Color Obsession: Décor Noir

It isn’t exactly a light-and-breezy summer color, and yet I’m seeing black everywhere right now. (Black, it seems, is the new black.)

It’s usually rendered in lustrous, high-gloss finishes and tends to take elaborate, almost baroque forms. Call it “Goth Gone Glam.”

Here, a selection of sinfully decadent, décor-noir items that will lend a dash of drama, a hint of elegance, and a note of rock ‘n’ roll attitude to your home:

Left: The Design Can’s Deathwish Mirror, $150, available at Show; right: Harry Allen’s My Brother’s Frame, $359, from Wandrlust

Left: Baroque Chandelier, 485 pounds sterling (about $970), at Graham & Green; right: Horchow’s Carnivale Pendant Light, $149

Left: Lola Floor Lamp, $1,249, from Wandrlust; center: Shine Home’s Jasper Floor Lamp; right: Feruccio Laviani’s Bourgie Lamp, $323, from Highbrow Furniture

Left: Orange22’s Botanist Flora Bench, $1,350 at DesignPublic; right: Ostrich Side Table, 240 pounds sterling (about $480), at Graham & Green

Left: Patricia Urquiola’s T Table, $239, available from Unica; right: West Elm Mirror-Top Baroque Table, $179

Left: Shine Home’s Cary Buffet, $1,990, from Cottage & Bungalow; right: Regency Wall Bracket, $149, at Wandrlust

Left: Erich Ginder’s Ghost Tree, $1,700; right: Philippe Starck’s Louis Ghost Chair, $362, from HiveModern

Far left: Ashton Vase, $299; left center: Venus Bust, $319; right center: Victoria Hagen’s Equinox Vase, $15, at Target; right center: Nostalgi Two-Piece Candle, 9.50 pounds sterling (about $19), from Graham & Green

Left: CB2’s Sleepy Hollow Rug, $299 to $499 (also the Morocco Rug, top, $299 to $599); right: Tord Boontje’s Until Dawn Curtain, $90, at CB2

Left: Thomas Paul’s Chinoiserie Pillow, $96, from Pillows and Throws; center: K Studio’s Hawaii Rectangular Pillow, $98: right: CB2’s Vis-a-Vis Pillow, $25

Left: Florence Broadhurst Ingram Tapestry Wallpaper, $448 per roll; right: Black Velvet Grille Wallpaper, $88 per roll, both from Wandrlust

Left: William Sonoma Home’s Black Cut-Crystal Glassware, $40 to $175; center: Target’s 16-piece Damask Dinnerware Set, $40; right: CB2’s Haiku Platter, $13

(Photo at top from CB2.)