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Help with foyer accents and finishes please (pics)

15 years ago

I've been working through our "new" 1970's house in the 8 months since we've been here, updating, remodeling, and decorating. My latest project is the foyer, where I scraped popcorn ceiling, hung a new light fixture, painted, and wallpapered an accent wall in grasscloth. I'm really liking the overall appearance, but I'd appreciate some feedback on accents and finishing touches.

We've had the opportunity to travel a bit already in our early years, so I used some collected pieces as the inspiration. The three pottery vases are from Peru and the two sepia prints from Columbia. None are valuable, but we enjoy looking at them. I pulled the aqua color from the vases and painted some posterboard for mats.

I bought the tall candlesticks in the corner on eBay planning to paint them, but now I'm not sure. I considered black, but I think I have too many black objects already. I like the idea of the aqua (it's close to SW Moody Blue, but I had them gray it down a bit) with maybe dark brown candles on top? I still need to hang the mirror and I have three small crown molding shelves I could hang. They would tie in with the crown molding edge on the entry table. Should they go on the little piece of wall to the left of the entry door? (There's a closet door just outside the left edge of the third photograph, so there is about 20" of wall space and the shelves are 10" long).

I also have fabric picked out for a cornice above the blind on the door and maybe a table runner? Or some sort of wall tapestry? I love the fabric and it seems to tie all the colors and textures together to me, but I'm not sure where to use it (I sew and upholster, so I have more fabric than ideas sometimes ;-). That's a 12" ruler on the fabric, to give you a sense of scale.

I do plan to make a grasscloth cover for the white thermostat, and the potted plant is sitting on an upside down planter just to give me an idea about height and size. I think I need something to balance the other side. Another plant? Upholstered ottoman? I would love to hear anyone's ideas or opinions about any of the above. Even things I didn't mention!

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