1960's center hall colonial - entrance foyer/hallway
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Help with small center hall colonial with no foyer/entryway
Comments (21)Hi Maureen! It is wall mounted. I think it has 4 screws in the back. It does not interfere with our base moldings. I love that the depth is perfect. Ikea has a tall one and a wider one. Just search "hemnes shoe" on ikea and you can see what is available. They hold a ton of our shoes as well as keys, mail etc. I have the wide one in our kids basement are and the tall one in the living room. The backs are mostly open with two support bars that go across that may or not interfere with your moldings. You would have to measure up to see where your molding comes in play. I would be happy to measure the height of the two support bars if you would like. We also used a coat tree in the corner of our living room....See MoreRecessed area above our front door of our center hall colonial?
Comments (10)Thanks to you all for your comments! You are correct - it's a 1978 built center hall colonial. Since we purchased the home 2 years ago we have removed the overgrown shrubs in the front beds. Where the window WOULD be above the front door on the second floor is actually the exterior wall of my daughter's walk-in closet for her bedroom (which is at the end of the center hall). We have toyed with the idea of adding a window just to create that symmetry (despite it being in her closet), but we are still torn. I can't seem to find example photos of homes WITHOUT that center window above the front door. Again, thanks for your responses....See Morewhat artwork to hang in foyer+adjoining hallway, landing, living room
Comments (12)DH started collecting the Noah's Ark prints before we were married. He likes the artist and he wanted to gave the whole set. They do make great conversation pieces...any time someone comes into our house they comment on them and spend a couple minutes looking at them. They're not my favorites but since he lives in the house too... And we have 3300 sq ft so there should be plenty of room to hang these along with artwork that's more to my liking. Here's the artwork we currently have. The first one is the only one I really like. The last one is the largest. This is a graphite drawing we got on our honeymoon...thinking of putting it in a larger frame with a mat and put it on the buffet. To give an idea of the type of artwork I like, this is what I'm planning on putting in our dining room....See MoreRemoving shutters from 1960s center hall colonial???
Comments (20)Take the shutters off, you need to do that for painting anyway. Put them away, and once the house is all painted and finished, see how you like it without the shutters. You can always put them on later, if you really like it better with them. Live without them for a while, until you get used to them not being there....See Morenadaibr
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