{"id":1756,"date":"2011-08-09T09:49:34","date_gmt":"2011-08-09T13:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hickoryfurniture.blogs.eprevue.net\/?p=1756"},"modified":"2011-08-09T09:49:34","modified_gmt":"2011-08-09T13:49:34","slug":"decorating-a-foyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/decorating-a-foyer\/","title":{"rendered":"Decorating a Foyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-meta\">Last Updated Tuesday, August 9, 2011<\/div> <p>First impressions are everything, and foyers set the tone for the rest of your home. Decorating a foyer with the right colors, furniture, lighting and accessories will allow you to effectively welcome anyone who steps foot in your house.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Furniture<\/strong><br \/>\nSide consoles provide extra space so you can have a centralized place for keys, mail and any other items you may want to take as you come in and out of your home. A small bench is an inviting place for people to sit down while they take off their shoes. \u00a0If you have a large family or regular house guests, consider a storage chest or a bench with a shoe rack so you can store your shoes without your entryway becoming cluttered.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Accessories<\/strong><br \/>\nCoat racks and umbrella stands useful accessories when decorating a foyer. You can also hang decorative hooks on the wall so you and your guests have a place to put coats or a purse.<\/p>\n<p><strong>D\u00e9cor <\/strong><br \/>\nLighting is often an overlooked when decorating a foyer. While many entryways have lots of natural light, during the evening hours they can become dark. Place a decorative side lamp on a console or have a tall floor lamp to brighten the space. Hang a decorative mirror above a console, or include a plant to bring in the outdoors and add some green to the entryway.<\/p>\n<p>As you and your guests enter and leave your home, decorate your entryway so it acts as both a welcoming, inviting space as well as a practical storage room.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Updated Tuesday, August 9, 2011 First impressions are everything, and foyers set the tone for the rest of your home. Decorating a foyer with the right colors, furniture, lighting and accessories will allow you to effectively welcome anyone who steps foot in your house. Furniture Side consoles provide extra space so you can have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1756"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/303"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1756\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1756"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=1756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}