Black cabinets along with a black range hood, pendant lighting, and wood trim create a crisp, clean feel in this mid-century modern residence. | Photo: Eric Lucero Photography. Click through to the article to see project details.

A high-contrast wall treatment and solid black wall with a window seat add texture and visual interest in this bedroom. | Photo: Rachel Kay/Applebox Imaging

In the bathroom, precise black lines define spaces and highlight architectural forms. | Photo: Joshua Caldwell Photography

The kitchen's crisp look is accentuated by the black cabinetry, range hood, appliances, and light pendants. A distinctive ceiling beam treatment adds visual interest to the ceiling plane. | Photo: Rachel Kay/Applebox Imaging

Lighting that looks like a range hood: A horizontal LED light fixture hangs from translucent wiring over the countertop, tricking the eye. | Photo: Atanas Kan/StudioM87

In this contemporary home, LED lighting enlivens the media room, staircase, and wine-tasting room. | Photo: Roger Davies

Matte black and gold work well together in this open-plan home, where statement lighting helps distinguish the different spaces and adds flair. | Photo: Kerry Kirk Photography

Task lighting need not be boring, as this cluster of sculptural, black pendant lights in various shapes illustrates. | Photo: Scott Goodson

A band of clerestory windows tops generously sized glass doors that surround a massive steel-wrapped fireplace in the home's great room. | Photo: Mark Boisclair Photography

Clerestory windows aren't just for the main house. This home’s covered patio, uses clerestory windows to provide unique modern accents and ambient light. |  Photo: Manolo Langis/Lango Works

Clerestory windows make an appearance in nearly every room of this custom home. | Photo: Mark Herboth Photography

The kitchen’s large, dark blue island base helps to anchor the space. Patterned backsplash tile adds visual interest. | Photo: David Patterson Photography

Backsplash tile, along with various blue hues, were chosen for this BALA winning home's walls in the kitchen, bathrooms, hallways, and bedrooms. That blue theme extends to the screened porch as well. | Photo: Ashley Avila Photography

Water views inspire the blue palette in this Craftsman-style home. | Photo: Ashley Avila Photography