We Greg are is painting all our interior doors black,
at my request, of course.
Here he is, intently looking for every perceived “flaw”
on our bedroom closet doors:
Oh, dear.
My mad painting skills aren’t up to his high standards,
so I just let him do it.
But first, imagine the 2 of us at the paint store,
with me insisting that yes, I want black,
+ yes, I want semi-gloss.
Please. Are we not all on board here?
Just go to Pinterest + search “black interior doors”
if you need to be persuaded.
Or just look at this before + after of our front door:
We’re using yet more Pittsburgh Paint.
It’s Black Magic, which is actually the darkest of dark grays,
here, at the bottom of this strip o’ grays:
Not so coincidentally,
those living room walls are Flagstone,
which is the lightest, top shade on the same strip.
Hint: that’s how I make sure my colors complement each other,
repeating shades of paint from the same strip.
We all do that, right?
But back to Black Magic.
When I say gray, even though it looks black, here’s proof:
There is our Black Magic on the left,
with an generic, inky black on the right.
See the (viva la!) difference?
And please! Notice how nicely it “plays along”
with our “black” (but really dark gray) kitchen floor tile:
WINNING!
Meanwhile, let’s see some more black doors.
Here is the pocket door
between our bedroom + the main bath:
Disclaimer: that bathroom’s been tricked out since this photo,
+ it now looks like this (below) + my blog post about it.
Our vintage-style medicine cabinet is from Home Depot,
the Zenith Early American @ only $119!
Now for just 1 more quickie look-see
at our beautiful bathroom’s really naughty BEFORE!
I KNOW!!??
October 4th, 2015 at 12:58 am
Love the woodwork, bathroom tile, colors, the list goes on.
October 5th, 2015 at 9:31 pm
Thanks for the compliments, Nancy. It all looks so effortless, when it’s DONE. One tends to forget what went before. Right now I’m fretting about our living room, which needs some contrast. It’s anything but effortless! 😉
February 20th, 2017 at 1:40 am
Absolutely love the black doors. Did you use satin finish? It really adds to the color pallet in a rich warming way.
February 20th, 2017 at 12:27 pm
No, not satin — semigloss. It’s not icky shiny or anything — just right for doors, I think. Yes, I think they add contrast + warmth to our decor. Black Magic is a warm black.