Creating an impact in your entryway to welcome you home can be easily achieved in a large or small space.
Styling your entryway doesn’t need to be fussy or over complicated. Think stylish and functional with a pared back and tidy approach. Showcase a few of your favourite things and provide a landing space for those items such as your keys and wallet you want to keep out of sight but readily accessible.
Our Piccadilly Console from Freedom Furniture table takes pride of place in our own entryway. The narrow depth of the console is perfect for our small space and the natural oak fits in with our overall style and allows me to change up the homewares as often as I like.
You don’t have to be an interior designer or stylist to make your entryway appealing, all you need is a few key homewares that you love, and a great print or two to hang on the wall or as I’ve done, place it on the table – then arrange the placement until you’re happy.
Play with texture and don’t be concerned with everything matching. If anything, avoiding matching for a more natural look. Add some large foliage such as these Monsteria leaves below, or hanging berry branches as seen above.
Art prints don’t always have to be hung on the wall. Casually but lovingly display them pride of place on your table and decorate around them. This allows you to change them up as much as you like. I have a number of Print by George‘s prints in our home and love walking in our front door and being greeted by her talented work.
Incorporate a few of your favourite books as well rather than leave them to collect dust on your bookcase. Stack a few of your favourites or choose those with colour on the spine for a bit of detail.
You don’t have to stop there.
Place a mirror above your entryway table, a rug or runner and add a basket to the side for shoes, scarves and hats. A potted plant in a simple plant stand or change up your art and homewares and you have an inexpensive way to refresh your entrance way.
What are your favourite homewares you like to display in your entryway?
Currently dreaming of the day I have a home with an entryway! At the moment I’m in a tiny unit that is packed to the gunnels with way too much stuff. I can’t wait to buy a bigger place so we can spread out a bit.
Day dreaming in the mean time can be hard aye Meagan.
Well you know who to call if you ever want a shopping/styling buddy when you do do the big move, but no doubt you have a lot of it planned out in your mind already :). I’m the same with our next house when we move next year and we haven’t even started looking yet.
I love this simple yet effective statement for an entrance way! It is amazing how doing something like this can create an entrance way feel without having to have a ‘specific entrance way’. Having prints display like this is genius, especially if you don’t have a lot of available wall space! That Print By George print is gorgeous, I just stalked their website and I am loving their work!! Inspirational as always Kelly! Thank you! xx
Thanks Alisha, so glad you enjoyed it.
Simple doesn’t always have to mean boring – right! You certainly don’t need a lot of space to create a entryway and absolutely, there’s no hard and fast rules to having to hang your prints. I change mine around so often, sometimes its easier to display them on our console. Georgie from Print by George is incredibly talented – if you like her work, keep an eye out for a post coming soon where we get to preview something exciting.
I’ve always wanted a table by an entry way. However, we live in a small unit. I do have a small tiered shelf near the door though with some decorative stuff but it doesn’t have the same effect. I love the plants/greenery in there. I really need to get some for our house. At the moment, fake flowers are what I have to add some colour.
Thanks Angela, really love that you like it and sounds like you have a lovely spot already.
We live in a small home and I truly believe you can achieve a ‘dedicated entryway’ even with no hallway. Our console table we have is really narrow in depth which was important to me when I was searching for one homewares stores.