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An entryway sets the tone for a home, so it's worth considering how elements like paint color choices, furniture, art, lighting, and rugs work together to reflect your aesthetic. See this roundup of 15 well-designed entryways that are full of decorating inspiration.
A black and white entryway in a Chicago home is full of bold design choices, including a large piece of artwork by Chicagoan Francine Turk and custom black and white marble tiles. The dark grasscloth wall covering, a French Empire table, as well as a brass-legged stool topped with opulent velvet, add to the dramatic look.
The foyer of a 1920s Spanish Colonial Revival house in Beverly Hills features an antique Spanish-style chest, a David Cressey lamp and ceramic horse from JF Chen, an antler chandelier from CBS Showroom, and a Christopher Farr rug.
For a Park City weekend retreat, interior designer Nicole Davis opted to expose Wyoming stone on the interior walls for an “old vestibule feel.” A gallery wall of art and sleek sconces complete the design.
An entryway of an Upper West Side residence features a Nickey Kehoe chair, a Chinese vase, a photograph by Christopher Bucklow, and a mosaic floor that's original to the apartment.
In the foyer of a French duplex apartment, designer Christian Astuguevieille placed a marble-topped console, a Bunch of Grass rope sculpture, and a selection of his own artworks. The cement floor tiles are circa 1890.
For the long entrance hall of a Paris apartment, designers Anne Geistdoerfer and Flora de Gastines of Double G incorporated framed panels of Cole & Son's Hicks' Hexagon wallpaper with striking black trim. The Copper Shade pendants are by Tom Dixon.
In the entry hall of a Mercer Island, Washington home designed by Kelly Wearstler, the light fixture is vintage, and the stone sculpture is from JF Chen; the walls are painted in Glidden's Onyx Black, the floor is patterned with three different marbles, and on the ceiling is a wall covering by SJW Studios.
In the Greenwich, Connecticut, weekend retreat of a Manhattan couple with young children, Thom Filicia placed round mirrors set in contemporary steel frames by Jonathan Burden above eagle-base consoles of Filicia's own design; the upholstered bench is by Hickory Chair.
A collection of portraits covers an entry wall at jeweler and retailer Federico de Vera's weekend retreat, a former railway station in Amenia, New York. Gilt-bronze candlesticks from Italy, France, and Mexico stand on a 19th-century Chinese altar table; the walls are painted in Benjamin Moore's Soft Chamois and the door is in Vermilion. The light fixture is from Flos, and the floors are original.
The antique bench and console in this entrance are Chinese. The ceiling fixtures are by Circa Lighting, and the Venetian mirror is from John Rosselli Antiques. The ceiling is papered with a custom-made stripe, the wallpaper is by Lee Jofa, and the floors are painted in a high-gloss custom color by Fine Paints of Europe.
Encaustic tiles are inset into wood planks to form a "rug" in the entry hall of the Bedford, New York, home of photographer William Abranowicz and his wife, Andrea Raisfeld, which they designed with architect Holly Ross. The wallpaper is by Schumacher.
For a Harlem brownstone, designer Sheila Bridges sheathed the entry hall in a Holland & Sherry wallcovering; the bust is of Napoleon, and the sisal stair runner is by Stark.
For the foyer of this Upper East Side apartment, designer John Saladino covered the walls with scratchcoat plaster. The center hall table is by Dennis & Leen, the spoon-back chairs are by Saladino Furniture, the weathered oak doors are Louis XVI, and the portrait is by Ellen Emmet Rand.
A pair of 1940s Gilbert Poillerat lanterns hang in the entry of a Paris pied-à-terre designed by Jean-Louis Deniot; a console is draped with linen embroidered and painted by Jean-François Lesage, the mirror is a custom design, and the sheep sculpture is by François-Xavier Lalanne.
At the 18th-century manor house in the Bordeaux wine region shared by brothers Laurent and Renaud Momméja of the Hermès dynasty, Paris-based designers Michael Coorengel and Jean-Pierre Calvagrac created a marble checkerboard and sunburst pattern for the entrance-hall floor. The doors are painted in a custom color based on an 18th-century hue. The 19th-century lantern is in the style of Louis XVI.
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