Dark and Sophisticated: Black Home Office Ideas You Will Love

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The last couple of decades have seen a drastic change in work culture and the idea of boring, repetitive cubicles has been dumped in favor of a more exciting office. But an even more significant change comes in the moving of workplace to home with more and more people starting to avoid the daily commute and work from the confines of their house. That shift has only been hastened by the recent global pandemic and now almost everyone seems to have turned some room in the house or a small corer into dedicated home office. Even though it is colors like white and blue that are frequently used in the home office, today we have turned our focus towards black!

Charming tropical style home office in black with custom wooden décor [From: Tim Tattersall Design]












Black home offices are just as delightful, charming and efficient as their counterparts in lighter, neutral hues. But they bring an added air of sophistication to the space and they also allow you to fashion a space that is a touch different from rest of the house. You will be amazed to see how well this color works in contemporary home offices and the refinement it brings to even the most mundane of rooms. Cuttings across styles and sizes, this is a look at the best black home offices around –

Balance Between Light and Dark

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If you are someone who is a little apprehensive about using too much black in the home office, then we suggest you start with a look that is more ‘black and white’. Black and white home offices that tend to veer more towards black allow you to try out the dark hue without committing to it fully. Another approach that is ‘more black than white’ in here is to add white carpets, rugs and drapes to a home office with black walls. Once again, you are creating a balance between light and dark elements while giving wiggle room for a change in accents down the line.

Coffered ceiling with black wooden beams and classic black windows for the traditional home office [From: Gage-Martin Interiors]
Dark wooden cabinets add black to this lovely and light-filled home office [From: NY Design]
It is drapes and rug that bring white to this modern black home office with spacious design
Raised wooden floor delineates this black and wood home office from the living area [From: Samalex]
Classy modern black and white home office that veers more towards darker elements

Finding a Style You Love!

One of the many advantages of black, much like white, is that you can use it with almost any decorating style with ease. Textured black walls are perfect for industrial, farmhouse and rustic home offices while more polished black finishes fit in with modern, Scandinavian and contemporary styles. Beyond black walls, you can also add a work desk in black and cabinets in dark wood also ensure that you have a dashing home office with a curated look. With black walls, switching between styles is easy as well and a simple change in furniture can turn a modern Scandinavian or farmhouse space into an eclectic or shabby chic home office!

Exquisite modern Scandinavian home office in dark gray and black is a showstopper
Gallery wall creates an instant focal point in this black home office [From: Studio Hooton]
Inventive contemporary home office with textured walls and a dark desk that also adds to the color scheme [From: Sergey Makhno Architects]
Small black home office with built-in wooden desk and copper pendant light [From: Anthony W Design & Local Trade]
Textured walls in black for the space-savvy modern home office

Colors that Go with Black

Once you have decided on giving your home office a black makeover, it is also a good idea to spend some time on choosing other colors that you would want to use in the room. Gold accents along with black are great for a Hollywood Regency-styled glamorous home office while orange adds fall flavor to the black home office. Yellow is another popular color that works well with black almost every time while red and green need to be used in much more sporadic fashion. Dark grays and dark blues tend to blend in with black and are ideal when using a tone-on-tone decorating approach in the office space.

Black walls in this home office accentuate the brilliant yellow accents and limited use of white
Contemporary home office in black with bold red accents brought in by comfortable chairs
Curated use of metallic accents in gold look fabulous in the refined modern black home office
Small modern farmhouse home office with dark red sofa and space-savvy design[From: Cathy Dean Interior Design]
Black and dark blue walls in the home office usher in an air of urbane elegance [From: CBP SIA]
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