Home Tour: Entry

Welcome!  Come on in!  The coffee's on and the banana bread is cooling, so I'll just show you around before we sit down for a nice chat.

The first view of the entry is what you see as you come in the door.  The living room is to your right. 

The second picture is of the entry from the living room.

As you go down the hallway toward the back of the house, you'll pass one of my favorite groups of pictures that we have displayed.  All of the pictures were taken near Duluth, Minnesota on the north shore of Lake Superior, which is where I was born and a special gathering place for my family.

At the end of the hallway is a little alcove thing which I think is intended to display great art, but we just have a little welcome sign.  The flowers in the basket are mostly dried roses that Beloved has given me.  (Um, he actually gave me fresh flowers, and I dried them.  Just in case that wasn't clear.)

The things I like about this part of the house are the tile and the banister, both of which we had installed after we moved in.  (Oh, I'll have to show you the Before pictures, too!)  I like that there is an entry, and a space for people to kind of be in the house without really being in the middle of our living area.  (You know how some houses have the front door that opens right into the family room?  That would drive me a little crazy.)

The things I don't like are that there's kind of a lot of empty wall space along the stairway.  The color was supposed to be a neutral, but in low light it looks pretty pink.  Hate the pink.  Hopefully we'll be able to have it repainted in the next year or so.  There's also a hole in the wall (I think you can see it in the second picture) where the doorknob hit the wall because the door stop fell off.  We should get that fixed, too, but we're kind of waiting until we do the re-painting.

Next up: the living room.

Comments

[beagle]

I like it!

You take so many great photos of your kids, how about a "gallery" along that stairway. I want to do something simialr in my hallway. All different, but coordinating frames, everyday life kind of photos.

You have a beautiful home.

[Heidi-happy mom]

ooooh, aaaaah, I love it. I am so glad you are sharing!

I love the pictures, that is going to be a new step in our living area, and I am with you, with the entry way, we hava a small space (not grand like yours) but I am working on it looking better, cleaner.

my husband has soem family in the minnesota area, and he lived there awhile. I have only had a quick stop in. but would love to check out the lake, he talks about fun times there. (not positive same lake but I think so)

okay sorry for the long post. I love it, and can't wait to see before and more!

[steph]

We have the exact same pink covering three-fourths of the walls in our house. We also thought it was neutral when we chose it. It was called, like, "Villa Tan" or something. Feel your pain on that one! Lovely pictures. :)

[wendy]

Gorgeous!