A flexible and forgiving palette that has given us the confidence to play with scale, contrast and takes risks.  Yep, no matter what decorating style you prefer – midcentury, Art Deco, minimal – the boundaries of black and white are quite versatile, allowing for vibrant flourishes and grand gestures, despite the restrictive-sounding palette.  

By sticking to one colour, we feel comfortable adding layers with textures, patterns, and pieces from different periods. There are also lots of nuances within the colour itself. If you are working with black, it can be a greenish hue or a true black but you can play with these tones.  

A monochrome palette is like the no make up look. It’s all about subtley, where you create good bones and a great backdrop with white unified by the monochrome palette.  

When it comes to décor, restricted palettes of black, white and even grey, the potential for textural and tonal variation is unlimited.  

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A monochrome environment has given us the confidence to play with scale. With an all-white room you can get something really big and paint it white, or keep it black and it will make things interesting.  

Best of all? Décor decisions have become remarkably simple for us. The hours studying and combing swatches are over. No more trying to figure out how the chartreuse-upholstered chair is going to match the turquoise walls. Within a limited palette, you can mix pieces from different decades, add patterns, layer textures, be bold – it all works.