The textured weave of black and white damask is bold and overwhelms a room if too much is used. Making the fabric a focal point requires adding an additional color to break up the intensity of the color. Be cautious as you approach the design of your bedroom to avoid an assault on the eyes. Your room should promote serenity and peace, and if decorated with care, the black and white damask will accomplish your goal.
Instructions
1. Use a plush damask duvet or bedspread and contrast it with a white-on-white bed skirt for a crisp and inviting look. Select the same fabric for your curtains. Add a contrasting color such as gold, silver, honey, light blue or dusty green for your accents. Avoid using a strong hue that adds to the severity already present in the room. Decorate with throw pillows and shams in your third color.
2. Hang black and white damask wallpaper on a feature wall in the bedroom and use a border of the same paper along the other walls. Paper all the walls if your room is large with a lot of light. Select simple white bedding trimmed in black or black damask and highlight the bed with black and white damask throw pillows or shams so that they stand out from the walls. Add one pillow in your third color for accent. Paint the walls white if you're using damask bedding and curtains so that the fabric becomes the star of the room.
3. Lay a sculpted white-on-white or black-on-black wall-to-wall carpet to warm the room, or a muted black and white check carpet. Paint wood floors either black or distressed white. Use the damask as your curtain and bedding fabric only if the floors are a single color; otherwise, select the damask for just one use.
4. Accent your bedroom with damask instead of using it as a feature fabric. Contrast black and white damask Roman shades and matching European square shams with white walls, black furnishings and white bedding to create a harmonious bedroom.
5. Mount black and white photographs or prints against white matting. Frame them in black and hang them on white walls to create a backdrop to your featured black and white damask. Include etchings and pen and ink drawings in this serene environment. Hang a frame or grouping of frames in your third color to bring color into the room.
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