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This area badly needs something else to make it cozy. Right now it's a blank space. I'd add at least some hooks.

I think I would have flipped the bookcase around and put a floor screen behind it - and replaced the wall-lamp with a table lamp on the bookcase.

I think a plant at the corner behind the case would really help.

I feel like it is missing something on that wall. Maybe hooks, or a bigger mirror, something!!. To me it doesn't seem finished. It's a good start.

I would take the wire backing off, altogether, unless it is needed for stability. You could then stage it so that some rows/stacks of books face the door and others the room. I would probably remove one stack of books. The ceramics already address both sides, as they have no front or back. I'd replace the Cake plate for something more interesting, possibly architectural. (Forgive me, I'm a professional Stager- occupational hazard.)

i agree, it doesn't look that cozy and it's not quite right, but it's a good start. you need to address all the needs of an entryway. maybe some hooks on the back of the door, or next to the mirror, or a hall tree. the cake plate doesn't belong there. put it in the kitchen, and then move the books so that the ceramics can be featured more than just shoved in there. and personally, i usually keep a small waste basket in the entry...the junk mail goes in there so i don't have it piling up.

Debrajo--those are good suggestions!

I wonder if the poster just loved the word "cozy" and was determined to make it fit something. The entry doesn't say cozy to me, and the mirror's not really big enough to let me check if I've got lipstick on my teeth before I dash out.

I'd like to see hooks and a shelf, and something more useful.

Thanks for all the great suggestions for my friend. I used the word cozy because in person, it actually looks cozy. I failed to realize how it doesn't come across that way in the pictures. Plus, I was really impressed how they took a empty space and made it functional--and rather uniquely I might add.

I am with bepsf. I doesn't look right. They open shelves look cluttered and the space is kind of awkward. Turn the book case around and put a divider behind it. The cake plate also needs to go.

Why does everyone want to hide the back of the bookcase? It's my favorite part......

A super cute and functional shelf (as long as it doesn't interfere with the in-swing of the door) would be a wonderful, unexpected little tread in that foyer. Maybe even a modified, modern type of "halll tree" so it's clean and sequestered and always dedicated to it's job of bringing you home.