Using red in a home design can be tricky. Without a good idea, a design can quickly fall from romance into sensory overload. To avoid a home that looks more like a fast food restaurant than a luxurious lair, it's important that the color is used with precision and subtlety. The three homes featured here each use bright red in a way that is neither timid nor overpowering. From plush red unholstering to unique red wall designs and even a bold red ceiling stencil, these designs are anything but gaudy. Take a look at these three apartment interiors and learn how to bring a bit of red hot fun into your own home.
1 | Visualizer: ZikzakThe first apartment featured here is from the visualizers at Zikzak studio and measures just 52 square meters (559 square feet).
2 |The red accents in the main living area are certainly not subtle, but non-red accessories like unique floor lamps temper the brightness of the red.
3 |The bold wall art detail is eye-catching and helps to unify the space, which actually has quite a few different tones, including red, gray, white, and natural wood.
4 |The red dining chairs are also notable in their design as well as their color, looking comfortable enough to settle into for a long and luxurious dinner party.
5 |The dining room pendants nearly blend into the gray cabinetry, lending a glow to the dining area without calling attention to themselves.
6 |A cozy bedroom veers away from too much red, instead utilizing cool grays and whites as well as a calming nature-inspired piece of art.
7 |A red chair that matches the dining chairs makes a comfortable place to work, and can be easily moved into the dining room for larger parties.
8 |Long gauzy gray curtains over floor-to-ceiling windows make for an artful bedroom design choice.
9 |In bathrooms, unique faucets like this one serve both a practical and stylistic purpose.
10 | Visualizer: ProdizThis next apartment, from visualizers at Prodiz, includes a few shades of rich red for its accent colors of choice.
11 |Starting in the living room, tufted red sofa sections are the most immediately call to color.
12 |A unique texture accent wall serves as a perfect place for a wall-mounted television, adding interest without cluttering the space with wall art that can get distracting.
13 |By choosing a wood coffee table , the designer has made a focal point for the large living room. Unique coffee tables can be conversation pieces rather than merely places to set your coffee.
14 |A red splattered rug and red ceiling stencil unify the red design without getting too loud.
15 |Even the recesses of the shelving have a few pops of red.
16 |For their part, the bar stools in the kitchen are just dipped in red.
17 |The red lacquer against the wood seating certainly has an Asian-inspired feel to it.
18 |Moving into the bedroom the Asian influence on this apartment becomes even more apparent with the artwork behind the platform bed.
19 |The bedroom pendant lights create a flattering glow, making it easier to relax at the end of a long day.
20 |While the red accents in the bedroom are somewhat subtle, they still bring that forceful color palette into the room for a sophisticated look.
21 |The soft gray upholstery on the bed itself also tempers the red so that the bed is inviting rather than off putting.
22 | Visualizer: A & L Interior DesignThe final apartment in this post is a two-story apartment home with Ukrainian themes.
23 |The living area is not exceptionally spacious, which means that the bright red color needs to be used sparingly. One bright red sofa is enough to make a point.
24 |The beautiful painting calls to mind traditional Ukrainian dress while the flower vase makes it easy to bring a bit of the outdoors inside.
25 |Red and black is fairly common color pairing, because it looks chic and just a little bit dangerous.
26 |A wall-mounted entertainment center is a stylish alternative to a hulking shelving unit or the impracticality of a wall mounted television on its own with no place for cables or other media.
28 | Unique kitchen bar stools in red bring a a pop of color into the white kitchen.
29 |On the way to the second floor, visitors are confronted with a unique living wall of plants.
30 |From the top of the stairs, we can see how well the green plays with the light wood and white walls in the upstairs hallway.
31 |A class hand railing ensures that the smaller upstairs space does not feel closed in or claustrophobic.
32 |In the bedroom, the red accent color comes back and adds a hint of romance.
33 |A cozy reading nook and vanity use plush red for seating, which feels luxurious.
34 |Red can also easily be brought in using fresh cut flowers for additional romance.
35 |The comfortable reading chair with its own skylight is a lovely place to retreat.
36 |Dangling pendant lights over the stairway have a decidedly modern look.
37 |The use of an “accent stair” is lovely and unique.
38 |And finally the plush red ottoman provides a perfect place to kick off those heels at the end of the day.
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