My entryway desperately needs your design eye!
The current oriental rug isn't doing it for us; the entryway is fairly dark (north facing house) and the colors in the current rug feel kind of blah. The wall color is Benjamin Moore Silver Satin . The house is a traditional colonial with the front door opening into the foyer and stairs. (The adjacent family room has Benjamin Moore Hale Navy Our style is likely most in line with Pottery Barn, Bassett etc. Please help us by suggesting a fresher looking rug and possibly furniture. Should we have a bench, chair, different furniture piece? We can't figure it out!
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chickadee2_gw
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Comments (27)A couple of thoughts: I very much like moving the refrigerator to where the desk was. I'd swap the door location so that the fridge is at the end of the run by the cooktop. This will: give you landing space by the fridge, give you a longer run by the cooktop, put the fridge closer to the island for prep, and give you more space in the laundry room for either a bigger closet or a longer counter (for folding clothes) or some cubbies if that's also a mudroom. (In your current iteration, that space to the right of the door in the laundry room is unused.) Also you can add seating to your island in an L shape, so that people seated can talk to each other. (Not sure about dimensions for the breakfast area tho; you'll need to draw in a table to scale and see if the seating at the right side of the island has room.) In my mockup I didn't extend the seating to the top left, as you might use that space for landing space for the ovens on the counter, and tray storage / pot holders etc. below. Another thought: if you move the prep sink to the right you can have a trash pullout in the island. If it pulls open toward the DW, it will be handy for clean up and also accessible when prepping at the island. This post was edited by chicagoans on Fri, Jan 4, 13 at 10:14...See MoreDesperately need advice selecting a front entry door
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Comments (37)Btydrvn, bamboo is not a part of any habitat in the northeast along the Connecticut river. The risk of it spreading far and wide in the region is low, due to it rarely producing seed and the climate, but it does have potential to expand from its source and displace other plants on the property, assuming we're talking about Phyllostachys aurea. Some plants make a lot of nuts, seeds, fruits, shoots, leaves, or nectar as a direct food source for animals. Often insects eat a plant, then other species like birds eat the insects, creating a food web. Relatively few insects and animals eat the bamboo directly, it doesnt produce fruit, mast or nectar, and its contribution to the food web is relatively low compared to native species and even some non-native species. It also changes the soil and leaf litter dynamics where it is growing. Pretty much everything it does as a plant like erosion control, carbon sequestration, cover for wildlife, and providing building materials, other plants can also do while providing more food to other organisms. Forest service has some info about bamboo, albeit in the south https://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/graminoid/phyaur/all.html#INTRODUCTORY ETA: https://bamboo.org/GeneralInfoPages/BambooPests.html another link saying generally few north american animals use bamboo for food....See Morelmh36
6 years agoThis is the front door. Stairs are directly across from the closet doors. (We may eventually replace the front door to gain more light but that is not happening anytime soon.) Thanks so much for any input you might have to make the space more appealing!
lmh36
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PROBeverlyFLADeziner
6 years agoI wish the rug was turned, but there may not be enough room. I have added a larger mirror that is large enough to actually see into.
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Manon Floreat
6 years agoFor reference, here is the Adeline rug from Pottery Barn. If you went with something like this, maybe choose one of the lighter ones for the hall.
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6 years agoWould you be interested in these traditional patterned pieces the planter to the left of the entry table with a tall plant to keep with the height of the ceilings and to the right in that spot under the stairs an ottoman to offer a space to sit and possibly take off your shoes and put down your keys on the table when getting home or while waiting for someone when you are leaving, I think it offers a sense of comfort to have a small spot to sit down right in the entry and makes it more home like.
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6 years agoHi how are things going for your space, I was thinking about this idea for your entry which I think would be very nice:
with a round table in the center it would really suite the space well and let it really be the grand entry it should be
Manon Floreat