern garden sculpture.

Decking runs along the back of the home also, as does the lawn, mature trees and shrubs.

By night the dwelling appears as a beautiful lantern with internal light filtering through its sides.

The garden is largely shielded from view at the entrance by a granite wall, but the interspersed panels create a series of slender open nooks to create a welcoming atmosphere.

The rough texture of the granite contrasts well with the smoothness of concrete, wood and glass.

A built in planter holds more greenery poolside.

The basement opens out onto a lower section of the sloping garden, which effectively creates a secondary ground level. An outdoor bench here provides a quiet spot for reflection.

Back at the front of the house we can see that interior furniture has been selected in muted colours to compliment exterior tones.

A peep into the lounge reveals a spiral staircase – a shape that is reflected by the exterior sculpture.

The interior architectural staircase can be seen from the pool area.

As we step inside the home from the garden, we enter a main living room where the spiral staircase leads to the top floor.

In the centre of the living room is a unique coffee table that looks long enough to fit a few hundred cups of coffee on!

The open wooden treads of the staircase design allow you to see all the way up and are reminiscent of the slatted wood panels along the exterior of the home.

The sides of the staircase are solid, topped with a simple silver handrail.

The staircase can be accessed directly from the main entrance to the home.

The stairs are reflected in the glossy white floor treatment beneath.

The kitchen also has a glossy white finish, covering cabinet fronts and countertops. A series of rich wooden cupboards match a built in dining table that butts up against the central island.

Four wooden chairs flank the bespoke dining table, beneath an unusual cluster of dining pendant lights. A run of floor to ceiling white cupboards cover one whole wall of the kitchen diner.

A serving hatch reveals a second kitchen area where the real cooking takes place, and the real mess can be kept out of plain sight.

Up on the second floor we find the master bedroom. The placement of the home architecture provides a view of the garden and feature rain tree from all of the main spaces, including this one. A comfortable bedroom chair has been placed by the window to fully appreciate the panorama.

An ensuite bathroom has a partition that separates it from the master bedroom’s walk-in closet. By drawing back the partition the space can be expanded, creating a generously sized boudoir. In this large wash space we also find a double sink bathroom vanity unit and a screened off WC.

This modern bathroom vanity is mounted onto a beautiful granite feature wall.

A contemporary pedestal basin peeks out through wooden slats…

… But is flanked by more dramatic granite.

The smooth finish of the modern bathroom furniture contrasts beautifully with the rustic wall.

The basement is dedicated to relaxation and entertainment, harbouring a movie room, a large multi-purpose hall and a spa room, plus its own outdoor barbecue area. After all this, there is still space for self-contained service quarters too. The light well brings in a view of the rain tree.

Whilst we love a bit of faux deer head home decor, we hope these ones aren’t the real deal!

At night the base of the pool is filled with a starry light installation.

Architectural lighting allows all of the home to be admired and enjoyed into the small hours.

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