Gray wall color: 125 photos of ideal DIY design options

Competent selection and installation of interior doors ensures harmony and completeness to the interior. At the same time, the natural desire of the owners of the home is the desire to emphasize the status, the subtle concept of style in the decor. Ultimately, this directly affects the feeling of comfort. This is why the renovation was started.

Today, dark interior doors in the interior are becoming more and more common, adding originality, piquant contrast, luxury, and prestige to the decor of the room. Analyzing numerous design projects of spacious private houses and typical city apartments, we can confidently call dark doors one of the current trends.

Dark doors in a modern interior

Features of using dark doors in interiors

Interior doors of dark color in the interior can be compared with the classics of the genre, while being modified, allowing you to create comfortable and attractive fashionable interiors in one style or another, meeting the requirements of aesthetics and practicality. Today this is a trend that is reflected both in the design of spacious rooms and cramped ones lacking sufficient natural light and high ceilings.

Contrary to the rule that light “expands” and dark “narrows,” dark doors can look harmonious even in small rooms, without limiting or concealing scarce space. Designers offer the following technique:

use a dark door against the background of a light interior (light walls and ceiling, light floor or several tones lighter than the door), limiting yourself to accents in the decor that are harmonious in color and tone;
rely on asymmetry and/or contrasting inserts (the glazing of a dark door looks stylish, elegant, luxurious, expensive and elegant at the same time) - this will distract attention from a solid dark and conspicuous “spot” on the wall, scattering the eye around the room.

In general, there are 2 combination options according to which dark doors are installed in the interior:

doors to match the floor covering, when both are dark (light walls) - a bold solution for spacious rooms; for small rooms, this option is acceptable if the shade of the door and floor is not too dark, and the latter should be lighter than the door leaf;
dark doors against a light floor - suitable for any room, however, for harmony and balance in the tone of the door, it is worth choosing trim and baseboards; a couple of accents on a dark color in the form of decorative elements (lamp shade, carpet, frames for photos or paintings on the wall) would not hurt ).

As a small but interesting exception, there is a third option, when dark doors in the interior of an apartment themselves act as a bright accent, contrasting with the furniture, the color of the walls, floor, and ceiling. Sometimes the contrast is even emphasized by white trim and baseboards around the door. This solution is appropriate in loft, eclectic, and hi-tech styles.

Black doors and decor accents

Textiles in a gray interior

The rules for using colored textiles in gray rooms are not much different from those that exist for furniture. The exception is, perhaps, curtains, which many designers prefer to take in dark and neutral shades, transforming the solid color of the walls into smoky canvases, penetrated by rays of sunlight. It all looks very impressive, but at the same time discreet - such a contradictory combination.

Gray and white curtains on the windows

In modern styles, curtains may not be used at all, and textiles remain in the form of carpets, bedspreads, blankets and other things. Instead of curtains, roller blinds and blinds of various designs are often used.

Colors of dark doors

What doors can be called dark? In fact, this is an extensive group filled with many color and shade solutions:

piquant and stylish black doors are a special hit of recent years, opening up scope for imagination in creating unique modern and classic interiors built on contrast;
dark brown doors are the most common and wide palette of tones and shades for classic interiors, as well as loft, modern, country, African or oriental styles;
luxurious doors in the wenge palette - from brown-red terracotta to red-black, captivating not only with their rich, deep shade “with a spark”, but also with a unique wood pattern (they look impressive only in the wooden version);
original, elegant and discreet, but eye-catching doors in a dark spectrum of gray color - a stylish solution for any interior style, the most advantageous for modern, high-tech, Provence;
non-standard doors (dark blue, burgundy, purple and others) are bright, eye-catching, designed to add a touch of variety to the interior, create a mood, and emphasize character.

Blue dark sliding doors

Gray color in different rooms

Kitchen. Gray walls in the kitchen, if it is small, are best decorated in light shades. They will expand the kitchen and refresh the atmosphere in it.

Living room. Gray color relaxes. Which is exactly what you need for a good rest in the living room.

Bedroom. Neutral shades of gray do not cause irritation and even calm. Why not opt for this color.

Advantages and disadvantages of dark interior doors

In the project drawn up by a professional interior designer, as well as numerous photos presented on the World Wide Web and on the pages of glossy magazines, dark doors seem ideal. It seems that all that remains is to buy, install, and now the stylish, comfortable and practical interior of your dreams is ready. However, there is no need to rush.

Deciding whether to install dark doors in a light interior or an interior in gray, red, purple or another color scheme is worth analyzing all the pros and cons.

Dark interior doors
Installation benefits	Nuances and possible disadvantages
1. Fashionable, stylish, high-status, especially black doors and wenge colors.	1. In order to harmoniously fit a dark, and especially a black door into the interior, professional knowledge in the field of design or a subtle sense of style is required.
2. Dark colors, especially gray and brown, are usually not easily soiled, but there are nuances.	2. The darker the door, the more dust there will be on it. In addition, when choosing a varnished surface, you should be prepared for the fact that you will have to frequently remove hand marks and other stains that will be visible.
3. The dark color goes well with any other color in the interior and looks advantageous against a light background.	3. Care is required when choosing a dark door for a cramped room, which, moreover, lacks light.
4. Dark doors are appropriate in interiors of any style - from classic to modern - it’s all just a matter of the right shade and design.	4. When choosing a fashionable dark door, it is worth considering the rest of the decor and finishing in order to harmonize it.
5. Dark-colored doors in combination with baseboards and other decorative elements effectively zone the space, allowing you to place the necessary accents.	5. Only a combination of a warm shade of the door with a warm shade of the floor or cold shades can be called successful. This means that for a wenge or brown door, the floor covering can only have a color and shade of the warm spectrum.

Furniture in a gray room

Interior design in gray tones involves tinting not only the walls. The desired atmosphere and background can be created by installing furniture in this noble color. A bed with gray inserts (this could be an upholstered headboard) gives the bedroom an eclectic element, which gains even more strength if you install several bright objects nearby, for example, hanging a panel on the wall.

All kinds of sets, chests of drawers, sofas, armchairs, tables and chairs will fit into other rooms. All of them add elegance and sophistication to interiors in which the walls have monochrome colors.

Room design in gray tones - use of gray bed linen and curtains

Gray sofa and walls against a light wood floor

The monotony of this room is broken by the unusual geometry of the ceiling and decorative lighting.

If such interiors seem too dreary and austere to you, their monotony can be broken up with colorful bright furniture or textiles used on it (bedspreads, pillows). It is also worth ensuring that there is more natural light in a gray room. For artificial lighting, it is better to use “warm” lamps of 2700-3000K.

A gray room and bright furniture – an atmosphere of creativity and inspiration

An abundance of light and bright furniture enliven the interior space of the room

Red color was chosen as an accent, in which pillows, armchairs and a blanket are presented.

Dark doors: making

It is not enough to correlate light or dark floors and dark doors in the interior only by color scheme. An interior door and, accordingly, the entire interior will look impressive and prestigious only if harmony is achieved in the combination of materials or stylistic features.

A win-win option for making dark doors is wood or veneered MDF, often combined with glass in the design. Since piquantly dark wood practically does not exist in nature, it is given the necessary shade artificially.

The surface is also machined. Dark oak doors in the interior can have a deeply textured aged surface (looks expensive and solid, ideal for classic, Provence, country) or a polished smooth surface that only conveys the uniqueness of the design.

But it is unlikely that you will be able to find attractive gray, charcoal-black, brown or non-standard colored plastic doors - they are ugly, cheap, and impractical.

Gray wooden doors and dark floor