
Yet, to date, even professed lovers of dark colours often shied away from furnishing their homes all in black. Dark accents, on the other hand, were certainly acceptable. It is too oppressive, too claustrophobic and too gloomy to design entire fronts or even the whole kitchen in deep black, or at least that’s the credo of many interior design experts. “All nonsense!” Or at least that’s what Marco Singer thinks, having built several eye-catching kitchens in black with his team from the joinery Schreinerei Singer in Speyer, Germany. “The belief that black makes a room look smaller is a myth. A black room can look great and by no means appear oppressive if the room itself and its design are well thought out,” says the master joiner. Interior designer Sarah Henner, who has brought to life a number of all-black kitchens and interior designs together with the planning team at Grüner GmbH, has a similar outlook. However, as dark surfaces do not reflect light as well as light-coloured surfaces, “in a black kitchen especially, plenty of good lighting must be allowed for,” she says.