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42 Entryway Ideas for a Fantastic First Impression

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An elegant foyer introduces your home’s personality and welcomes your guests—these AD-approved entryway ideas are guaranteed to make a stylish first impression

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Consider the entrance hall your opportunity to sweep guests off their feet. There’s no shortage of entryway ideas; whether visitors are welcomed into a soaring space crowned with a sparkling chandelier, or a cozy foyer with warm wood floors and a bouquet of blooms, the entryway sets the tone for the rest of your home. This transitory spot is the perfect place to showcase a sleek console table and statement mirror, a bold painting or sculpture, or an ornately tiled floor with a vibrant color palette.  

If you’re looking for entryway decor ideas, why not take a cue from some of the most stunning entrances featured in the AD archives to ensure that the foyer of your home is as spectacular as the rooms that follow? You know what they say: You rarely get a second chance to make a good first impression. 

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The Best Entryway Ideas of 2022

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By Emma Bazilian and Hadley Mendelsohn

Stephen Karlisch

You shouldn't judge a book by its cover—but in many cases, we think it's fair to judge a home by its foyer. Whether it's a grand house or a tiny apartment with a nook by the door, your home's entry is the first thing visitors see when they step inside your house and the sight that welcomes you home every day. So make it a good one! From high-drama to super-cozy, here are 50 of our favorite entryways from the pages of House Beautiful as well as our favorite new designers.

Romanek Design Studio

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Hang a Pet's Portrait

Commission an artist to capture a hyperrealistic portrait of your pet to hang in the entryway to greet you and your guests each time you walk through the front door. We're loving this foyer by Romanek Design Studio. The juxtaposition between the dog's serious expression and the laidback floor tiles, throw pillow, settee, and sconces create a fun air of irreverence.

FRANCESCO LAGNESE

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Use a Daring Color

Lipstick pink might not be the most obvious choice for a foyer, but in this 19th-century Brooklyn townhouse, it's a total showstopper. Designer Jonathan Berger, who used Benjamin Moore's Razzle Daz, played up the historic glamour with a Louis XV chair and table and an 18th-century Italian mirror.

PAUL RAESIDE

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Add Animal Print

Designers love animal prints for stair runners—they're great at camouflaging muddy footprints, spills, and other wear and tear from daily life. Garrow Kedigian used Stark's classic Antilocarpa for the stairs of his Montreal townhouse in homage to the region's fur-trading history.

STEPHEN KARLISCH

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Feature a Prominent Instrument

What better way to make a grand entrance than with a grand piano? In this entryway designed by Dallas-based decorator Jean Liu, the glossy black piano asserts a stately, formal air while the light wood flooring, modern glass elements, and worn leather pieces ensure a grounded welcome.

Tamsin Johnson Interiors

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Pack It All In

If you're working with a pint-sized entryway, you can still make it feel grand. Case in point? This foyer designed Tamsin Johnson. All it takes is a chic mirror, accent chair, umbrella holder, and a couple of hooks. With the right pieces, you can stretch just a few items into a sculptural statement.

CHRISTOPHER BAKER

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Utilize Smart Storage

The coral skirted table isn't just striking—it also hides the family's clutter. "It has a lot of stuff stored under it on a shelf—baseball mitts and Wellington boots," says designer Tom Scheerer, who worked with Quadrille to create the lattice wallcovering.

Werner Straube

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Invest In Custom Builds

Designed by Corey Jenkins, this little nook is another great example of a small but impactful entryway. He maximized limited space with a built-in bench and slim side table for keys and other essentials. Then he covered the wall in an eye-catching blue wallpaper to break up all the white space. It's the perfect complement to the chevron throw pillow and graphic artwork.

ANNIE SCHLECHTER

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Embrace Old-School Styling

Architect James Carter and designer Jane Hawkins opted for a low-ceilinged entry with an up-and-down stair landing in this newly-built (but old-looking) country house. "When you enter, it feels like a tiny cottage. We wanted to delay the drama," says Carter.

JOSHUA McHUGH

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Let Light In With Glass Panels

The inky pigment and sharp angles of the light fixtures and graphic area rugs assert a modern edge to the foyer, which also gets just a splash of old-school decadence with an ornate console table. It's eclectic without being jarring. Also, pro tip: If you're redoing the entryway, consider flanking your front doors with glass panels to flood the entire space with natural light.

AMY NEUNSINGER

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#blueandwhiteforever

No one does blue and white quite like Mark D. Sikes. He piled on the patterns in this Beverly Hills foyer, mixing China Seas wallpaper and textiles with Fermoie chandelier shades and an Elizabeth Eakins striped rug.

Romanek Design Studio

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Fill Negative Space

That awkward space under the stairs doesn't have to be so, well, awkward. Romanek Design Studio spruced up the negative space with an elegant settee and set of small frames that work with the scale of the niche but speak to the other design concepts of the room, like the black and white stone tiles and elaborate chandelier. An architectural stool and modern accents bring the perfect balance.

MAURA McEVOY

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Opt for Natural Textures

A sisal rug as wallcovering? Why not?, says Colleen Bashaw. "I didn’t want to cover up that great cement-tile floor, so that sparked the idea of putting sisal on the wall," she explains. "[The contractor] mixed up a custom paste, applied it to the back of the rug, and hung it like wallpaper."

ANNIE SCHLECHTER

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Update Coastal Style

“We found this incredible carpet from 1stdibs and the blue-glass console from Avenue Road and just followed that thread,” says Philip Mitchell of the blue-and-white—but by no means nautical—palette.

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Choose a Statement Rug

This entryway designed by Arent & Pyke shows both restraint and personality thanks to the architectural staircase, double frosted glass doors, and burnt orange rug, which leads the eye straight back. The rust and sage colors in the rug warm up the darker elements and tie everything together nicely.

Douglas Friedman

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Go Grand

A sweeping staircase makes a major statement in the entry of a Fifth Avenue duplex. Garrow Kedigian, a Paris flea market regular, found these neoclassical-style antique gilt stools during one of his shopping trips.

ANNIE SCHLECHTER

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Save Space Stylishly

Schuyler Samperton used a vintage console and West Elm basket to turn the vestibule of her pint-sized Miami Beach rental into a drop zone for keys and dog leashes. "That Chinese console is a vibrant blast of green in such a tiny zone, but the slim shape makes it work," she says.

Arent & Pyke

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Make Room for Storage

"'Moments' rather than looks best encapsulate a home’s positive impact, and the ultimate moment experienced in Magnolia House is the slow and elegant descent down its new sculptural staircase, the metaphorical spine of both the home and the project," write designers Arent & Pyke. The jib door is continuous with the baby-blue painted paneling as to not interrupt visual flow while also providing extra storage.

STEPHEN KENT JOHNSON

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Add Globe-Trotting Flair

South African designer Mally Skok mixed pieces from her travels in the foyer of her Massachusetts home.

LAURA RESEN

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Modernize Midcentury Elements

Architect Ray Booth of McAlpine used a louvered screen in the entry of a 1961 Houston house to replace an old '60s room divider. The screen keeps the space separate from the dining room while still feeling airy.

MALI AZIMA

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Keep it Elegant

Black-and-white marble entryway floors never go out of style—see this Georgian-style Atlanta home designed by Melanie Turner for proof.

David A. Land

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Upgrade Your Drop Zone

Who says a kid-friendly foyer can't be ultra-luxe too? This circular settee upholstered in fuchsia velvet has become a New York family's landing pad for backpacks and sweaters. "The kids come through this hallway and toss everything on that ottoman. It really functions," says designer Fawn Galli.

NGOC MINH NGO

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Keep it Small But Mighty

Even a corner can become a proper entry with the right accessories, says Sarah Bartholomew. For a Georgetown house where the front door opens right onto the living room, she explains, "I wanted to create a moment by the front door where you could pause and hang your coat, but it had to feel cohesive with the room. That’s why there’s a bird print over the entry console instead of a mirror."

Peter Murdock

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Add a Tropical Punch

A classic banana-leaf motif by Hinson announces you're in warm-weather territory as soon as you set foot in Lindsey Lane's Palm Beach bungalow.

James Merrell

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Go Wild with Floor-to-Ceiling Pattern

John Fondas' trick for a low-ceilinged space: top-to-bottom pattern—and an oversized round mirror. "Unlike horizontal mirrors, round ones don’t lower the ceiling," he explains.

Roland Bello

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Cultivate a Jewelbox Allure

King of color Miles Redd went all-out in this Manhattan foyer, mixing bold tones and a black-and-white floor. "The wife is super-stylish, and she wanted it to feel like an opium den where Yves Saint Laurent had just left the room," he says.

Eric Piasecki

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Embrace Wood Tones

Gideon Mendelson updated a new home's Neo-Elizabethan woodwork with a modern chandelier by Apparatus. Brass spindles on the staircase add another metallic touch.

Björn Wallander

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Create a Gallery

Janie Molster used a collection of black-and-white art to add a contemporary touch to the muted pinks and grays of her Richmond entryway.

STEPHEN KENT JOHNSON

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Go Green

Traditional woodwork in Juan Carretero's Catskills house is anything but staid thanks to lush green paint (Sherwin Williams' Country Squire) and black-and-white cement tile.

Thomas Loof

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Update the Classics

In a Maine summer house, classic New England style gets a bold update with millwork in Farrow & Ball's Red Earth. "We wanted to keep the feeling of an authentic old farmhouse while using rich and unexpected colors," says designer Kari McCabe.

eRic Piasecki

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Show Off Shiplap

For an example of shiplap done right, see how architect Ruard Veltman used horizontal paneling to create a shaker-inspired entryway that's rustic but not theme-y.

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Emma Bazilian Senior Features Editor Emma Bazilian is a writer and editor covering interior design, market trends and culture.

Hadley Mendelsohn Senior Editor Hadley Mendelsohn is House Beautiful's senior design editor and the co-host and executive producer of the podcast Dark House.

108 photos (real) and 5 Ideas

Many people pay too much attention to the design of the hallway, forgetting that every room in the apartment should be functional, and the appearance of the interior is far from the first place. Let's take a quick look at design theory, then see real photos of functional hallways.


  • 5 apartment hallway design ideas0007
  • Entrance hall in a modern style: photos of errors is NOT built on finishing. There are almost no free walls, so the main thing is how you design the furniture.
  • Modern hallway design can only be maintained with built-in furniture. Details about the layout rules with a bunch of diagrams and photos: Entrance hall for a narrow corridor. nine0011
  • the number of items in the hallway rolls over, repairs will never be too simple. It is important not to overdo it, so we take minimalism as a basis.
  • We strictly limit the number of colors to 3 (white, black/grey, wood). Why? We consider: the inner lining of the front door, the door trim, rug, floor, wardrobe, clothes in it, shoes, walls, switches, intercom, ceiling. All this has its own colors, moreover, the rug is either gray or black, the ceiling and the intercom are white, the floor is often wood-like - i.e. these colors are always there. If you add bright colors to the design of the hallway, you will get porridge. About the color in the interior. nine0011
  • If you want a modern, beautiful entryway with a twist, invest in a built-in wardrobe and hidden LED lighting (see photo).

    • And right away with an example. The best photos of the interior design:




















    Let's start with the finishes of T. K. it is done at the first stage of repairing the hallway, but already on it you need to imagine how the furniture will be located. Often the finishing of most of the walls is limited to a primer. will still be covered by cabinets. nine0003

    Hallway wall decoration

    There is a golden rule: a lot of space - a lot of design, little space - fuck design , think about functionality. Therefore, we will break the story about the decoration in the hallway into 2 points.

    Small hallway design

    When the size of the hallway is small, you don't need to think about how to make it beautiful. You need to think about how to make it functional and neat. This means that wall decoration should be limited to the choice of strictly one material in a neutral color. Wall decoration options in the hallway:

    1. Soft decorative plaster in a practical color (gray, black, sand).
    2. Decorative brick (required for the entire wall, no corners, it's 2021 outside!).
    3. Paintable wallpaper in the same soothing colour, without the aggressive pattern.
    4. Simply painted walls in white, light grey, or another very pale color (no dark paint colors!).


















    For the walls in the hallway, we put decorative plaster first because it is the most practical material. In a small hallway, you will constantly rub against the walls with outerwear, bring and take away some items, no, no, and touch the wall with shoes or something dirty from the street. And it is decorative plaster that is not afraid of all this: it is durable, it can be washed, because of the texture, small spots are not visible on it. Decorative brick has the same advantages, it shares the first place with plaster. nine0003

    The main criterion for choosing a wall material for a small hallway is practicality.

    In second place is wallpaper for painting, and not just paint, although the wallpaper looks worse. But we now know that practicality is more important than appearance. And paint is one of the most impractical materials for wall decoration. Just do not use wallpaper with drawings and patterns - this is the last century, maximum light texture.




    In last place is the paint, although it looks modern and stylish, but not very practical. In fact, the paint on the walls does not like it at all when someone or something touches it, and in a small hallway this will happen all the time. The most impractical black and any dark paint. There is a so-called “writing effect”, when any touch to dark paint leaves traces on it (like on velor). Moreover, the paint is applied over light primer and putty, so any chip on dark paint exposes white primer, which will be striking in contrast. nine0003

    Conclusion: in a small hallway, just choose 1 material and 1 color and decorate all visible parts of the walls with it. If your hallway is very small, read my material about the design of a small hallway, there are many tricky ideas.







    Also study the question of how to make the floor in the hallway and the ceiling in the hallway (the beginning of the article is sarcasm, painful).

    Modern hallway design

    If you have a large apartment and as a result a large entrance hall, or if you just made a redevelopment and added it to the room, then the situation is already changing. nine0003

    When the space allows, you can really think about several finishing materials, but observing the criterion for choosing zones: we finish places where there is a possibility of contact with walls with the most practical material (in descending order of practicality, decorative plaster -> wallpaper -> paint), the rest of the walls are already in depending on the chosen design style.

    It is important to understand that even on a large area, the hallway remains more of a technical room. No need to try to implement all design ideas here , picked up on the Internet. In some places, mediocrity even write, they say, you need to make a fancy entrance hall in order to surprise guests and cause a wow effect. What kind of guests, I wonder, couriers? Everyone else will obviously go further into the apartment and see the rest of the rooms. And in general, the desire to surprise someone or make it “expensive” usually ends sadly. You need to do it stylishly, tastefully and as simply as possible.




    The design of an entrance hall in an apartment is, first of all, the ability to balance the full implementation of its technical functions, and secondly, try to make its interior stylish. The main thing is not to overdo it with the second. nine0003

    Furniture layout

    4 must-have items that every hallway should have:

    1. Height mirror
    2. At least 2 open hangers
    3. Place to sit down
    4. Open space for shoes, of course
      5. 1 , drawers and other things, this could further improve the functionality of the room, but 4 things above should be in any hallway. Pictured below is the perfect hallway cabinet:

      Note that there is no wardrobe among the 4 items. Only the lazy did not write about him, but the truth is that sliding wardrobes have long been out of fashion. They stayed somewhere in the 2000s. In most interiors of modern hallways, they will look like an artifact from the past. If you still want to use a wardrobe in your hallway, then at least do not make it ordinary. Do not use chipboard under a tree, this is what is most often chosen, and it has already become boring. Use chipboard with no texture at all, e.g. white:

      Going out of the apartment, you always want to take a quick look at yourself and make sure that this skirt is not full or the fly is buttoned up (whatever). That is why the mirror in the hallway should be full-length.

      A pair of open hangers is used to store everyday outerwear, which most people don't have much of. Climbing into the closet for everyday clothes is not always convenient, secondly, outerwear can be wet, and hanging wet clothes in a closed closet is a bad idea. Things of guests are also more convenient not to hide far away. nine0003

      A place to put on shoes while sitting should also be mandatory. Firstly, it’s stupidly more convenient, no matter how acrobats you are, and secondly, in trying to put on shoes while standing, either you or, rest assured, your guests will definitely lean on the wall and get it dirty, and you will hate them. I think there is no need to explain about the open place for shoes either. Shoes can be wet and dirty, dragging them around the apartment is not a good idea, the closer to the entrance there is a place in the hallway, the better. Well, as you already understood from the photo, the last two points in reality complement each other. Open bench with space for shoes underneath. We also sell ready made shoes. nine0003















      Vertical zoning of furniture allows you to fit all things in a minimal area. Previously, only mezzanines were used from this, although even now the mezzanine can be quite competently entered into the design of the hallway in the apartment: . nine0003

      The interior of the entrance hall in the apartment

      The entrance hall in a modern style: photos of errors

      Let's start with the mistakes made when designing the interior of the entrance hall. This is usually the most informative part. First, there will be a real photo, and already under it is a description of the error.

      Isn't this mirror too small? Although okay, figs with him with the size, but why is it so high ?! Apparently the owners are practicing warm-up by jumping before going outside. We make the mirror larger and lower it lower. nine0003

      The design of the cabinet is not bad, but it needs to be reflected horizontally. Make the closed high part further, and move the bench to the very entrance. Otherwise, the entrance is corny cramped. And if several guests come, how will they fit into such a narrow space? That's it. Well, they forgot the mirror, as in most of the photos in this article.

      There is a place, but there is no mirror - a mess. Nothing prevented hanging a full-length mirror to the right of the door or removing a couple of coat hooks. nine0003

      Well, our favorite hallway, no comments.

      Perfect hallway design photo

      Our winners, whose hallways are designed using all recommendations from the article, even mirrors!







      there is often a corridor behind the hallway, read our article about the design of the corridor in the apartment. We hope our tips and photos shed some light on the design of hallways, and yours will turn out to be the most stylish and cool, good luck! nine0003

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        Hallway furniture - 75 photos of beautiful and modern furniture in the interior

        > Entrance hall > Hallway furniture - photos of the best novelties in the interior

        A person does not spend much time in the hallway, but despite this, the room should be beautiful and functional. Indeed, at the sight of the entrance hall, the guests get the impression of the whole apartment. Therefore, the right choice of furniture is extremely important. nine0003

        Table of contents of the article:

        • What furniture must be in the hallway?
        • What should be the hallway furniture in the apartment?
        • Furnishing according to the size of the room
        • How to furnish a small hallway
        • Materials used
        • Photos of the best modern furniture for the hallway

        What kind of furniture must be in the hallway?

        List of items that should be in the hallway: nine0003

        • Cabinet,
        • Stands for shoes, hats, umbrellas, etc.,
        • Seat (mini armchair, pouffe etc.),
        • Mirror,
        • Hanger.

        You can see all this in the photo of the hallway furniture.

        What should be the hallway furniture in the apartment?

        Regardless of the time of construction of the house and its type, decorating the hallway is a very important task. Furniture in the hallway: nine0003

        • Must be cozy, compact and yet highly functional. Furnishings should not obstruct passages, interfere with the opening or closing of the door. Therefore, the ideal solution would be to use modular furniture for the hallway.
        • Must have high resistance to dirt, humidity, temperature fluctuations.
        • Should be easy to clean, take up no space in the aisles, be durable.
        • Should look modern, beautiful, all decor items should be combined with each other and finish. nine0011
        • And most importantly - the furniture should please the owners of the apartment.

        Also, if you choose the right furniture for a small hallway room, then the corridor will be divided into 2 parts, that is, into the entrance space and a place to store things. You can see photo examples of hallway furniture in a modern style below.

        Furniture to fit the room

        Furniture for a narrow hallway: shoe rack, wall hanger, mirror. This is the minimum that must be in every hallway room. A set of furniture, consisting of individual modules, is the perfect solution for medium-sized hallways. But a square-type room will accommodate any large-sized furniture, literally everything can fit in it. nine0003

        Important! Before purchasing furniture, you need to draw up a plan for the hallway, write down all the nuances in it, where you put the furniture, its dimensions, and so on.

        How to furnish a small corridor

        When it comes to tiny corridors, furnishing it is an incredibly large-scale problem. After all, I want as many things as possible to fit in the corridor, and at the same time it was cozy. A few tips for small corridors from famous designers: nine0003

        • Small shoe cabinet can be connected to the seat. Then you get 2 in 1 and a seat and a place where you can put your shoes, which will undoubtedly save space in a small hallway.
        • Corner cabinets are very convenient to use, they are multifunctional.
        • In a small corridor, a simple hanger looks more appropriate than a huge closet, and a small stool than a long bench.
        • Under the ceiling, you can close the shelf, then you will have additional space. nine0011

        Materials used

        The higher the cost of the furniture material, the higher the cost of it. But a lot depends on the material: strength, appearance, ease of care, moisture resistance and much more. Of course, if you buy the latest novelty of the season, then the price will be corresponding.

        When choosing furniture, carefully examine its material. Check the quality of the material itself, the quality of the assembly, the reliability of the fasteners, the opening of the drawers, the door, and the like. nine0003

        2 mirrors of different sizes will look great in the hall. Small and big.

        Furnishing requires a responsible approach, as well as wall decoration in the hallway. With the help of furniture, various dreams come true, as well as visually changing the look of the room and its functionality.

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