Wood Tones and White: Interior Design Ideas

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 07:44 AM PDT

This serene open plan apartment design, created by interiors visualizer Dmitry Kobtsev, has a perfect balance of earthy wood notes and clean white décor.

Wall art provides the only splashes of color in this space, which pick out the colorful book spines adorning large wooden bookshelves.

The darkness over the surface of the dining table is picked out by a fabric-covered sofa in the adjacent lounge area, a set of three nesting tables, and a matching area rug.

The crisp snowy white backdrop continues into the run of kitchen cabinets, but a warm rush of walnut wood grain runs through, creating texture and heat. The contrasting stripe makes the proportions of the cooking space appear elongated and elegant, drawing the eye lightly along the run rather than letting it rest on what could have appeared as much heavier bulk of storage.

The kitchen hardware compliments the horizontal pattern, with long nickel bar handles following the flow.

Silver appliances punctuate the kitchen area at each end, whilst a central kitchen island appears barely there in matching facing to the flanking slab front doors.

A beech wood floor runs throughout the light apartment, toning perfecting with the lightest hue in the kitchen, and running seamlessly into the dining chairs that sit around a contrasting black tabletop.