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Posts tagged “Entryway”

Mirror on a Hook

For the small entryway, take a look at this little mirror hanging from a coat hook. Perfect for a quick check on the way out the door......

High vs. Low
Mud Room & Entry Essentials

It has begun: the yucky, muddy, cold weather. At least in our neck of the woods. Slimy shoes, drippy umbrellas, gloves for the cold…and it’s only the beginning of Fall. Here is some inspiration f...

How To: Create a Welcoming Entryway

Most of us spend a lot of time worrying about keeping our entryways organized, because a neat landing strip can lead to a more organized home in general. But it's equally important to create an entry ...

The View From 12 + Alder

We've covered 12 + Alder on Apartment Therapy before, but we recently took a second look at the Portland home and had to share with you this image of the view across the street......

Tiled Stairs: A Few Modern Takes

The previous owners of our Spanish-style house chose to embrace the Mediterranean theme with gusto, tiling everything in sight, installing decorative Greek columns, and so on. Our approach has been to...

Door Mat to the Stars
Architectural Digest

When we posted Four Funny Welcome Mats, we had no idea we were in such cool company. Then we stumbled onto the pic of this fellow's door mat......

Five Dramatic Entryways
Living Etc.

Your front entryway can make a powerful statement to visitors about what to expect in the rest of your home. These five entryways make bold statements, with vivid color and dramatic effects......

Look! Landing Strip with Pictures

We've seen the picture storage technique with shoes, but this Ikea hacker has put the idea to use in perhaps a more intuitive way, with faces....

Look! House Numbers in the Window

We love the variety and sometimes quirkiness of the house numbers on the buildings in our neighborhood. Many are hand-painted onto decorative tiles or cast into bronze plates. Others are printed on ...

5 Coat Racks for Small Spaces

When we first moved into our apartment we thought that, sadly, the entryway was too tiny for holding all of our accouterments. We had a dainty little nook (updated with a fresh coat of paint here) for...

Church Pews at Home

Church pews at home generally conjure scenes of country cottage, shabby chic interiors for us. But what about using the often-rustic furnishing in a modern interior? ...

Flickr Finds: Photo-Covered Foyer

This apartment's entryway gives guests a thorough introduction to its owner - the walls are covered in picture after picture of his life, from childhood on up......

A Slatted Art Wall and Entry Nook
Portland Monthly Magazine: January 2009

Earlier this year Portland Monthly Magazine featured the first home of Jim and Andrea Frost, a farmhouse in the Alberta Arts District of North Portland. While the tastefully redone house furnished w...

Wall-Mount Benches for Apartment Hallways

Let's face it: our apartment's entrance hall (in the building's common space) isn't going to be packed with storage like the built-in bench above. We can't have furniture in our apartment's common s...

Look! Seven Day Cork Board

We think this is an excellent idea for a very busy household with a vast wall in the entryway. We have a number of items in our entryway awaiting some kind of scheduled disbursement, and since we ha...

Springtime Inspiration: Jonny Miller's Photographs

click thumbnails for larger picsIf you find yourself with time to fill this weekend and a need for some springtime inspiration, have a look at Jonny Miller's interiors portfolio. His photos, with the...

Weathered Grey and Yellow at the Kennedy St. Residence

click thumbnails for larger pics This residence by Mark English Architects was designed to make a character-less house look like something with more, er, character. They gave it the appearance of bei...

Machine-Washable Throw Rugs From Serge Lesage

It goes without saying that throw rugs in high-traffic areas have got to be functional. But because they’re in spaces where so many guests will see them—like the entryway, kitchen, and bathroomâ€...

Inspiration: Great Entryways
Domino Magazine

The importance of entryways is something that many of us underestimate. Since we usually don't spend that much time in the entryway of our homes, we tend to forget that it is the first thing that our ...

Living or Traditional Wreath?

Life after the holidays may be a bit glum, but the piles of dead trees and wreathes on the curb can make it downright depressing. We don't have a tree this year, but we did get a traditional wreath wi...

Close-Up: Tony and Katherine's Magnetic Staircase Landing Strip

There is so much to love about Tony and Katherine's Mission loft that even though this is the third time we've featured it, we're still finding cool new details to admire....

The Amazing Door-o-Vision

Even with a wild imagination, there are still some things that are hard to envision without a little help. Take, for instance, how a new front door might look on your home. Would an MCM door mesh with...

Look! Aquarabbit's Car Locator

This stroke of genius comes from AT regular and Fall Cure-er aquarabbit, who came up with a creative and attractive solution to the daily challenge of remembering where she left her car....