what furniture color to go with???

[phadam]

just repainted the office room. getting all new furniture now i am a little torn between white furniture or black. I was generally thinking black as I was kind of going for a dark theme but white would also have a really nice contrast.
The room is painted a dark charcoal color with maybe a hint of blue tone to it..but pretty dark anyways. I have white window trim and shutters with a pretty new white chair that I dont plan on getting rid of. My corner desk is being made right now but cant decide between white or black?? I think they would both be pretty good in the room so just looking on opinions from an outside point of view. Its all wood furniture so I could even do black filing cabinets with a white desk top??
opinions? suggestions? always helpful. thanks!

[jessica.]

Pics of the room would be best to be helpful. Right now I say white.

[bradl]

Hmm.. have a picture of the paint colour? Dark Charcoal could be a lot of things,but it would help to see the exact colour.

Something else to think about: where are the windows in the room relative to the sun? cardinal direction? Will you get the morning or afternoon sun? Reflection off the furniture would come into play as well, and with a dark room it may heat up a lot more than the rest of the house despite air conditioning.

If you want the contrast though, white will be what you want, or stay with black and make the trim pop out in the room. Do you have any baseboards in the room? if so, what colour? Finally, carpet or hardwood floor?

BL.

[leekohler]

Pics of the room would help us help you.

[Abstract]

Between white and black, I think you should go with white. I'm basing this advice on what you said.

However, I must say that white furniture sounds quite ugly to me.

[Heilage]

Dark walls = light furniture. And the other way around. You have to create contrasts in the room, or else it will all just disappear.

[niuniu]

I like the contrasting walls/furniture comment above. Go with that and pick up one or two very vibrant and interesting looking ornaments in red or orange to give it all a very creative feel. Love that.

[swingerofbirch]

I think black with charcoal blue tone wall would be ugly (black and blue is not a good look IMO), but white would be too austere and too bright against the dark back drop...I would do a warm golden like beige color.

[Abstract]

Originally Posted by swingerofbirch

I think black with charcoal blue tone wall would be ugly (black and blue is not a good look IMO), but white would be too austere and too bright against the dark back drop...I would do a warm golden like beige color.

I'd pick a darker wood, but overall, I agree.

White? White!?!