Your foyer should not be a forgotten room, because it serves as a non-flesh host, introducing guests into the space that is your home. Even if your home does not have a designated foyer, a transitioning space between the door and the living room can still operate as one. Details, such as accessories and color are just as important in this transitioning space as they are anywhere else in the home. Guests as well as regular residents reach this space first. So, it should incorporate some staples. These include a sturdy, attractive portal. There should be a bench, or other furnishing, suitable for the taking off of outerwear, a place specific to the stowing of outer wear, lighting to enhance these activities and a color palette that conveys what the homeowners want their entrants to feel. It’s usual to tie in the next large room with the coloring of the foyer. But, it need not be exact. Color creators can opt to go lighter, or darker, or merely borrow a hint of the living room color, using it as slight foreshadowing, while going for a bright, distinctive ‘foyer only’ choice. Foyers, like powder rooms, are allowed to go off on a bit of color tangent. Don’t forget that the color needn’t be implemented in a traditional way. Wallpaper, or an accent wall; these are viable options too.
Key Takeaways:
- It’s important to treat the space that transitions entrants to your home from door to living area as its own design space.
- Good lighting is important for this space, as is an attractive color palette that need not mimic the next large room, but should in some way reference it.
- Wallpaper, or an accent wall, are two distinct and attractive ways to reference a color choice in a foyer.
“If there is consistently a pile of coats and shoes on the floor, then it’s time to consider mudroom essentials like hooks and baskets.”
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