Looking for some entryway decor ideas? I’m sharing seven ideas to steal from our recent entryway makeover!
I have a fun little “before” and “after” entryway makeover for you today… this is one of those projects that I kept putting off month after month and then once I finally did it, I was kicking myself for not knocking it out years ago because it made such a difference! Ready to see? (post includes affiliate links; full disclosure statement available {here})
Our Entryway “Before”
Our house had a much more traditional vibe and color palette when we first toured it – the rooms were mostly yellow, blue, and green including the entryway which had yellow wallpaper. The previous owners had a small console table and mirror on the back wall and a longer console table on the wall to the left that you can catch a little peek of:
After buying the house, we would have lived with the wallpaper for at least a few years if it was in good shape but it was really old and discolored so we decided it had to go. Jeff’s sweet parents came to visit around the time I decided to tackle it (this was several years back – we sadly lost Jeff’s mom a few years ago) and they insisted on jumping in to help. Of course who am I to say no? 😊
Thank goodness for their help because I think that wallpaper was put on with crazy glue – it came off in the smallest little pieces and was a much bigger project than I had anticipated! After the wallpaper was finally off I painted the walls Benjamin Moore White Dove, put a chest we brought from our old house on the back wall, and called it good (for now). It looked fresh and clean but also really blah – it was definitely not a space that made a great first impression when you walked in the front door:
Fast forward almost SEVEN years (we had bigger fish to fry with our major kitchen renovation, master bathroom addition, & other projects!) and I decided it was time to finally whip our boring entryway into shape! These are the entryway decor ideas that I used in creating our new space…
1. Add New Life With Entryway Wallpaper
While the white walls weren’t cutting it in our entryway, it was hard to pick another color that would flow well with all five of the rooms coming off of it. I came across {this wallpaper} and knew it was the perfect subtle yet statement-making wallpaper to tie all of these spaces together:
My wallpaper rolls actually sat in the boxes they came in for a full 2 ½ years (!) before I finally made it a priority and carved out the time last week to get it up on the walls:
Some of you might think I’m nuts for putting up wallpaper again after it was such a chore to take the old wallpaper down, but if you coat the walls with a wallpaper primer first, it’s not hard at all to remove when the day comes that you’re ready for a change ({this post} has all of my wallpaper removing tips). I recommend {this Sheildz wallcovering primer} that primes, seals, sizes, & hides in one coat.
It took me three long days of work to get the wallpaper hung but it was so worth it! It changed the entire feel of our home as you walk in the front door:
2. Create a Focal Point with a Stunning Entryway Console Table
After the wallpaper was hung it was on to the fun part… decorating our newly refreshed space! I wanted to find an entryway console table that would take center stage and be the focal point of the space. To keep our entryway feeling light and bright, I shopped for an entryway console that was fairly open (no closed cabinetry or drawers) and light in color. These were my favorites that I found in my search:
1. Cabot console | 2. Byron waterfall console table | 3. Modern minimalist console table | 4. Folsom console table | 5. Geometric framework console | 6. Belmont shore curved foot console | 7. Capri console | 8. White curved leg console table | 9. Blake raffia console | 10. Hamilton rattan console table
This isn’t our forever home so getting a console table that was versatile enough to also be used in a future home was also high on my priority list. I ended up choosing {this raffia console} in the Natural color (it also comes in Fog & Indigo):
Want to see more of my favorite consoles? See my post on behind-the-couch tables for every style and budget!
3. Art is a Great Way to Showcase Your Style
Next it was on to the art! I went on the hunt for a large vertical art piece for the top of our console table and at the same time I was looking for a similarly sized art piece for a bare wall in our bedroom. Since my colors are similar in both spaces, I ordered two pieces of art and decided to choose which one to put where after they arrived. Option #1 was “Grace in the Winds” by Emily Jeffords found {here} (on the left) and option #2 was “Marathon” by Laurent and Leif found {here} (on the right):
Both are 30″ x 40″ Minted art prints with the classic white wood frame option. Minted is one of my favorite places to find art because there’s a HUGE selection, you can get most prints in a ton of sizes, and they have a visualizer so you can see what it will look like in the size, frame, and matting you choose. It was a tough call but I ended up deciding to go with the more calming print in our bedroom and the more colorful print (“Marathon”) on the console.
4. Consider Adding Seating
Having seating in your entryway can be a big plus, especially if you like to sit down when putting on or taking off your shoes when you’re going in and out the door. If you have the space for it, consider a narrow hall bench but if you don’t, consider ottomans, poufs, or X-base stools that you can slide under an open console. For my entryway, I chose two of {these cube ottomans} that were a perfect fit for the space:
They’re great as quick seats and those brass zippers… love!!
They have lots of other stylish cube ottoman options too – you can check them all out {here}. If you want entryway seating that also doubles as shoe storage, check out my post on entryway shoe storage ideas.
6. Add Light With 1-2 Table Lamps
One key to decorating any room, including the entryway, is to have multiple layers of light. It creates so much more warmth and ambiance at night! I added one of {these white lamps} to the top of my console – they come in a pair and are really reasonably priced:
7. Layer in the Decorative Accessories
And last but not least in wrapping up this makeover… the smaller accessories! Next to my table lamp I added {this decorative wood box} and {this decorative snail} that I swiped from the floating shelves in our kitchen:
And on the right is a piece of faux wave coral that I scored from HomeGoods years ago.
The console shelf was the perfect home for some of my coffee table book stash, {this shallow wood bowl}, and glass beads similar to {these}:
And with that… we’re done! Ready to see how it all came together??
It’s definitely a big change from this “before”:
to my makeover “after”:
I decided not to add any furniture to our entryway other than the console table so I could keep the open feel but I did hang {this large wall basket} on the wall to the right:
And with that our entryway makeover is a wrap! I’m already scheming up my next makeover that I hope to start in a few weeks… stay tuned! 🙂
XO,
