Black walls- a do or a don’t?

I think dark walls are gorgeous….as we’ve discussed before in our post, “Dark and Daring”. But what are your thoughts on black painted walls? Would you ever do it in your own home?

In this month’s Met Home issue they had a whole section on “paint tricks”. Josette Buisson said “I know a decorator whose kitchen is coated entirely in black, and when you walk in, the ceiling seems to go on forever.” Sarah Cole claimed to “paint the inside of shelving a dark color to set off dishes, glassware, or books” and their shelf example was shown using Farrow and Ball’s Off Black.

What are your thoughts on black paint? How would you use it? What kind of room would you paint black?

Studio Annetta featured this black room from House and Garden on her post, Tall Dark and Handsome

Apartment Therapy also featured a black painted room in their post Randolph Duke’s Hollywood Home from British Elle Decoration