How to Decorate an Entry Hall

Your entry hall is the first thing guests view as they enter your home. Anything you can do to enhance its inviting quality or attractiveness can help to make a more elegant first impression. Your entire home is reflected in this entry point, so let it shine. Does this Spark an idea?

Instructions

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Avoid an industrial-looking doormat if you need a rug just inside the door. Choose a lovely wool rug in a medium or darker color, such as sage green or olive in a patterned weave. Let the color be one that is reflected in other main rooms of the house. These small rugs are easily vacuumed.

2

Choose a modern, clean-lined original art piece, print or mirror as the focal point of the entry hall. Art can contain one or two colors that are reflected or carried from room to room, whether through painted walls, rugs or carpet or other artwork.

3

Select furnishings that match your needs. An attractive, low, wooden shoe hutch that doubles as a bench may be practical for families. Some like a "tree" with coat hooks.

4

Find a cabinet or stand if there's no need for hooks or cubicles. On top of it, place fresh or dried flowers, or even decorative twigs, in a sleek vase to greet the eye.

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Get a great ceramic or bamboo container, if there's space for it, and place a plant inside. This could work either in a corner or alongside your furnishings. Palms with their spreading leaves, or even a healthy ficus tree, can make the area look more inviting and increase its appeal for guests.