Entryway Update

It's been a while since I shared an Entryway Update. I have been working on few little things here and there and I wanted to give you a looksie on the happenings. Here is how it looked years ago before we started out remodel.

And here is what it looks like now years after the remodel and with a few new updates.
(To see more of the entryway remodel story from a few years back, please check out elizabethjoandesigns.com)





Because extra mulah isn't always easy to come by when it comes to updating and beautifying hallways, I decided to utilize our favorite tip for decorating when you are pretty much broke. Painting. I applied several coats of white paint our front door. What a difference that made. Buh-bye dingy, non-matching, off-white colored door, and hello clean, bright-white entrance!





For our April Home Depot Monthly Gift Challenge, I created this lovely "hello" welcome sign using a 2"x4". (You can check out this project at elizabethjoandesigns.com) It has found it's home right here in our entryway. Silently greeting everyone as they come in.





When we turned our coat closet into a bench, my vision for this space was to act as a comfy nook to read in, put shoes on, or a place to cozy up with the laptop and get some work done. It really has been just that, but the throw pillows are truly essential in making these ideas a reality. I already had the perfect pillows. They just didn't match the space very well, but thanks to these gray and white striped cases I purchased from H&M, now they do! Yay!











Since the addition of the bench, we also added three wooden crates for shoe storage. I purchased the boxes from Walmart unstained. Then I updated them a with my favorite stain, Minwax Special Walnut.





I am totally that person that can never find their keys. I am always miss placing them. I usually find them in the door lock, but that's not something I can always count on. So to help remedy this situation, I added a few Command Hooks behind our front door to hand hang our keys on.





One of my favorite decor items I own is displayed here in the hallway: a faux succulent terrarium I purchased from the grocery store of all places. Doesn't it look cute on my entryway bookshelf?





Well, that's all I have for you today. We just LOVE how everything has turned out. Hope you enjoyed seeing the new changes around here.






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