Wenge color in a modern interior: features of use

Wenge is a rare and expensive tree species that grows on the African continent. This tree cannot be confused with anything. It has a deep, noble brown color, which is pierced by the finest black veins. It is difficult to use a real wenge tree in design because of the high price, therefore, artistic techniques and all kinds of compositions were invented with which it is possible to imitate rare wood.

Wenge color interior items

In modern catalogs you can see whole collections of wenge-colored interior items:

tables
chairs;
dressers;
cabinets;
bedside tables;
kitchen sets;
shelves and racks;
sofas;
laminate;
floor lamps;
decorative items;
frames for pictures and photos.

All these items look noble and refined, but they do not fit into every interior. Presenting reviews of successful projects, modern designers insist that wenge-colored furniture is present only in rooms with bright walls and good lighting. In small rooms, objects of wenge color should have a minimum quantity.It can be a small coffee table, frames for paintings or mirrors of different types, an armchair with wooden armrests, a high floor lamp. Furniture and laminate wenge color should not be the same shade. The furniture should be darker compared to the floor, then the room will seem more spacious. Such varieties of furniture are popular, in which only some elements are painted in the color of wenge. For example, a dining table on dark wooden legs and a glass top, a sofa with brown sides, a red seat and back, chairs on dark brown legs with beige seats. There are a lot of options for combining this color with others, and the most successful ideas can be realized in each individual subject. When planning a repair, immediately abandon the idea of making all the furniture in this color. Tables and chairs wenge for the kitchen, armchairs and one cabinet for the living room will be enough.

Wealth of styles

The color of wenge is not simple, so it can not be used in all interior styles. It is present in the interiors in the style of:

Art Nouveau;
high tech;
classic;
ethnic
minimalism.

Most often, furniture and accessories of this color can be found in classic interiors. Such furniture looks luxurious. Any kitchen will be decorated with a deep brown set, on the facades of which are complex carvings. Instead of some blind facades, a thin wooden mesh or frosted glass with a pattern can be inserted in such a headset. Copper handles decorated with colored ceramic inserts are suitable here. The dining room and living room in a classic style will fit a table and chairs on curved carved legs. Tapestries and picturesque paintings in wenge color frames will harmonize with them. Porcelain figurines, ceramic wall plates, vases covered with gilding or bright drawings will complement such an interior. Minimalism is characterized by monochrome and laconicism in details, therefore wenge-colored furniture fits perfectly into such interiors. A kitchen set of this color with long stainless steel handles may appear. It should not have any decorative elements. A simple bookcase or wall will fit into the living room of this style, as well as a sofa with brown side backs and red, beige or white upholstery. Such interiors are as functional as possible and there should be nothing superfluous in them, so decor items here have no place. This color also looks good in ethnic interiors. Only a special mood is created with the help of interior trifles: wooden figurines, vases, frames for photos and paintings, small tables. In such interiors, furniture, floors and walls, usually in light colors, are the perfect backdrop for small items. Laconic, dark brown furniture looks good in hi-tech interiors. Here wenge is usually combined with black, white and brown in a lighter shade. Such furniture is ideal for the office, manager’s office: it is strict and chic at the same time. Hi-tech is not characterized by the presence of a large number of accessories in the interior. For Art Nouveau, restraint in detail is also characteristic. Furniture in kitchens and rooms in such interiors is combined with objects and surfaces of gray, beige, steel, pink and lilac colors. The color of wenge looks great in the interiors of classic and modern styles. This color is beautiful, but complex, so it should not be much in the interior and color-companions should be selected especially carefully. It is better to put several large-sized pieces of furniture of this color in large rooms, while it is more reasonable to decorate small ones with stylish wenge accessories.