House Tour {Entryway}

Slowly but surely, I plan on showing different rooms of our home.  Next stop on our tour is the entryway.  I previously showcased our living room, you can find here. 

Here's what our house looks like as you walk in through the front door:

At first glance you'll see the wreath I made for the front door for the summertime.

The runner which is from Garden Ridge {$25}, it was one of those "yup, I'm taking this" as you grab it without even stopping knowing it's a must have.

The white ceramic garden stool which I redid {$18}

• The basket holds my various copies of my favorite magazines: West Elm, Pottery Barn and Crate & Barrel
• The hurricane holds random collection of seashells, which will be changed out for each season and filled with season specific decor. {Since there aren't acorns really here in VA, I'm debating having my parents mail me a bag of them from MN, to me... fall screams acorns!}
• The "All You Need is Love" sign is a handmade project, and sits on two nails that I spray painted with ORB to "antique" them up a bit.  Another piece of decor that can be a quick change for the season and I can come up with a new design for each season.
• A spare change jar to collect pocket change as we walk through the door
• The big metal bowl, the gorgeous lamp, and the oversized keys are all from Home Goods.  {The lamp made me do a {happy dance}, it's very our style and I just KNEW my husband would love it}
• The oversized mirror is from Home Goods also, and was a pretty fair price for it's size {$60}
  
  

The wall color is "mocha brown" by Behr paint and primer in one.  However, our cherry wood floors and off white ceiling really makes it have a green tint to it.  I decided to go with a dark paint color for our entryway for a dramatic effect, knowing I'd add a table lamp for additional light.  I do like it, however it does make the space feel even more smaller than it is.  I know if I ever get antsy about redoing a paint job in the house, I'd switch out the dark color for something lighter with a more open feel.



I already purchased a pendant light to replace the dome light fixture in a similar shade and shape as the lamp.  Someday I'll get up the nerve to play electrician and switch it out. 

It's sneaked it's way into some of the pictures but on the opposite wall of the mirror and table is our family portrait on a float wrap taken by my best friend, who also happens to be an amazing Photographer.

{As you can tell the coloring of our wall was way off in this photo, was taken a while ago}

Our entryway really makes me happy and I love the decorations and layout of it all.  It feels so good to have the first space in your home completed, especially when you love the space.