Foyer Table

And since we're playing the dream foyer game, I'll add that I want a foyer big enough to handle a beautiful table sitting right in the middle of the room. Front and center.

Nathan Egan

Trad Home

Celerie Kemble

Jed Johnson

Elizabeth Martin via Habitually Chic

Frank Roop

There is a foyer/library table for sale at one of my used furniture haunts. It's tempting me, but as you can see, it needs some TLC.

Can you even handle those feet? to die for.

Seems a little familiar...

domino

Fancy Foyers

Today I'm dreaming of living in a beautiful apartment with a formal entry papered in Gracie or de Gournay.

Timothy Wealon

HB

Miles Redd

I think it would be fun to try and paint an oversized and stylized floral/vine pattern in the entry way/wall of our next place. I like a loose design, sort of like this pattern I spied on the walls at Forever 21 a while back.

Probably not yellow though. Maybe midnight blue? With a huge antique mirror.

Maybe I'll buy a couple of floral design books in the meantime and sketch up some ideas...

Maybe something more like these colors:

de Gournay

Black Interior Front Door

Looking for a quick and inexpensive way to spruce up your entry this weekend?

When I was helping with my mom's living room updates, we decided to painted the inside of her front door black and we both love the difference it's made in the room. Suddenly her front door has a presence...

Before


After


This was a very fast project, accomplished in a single afternoon. Just a couple coats of black semi-gloss interior latex paint. (She also switched out the old light fixture for this sassy polished nickel chandelier from Lowes that was on clearance for $37)


I hope your weekend is already off to a great start!!

love,
Jenny

Stumped

I know it was 'love it' or 'hate it' with Blueprint mag, but most of the time I loved it, and I was sad when they closed their doors. Just like Domino, a lot of the ideas and featured rooms from Blueprint stick out in my mind, even years later.

So what do you think I remembered when I saw these stumps for sale in the Pottery Barn catalog?

The red stumps! Remember when they featured Elena Columbo's small beach cottage?

image via flickr

I think a pair of PB stumps (or go find your own fallen tree and start hacking) and a quart of oil-based paint in a gorgeous, unexpected color - like red, mustard yellow or turquoise - would be amazing paired underneath an entryway bench.

My photoshop skills are not the best, but here's a doctored image to help give you an idea .

Image via Angie Hranowsky (photoshopped to include wooden stools)