White without being sterile

(Photo and design by: Tom Scheerer Incorporated)

I love white furnishings. Perhaps it reflects a deep longing for sunny, airy, and open spaces far away from the city I live in. Perhaps that's also why I like a bit of fur thrown in with the whites. It further hints at a wilderness unseen in this urban jungle. But most of all, it's what's underneath the shades of white that really floored me. The unapologetic broadness and rusticity of the wide floor planks hushed any possible suggestion of sterility brought on by the abundance of whites. The stark contrast is fearless powerful.

(Photo and design by: Tom Scheerer Incorporated)

In a softer shade and at reduced width, the flooring effect shifts from bold and powerful to warm and inviting, something soulful, which harmoniously counters any blandness that may emanate from too much white.