I have a very large Foyer and Im not quite sure how to decorate it.

9 år sedan

I have this very large foyer and Im not sure how to decorate it / fill the space. My house was built back in 1906 so I need a rug to protect my 100 year old floors, but the room is 9 x 9 so Im having trouble finding the appropriate rug size. Also I have beautiful built in bench so I feel that putting more seating in the area is almost over kill. Any suggestion would be much appreciated!!!!

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Tania Summers

9 år sedan

Why not put some hooks up for guests to hang their jackets and maybe some shoe storage.

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hayleydaniels
9 år sedan
Go to flooring store and see if they can bind a carpet for you in the right size.
Danielle Johnson thanked hayleydaniels
User
9 år sedan
SO jealous! Beautiful! However, I don't see any place for guests or family members to put keys, umbrellas, coats, boots, notes to each other and all that stuff. With such a large space, adding a nice built-in for all of that would not impinge on it too much. I am looking at the wall next to the door...
Danielle Johnson thanked User
Danielle Johnson
Författare
9 år sedan
Thanks everyone! I did just recently buy a coat rack from Pottery Barn and I put a beautiful antique dresser next to the door for storage and keys and such. But I still have this weird empty 6 x 9 empty space.
Danielle Johnson
Författare
9 år sedan
Also does anyone have ideas for wall art?
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Barnhart Gallery
9 år sedan
The placement of that light fixture is asking for a round table beneath it, with a round rug...
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Judy Mishkin
9 år sedan
all of those foyers are bigger though. i think a table in the middle might look a bit over the top esp once the other things are around the walls.
Judy Mishkin
9 år sedan
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anyway, you can get wall to wall carpets cut to the area rug size you want and bound. with co ordinating borders too. check out a normal rug store to describe what you need.
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Expand Furniture
9 år sedan
I love the simplicity of it, I probably would just get a dark side table/buffet table to put keys and such and to have a contrasting color in the foyer and maybe a rack with coathangers, perhaps an umbrella stand, classic and uncrowded
Danielle Johnson thanked Expand Furniture
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Barnhart Gallery
9 år sedan
Hi nnigrt -- You're right that proportion is key; it would need to be about be 3-4' rather than 5-6'. Something like the Logan or Tuscan, possibly even Greenwich example.
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User
9 år sedan
What a grand and beautiful space -- beautifully lit, and a welcome greeting into your home! Those walls long for artwork, and keeping in mind the warm nostalgic sense that the foyer gives, I am appending an image of Phonograph Days on the wall, along with other images from my Nostalgia Collection.

The coat rack is a grand and practical idea -- I'm wondering if a storage chest, the kind that people can sit on, would be a useful addition. Frankly, because of the airiness and light of the room, I'd be tempted to put in a small table, with books and flowers, and maybe a chair.
Danielle Johnson thanked User
Maureen
9 år sedan
It's hard to recommend without seeing the items you have purchsed, but I would recommend a large piece of art that has colors that compliment your area rug, or a large round mirror. I'd add baskets for neat and tidy storage.
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Danielle Johnson
Författare
9 år sedan
The Moran Coat Rack from Pottery Barn is really the only piece that Ive specifically bought for the foyer. The rest of the furniture that is in there is a temporary fix.
User
9 år sedan
A round rug would be perfect for the space, or a 5 x 7 would work too. If there's already a built in bench the olny other thing you need is someplace to put keys and mail. A chest of drawers would work, especially if you use a rectangular rug.
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It's a Beautiful World!
9 år sedan
Danielle, you can check out our page here for art ideas and you can seemore at:
http://ben-and-raisa-gertsberg.artistwebsites.com
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sacapuntaslapioz
9 år sedan
The first you need in there is a rug to anchor the space.

some square 7x7 rugs. you need to show at least 1 foot pref. 2 of floor around it.

http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Safavieh-Lyndhurst-Collection-Paisley-Beige-Multi-Rug-7-Square/6573538/product.html?refccid=3BY3CCVJGWSIU4KOVHQZIHSDZE&searchidx=5
plenty more at reasonable prices there.

You need a place to put keys and small objects. console tables. over it a mirror
sacapuntaslapioz
9 år sedan
the console tables examples:
sacapuntaslapioz
9 år sedan
some more mirrors
leelee
9 år sedan
What about an wardrobe to put coats in when guests arrive.