10 Ways to Add Chocolate to Your Life

It's almost Valentine's Day...and that means chocolate. Lots and lots of red heart-boxed chocolate.

Chocolate is delicious in the box, and it's amazing in the home, too. It's a rich color, with depth and sophistication, and works in a lot of ways.

As an aside, several of these rooms were designed by Brown Davis Interiors - a company that has a commitment to "brown" in more ways than one!

If you're considering adding chocolate to your home, check out these 10 options:

Kit Pollard

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10. In patterns. More Vanessa de Vargas - this time showing off her expertise with patterns. Brown is exactly the right pair for white here - both on the walls, on the desk, and on the chair.

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9. For balance. Vanessa de Vargas knows a lot about how to use color in a room - and this space is no exception. The furniture, structurally diverse but matching in color, anchors the room in a gorgeous, serious way.

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8. On the wall. I have recently realized just how powerful interesting mattes can be - and I love these.

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7. On the floor. Wood floors often fade into the background - enough, even, that it's easy to forget that they're brown. Add a little interest, though, and they become a focal point.

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6. As the color. Opposite from the room above, the brown in this room works as a splash of color, both in the throw and in the cow print.

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5. As a neutral. I love the way this brown sofa works as a neutral next to the room's melon tones.

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4. Smooth leather. Speaking of rich, this soft, traditional brown leather chair is masculine but not stodgy.

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3. With shine. This wallpaper is amazing, but it's the lamp that really catches my eye in this space. It's sheen gives the color extra richness.

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2. Retro. The bed gives this room a space age bordello look, which I'm on the fence about, but I love the brown walls and the white tesk with details that look almost like piping. It's like a suit Jackie Kennedy would wear.

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1. With red. These red chairs are the heart-shaped box to the room's brown walls and accents. I like that fresh splash of green, too.