Platinum is a dense white-silver metal, mined and used for ornamental jewelry by pre-Columbian civilizations in South America long before it had been discovered by Europeans. It’s more durable and rarer than gold, so platinum is a option for high-end settings — the Hope Diamond and the Star of Africa are mounted in platinum. The association with high quality makes platinum an elegant selection for home decor finishes as well, and its impartial tone adapts to nearly any wall color.
Winner Takes All
Your platinum recordings deserve the exact same spotlight as an art acquisition, so mount them in platinum frames against a wall that shows them away. In your own music room or living room, a light or medium shade of jade green to the wall is a understated backdrop to show your own prizes. Paint the whole room jade with mild silvered or creamy white trim. Or use the jade as an accent wall with the rest of the walls covered at a ghostly gray as ephemeral as smoke. A hardwood or tile floor receives a platinum sisal carpet, setting the platform for lushly brocaded antique furnishings or sleek leather and metal decor.
Powder Room Platinum
Update a powder room with platinum-finished fittings, for example, sink faucets and the observable sink below a thin sink surround of brown marble or deep brown tempered glass. Keep the play quotient high, and therefore you don’t waste that posh gleam, with a backsplash wall behind the sink covered floor-to-ceiling with copper-toned glass tile. Paint the other walls medium-gloss white with a strong tint of grey to reflect the metal fixtures. A large round mirror, framed in platinum and suspended from a platinum chain hangs above the sink, along with a covered silver-gray paper accordion shade covers the little window.
Silvered Snooze Fest
The bedroom is a little bit Art Deco, a little bit eclectic and entirely refined with a mirrored dresser accentuated by platinum hardware, platinum-framed art on the walls and also platinum silk drapes and bedding. Keep it relaxing — not blingy — with matte lilac walls and deep violet plush carpeting. Toss a few shiny platinum and yellow silk pillows on the bed and then cover a slipper chair in a dull chevron print of platinum, lemon and violet.
Holiday Shiny
Mix silver- and platinum-finished accessories at a holiday dining room for low-key, high-impact seasonal glitter. The sideboard against a cinnabar wall is prepared for a party with platinum trays holding crystal decanters, pine cones painted metallic platinum and a footed silver bowl of vibrant pomegranates and blood oranges. The table receives a platinum silk runner, silver candlesticks with olive green tapers, along with a scattering of holly-berry branches and mercury-glass baubles. The warm cinnabar wall throws a flattering glow over the company, and eggshell-finish distressed platinum paint on the rest of the walls lightens things up and expands the room. Moss-colored velvet drapes complement the cinnabar wall and also reflect from the sheen of the faux-distressed walls, contributing to a gem-like setting to your shiny, festive decor.
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