Trending Now: 20 Top New Entries to Welcome You Home
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Entryways are all about first impressions. What you encounter the moment you cross a threshold into a home sets the tone for how you will feel about the space — and yourself. A look at 20 popular entryway photos recently uploaded to Houzz reveals that there’s no right formula, but a strong emphasis on feel-good materials and colors will surely be a welcoming beacon in your home.
2. The Long Game
An antique rug and a large 19th-century console table accentuate the narrowness of this Dallas entry. Shutters behind a piece of abstract art help fill the expanse of wall.
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An antique rug and a large 19th-century console table accentuate the narrowness of this Dallas entry. Shutters behind a piece of abstract art help fill the expanse of wall.
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3. Privacy Advocate
A frosted-glass door lets in light and blocks views inside this Maine home, while a vision strip allows the homeowners to see who’s at the door. Limestone floor tile transitions to maple. The bench is maple too.
Paint color: Gray Cashmere, Benjamin Moore
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A frosted-glass door lets in light and blocks views inside this Maine home, while a vision strip allows the homeowners to see who’s at the door. Limestone floor tile transitions to maple. The bench is maple too.
Paint color: Gray Cashmere, Benjamin Moore
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4. Natural Fit
Here, an arched glass-paneled door opens to a Kim Scodro-designed entryway, whose stone floor switches to antique-style wood. Furnishings in organic colors and plaster walls add to the Mediterranean mood.
Slat floor: Heritage Timber Collection, DuChateau Floors
Here, an arched glass-paneled door opens to a Kim Scodro-designed entryway, whose stone floor switches to antique-style wood. Furnishings in organic colors and plaster walls add to the Mediterranean mood.
Slat floor: Heritage Timber Collection, DuChateau Floors
5. Riddle Me Bliss
A creamy paint color and richly toned hardwood flooring warm this sun-drenched entryway. Built-ins offer storage and display space, while an oversize question mark on the wall keeps things from being too serious.
Question mark wall decor: Uttermost
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A creamy paint color and richly toned hardwood flooring warm this sun-drenched entryway. Built-ins offer storage and display space, while an oversize question mark on the wall keeps things from being too serious.
Question mark wall decor: Uttermost
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6. In the Details
Birch logs complement worn corbels in this warm and sunny entry.
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Birch logs complement worn corbels in this warm and sunny entry.
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7. Welcome Wall
Sure, the amount of storage packed into this entry hall is plenty to go gaga over, but the wall treatment and large mirror are what give it personality and really set the space apart from other mudrooms.
Wallpaper: Talavera in Terra-Cotta, by Laundry Studio for Hygge & West
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Sure, the amount of storage packed into this entry hall is plenty to go gaga over, but the wall treatment and large mirror are what give it personality and really set the space apart from other mudrooms.
Wallpaper: Talavera in Terra-Cotta, by Laundry Studio for Hygge & West
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8. Fab Foyer
This glamorous entry features shiny gold accents, intricate scrollwork, and a beautiful blue built-in storage and display cabinet.
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This glamorous entry features shiny gold accents, intricate scrollwork, and a beautiful blue built-in storage and display cabinet.
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9. Farm Charm
Raw cypress tops this farmhouse-style entry in Tennessee, which also features a Dutch door and industrial lighting.
Lights: South of Market; floor: Peacock Pavers
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Raw cypress tops this farmhouse-style entry in Tennessee, which also features a Dutch door and industrial lighting.
Lights: South of Market; floor: Peacock Pavers
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10. Best of Both Worlds
A simple storage unit set against a reclaimed wood-paneled wall and rich wood floor provides function and beauty in this Birmingham, Alabama, entry.
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A simple storage unit set against a reclaimed wood-paneled wall and rich wood floor provides function and beauty in this Birmingham, Alabama, entry.
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11. Gray Matter
A striped wall treatment, neutral gray paint scheme, painted antique cabinet, and patterned valance and rug create an interesting entry in this Atlanta home.
Antique cabinet: Parc Monceau; lamps: Ainsworth-Noah; painting: Alan Avery Gallery; all fabric: Osborne & Little
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A striped wall treatment, neutral gray paint scheme, painted antique cabinet, and patterned valance and rug create an interesting entry in this Atlanta home.
Antique cabinet: Parc Monceau; lamps: Ainsworth-Noah; painting: Alan Avery Gallery; all fabric: Osborne & Little
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12. First Line of Defense
This mudroom keeps clutter at bay before it has a chance to reach the rest of this Chicago home. A stacked washer-dryer takes care of dirty school and sports uniforms, and tall cabinets hold coats, brooms and cleaning supplies. Large-format porcelain tile covers the floor.
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This mudroom keeps clutter at bay before it has a chance to reach the rest of this Chicago home. A stacked washer-dryer takes care of dirty school and sports uniforms, and tall cabinets hold coats, brooms and cleaning supplies. Large-format porcelain tile covers the floor.
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13. Doors of Perception
A big antique-style door makes a grand statement in this New York entry, which also features rich gray woodwork on the walls and marble tile on the floor.
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A big antique-style door makes a grand statement in this New York entry, which also features rich gray woodwork on the walls and marble tile on the floor.
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14. Paws for Effect
A generous storage unit with cubbies, drawers, cabinets, coat hooks and cushioned benches transforms this Washington, D.C., entryway and mudroom into a workhorse.
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A generous storage unit with cubbies, drawers, cabinets, coat hooks and cushioned benches transforms this Washington, D.C., entryway and mudroom into a workhorse.
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15. Open-Door Policy
Here, a Dutch door turns San Diego breezes into guests of honor. Meanwhile, white wainscoting and millwork, a deep blue rug on a floor of mixed wood tones, and a farmhouse-style bench mingle politely in the sunny space.
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Here, a Dutch door turns San Diego breezes into guests of honor. Meanwhile, white wainscoting and millwork, a deep blue rug on a floor of mixed wood tones, and a farmhouse-style bench mingle politely in the sunny space.
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16. High Drama
This entry is all about contrast. Wall panels painted white set up the opening act for sophisticated black lines to perform on a dark wood stage.
Door: Rob Gibson of R.G. Ironworks
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This entry is all about contrast. Wall panels painted white set up the opening act for sophisticated black lines to perform on a dark wood stage.
Door: Rob Gibson of R.G. Ironworks
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17. Warm Welcome
This entry in Charleston, South Carolina, doesn’t disappoint. Carpeted stairs, painted wood details and millwork, a honey-colored floor topped with rugs, and a beckoning sunny living room combine for a sense of warmth and refuge.
This entry in Charleston, South Carolina, doesn’t disappoint. Carpeted stairs, painted wood details and millwork, a honey-colored floor topped with rugs, and a beckoning sunny living room combine for a sense of warmth and refuge.
18. London Calling
A wood-clad closet with a significant reveal grabs attention in this London home. An intentionally tattered antique-style table offers a spot for keys and scarves, while a smooth concrete floor provides a polished, balanced look to the gray-and-white color scheme.
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A wood-clad closet with a significant reveal grabs attention in this London home. An intentionally tattered antique-style table offers a spot for keys and scarves, while a smooth concrete floor provides a polished, balanced look to the gray-and-white color scheme.
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19. On Point
A peaked, brick-lined entryway punctuates this Mediterranean-style home and opens to a Spanish tile foyer.
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A peaked, brick-lined entryway punctuates this Mediterranean-style home and opens to a Spanish tile foyer.
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20. Through the Looking Glass
A gorgeous custom-made door of iron and glass creates a riveting entrance to this stylish Georgian manor.
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A gorgeous custom-made door of iron and glass creates a riveting entrance to this stylish Georgian manor.
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Eye-popping wallpaper and a geometric mirror and console table create a showstopping entry in this New York City home.
Wallpaper: Rosey Posey Trellis in Ginger Jar Blue, by Anna Spiro for Porter’s Paints, via Black & Spiro; Safina rug in Blush: Lulu & Georgia; console: West Elm (discontinued); Romano wall mirror in sapphire blue: Bungalow 5; Travis aged brass pendant: Hudson Valley Lighting; floral blue-and-white porcelain umbrella stand: Oriental Furniture
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