I’m back! After months off from both renovating my basement as well as blogging about it, I am well-rested as well as prepared for more blog posts. thing is, in the time off so many friends, colleagues as well as visitors have commented or emailed me with questions, as well as almost always about some strange bit fakery I utilized to solve a issue — as well as there were many in that basement redo. This made me believe that style issue solving would be a great topic for a blog.
So right here we go: What do you do when your home has no foyer however you dislike sitting in your living space as well as staring at a hallway of shoes, or feeling the chilly draft when your front door opens?
Check this out:
Despite that truth that a co-worker I shared this shot with believed it resembled a British phone booth, I like this idea. Whodathunk. obviously this is for the open-concept dweller as well as would work well in areas like lofts or a home with a great size front room, however what a excellent solution. Don’t you like exactly how the bottom of the box is solid which means shoes, bags as well as filthy mats are hidden from view? as well as with the uppers made of windows, you get all the natural light from the front door sidelights. It likewise makes the concept of utilizing stone or tile in the front hallway simple to coordinate, as it answers the oft-asked question, where do I stop the tile as well as begin the hardwood?
Of course, for a less challenging solution we only have to look to neighbourhood bistros on windy wintery nights, when they have their thick velvet drapes hanging to keep back the chilly for those patrons sitting close to the door.
Here home & house published their own take on that concept with a tapestry hung in the arch from entry hall to living room. quickly done by hanging a drapery rod on the hallway side of the arch, hanging the tapestry with clip rings as well as utilizing a tie-back to provide it some shape when sitting open. close it as well as you block chilly as well as mess.
Anyone else frustrated by not having a foyer? What do you do about it?
For more concepts on exactly how to produce an entryway or mudroom in a front living room, see Living space As Entryway.
Photo credits:
1. unknown source: Help! Does anyone understand where this shot comes from?
2. shot for the February 2007 problem of home & Home, photography by Tracy Shumate