I'll start with the big news, shall I? Actually, it's not really news (I mentioned it
here already, albeit very briefly), but we're moving. Not by choice - our landlord decided to short sell our condo. We were lucky enough to find another place, same square footage, still three bedrooms, right down the hall. So now we've got less than a week to pack up and heave ourselves over to the new digs.
In the meantime, I have a bunch of projects from this place that I haven't gotten around to sharing yet, the first of which is our entryway mini-makeover.
See, our entryway is a bit of a non-event. It opens to a long, dark hallway, and it's the go-to place for dumping shoes, jackets, bags and bike gear, so it has never been my favorite space. When we first moved in, I hung a little shelf and a row of hooks, but the hooks didn't hold all our stuff very well, and I knew we could make it more efficient.
When my Dad was visiting, he helped me (or rather, I helped him) give it a face lift. We custom built two rows of coat hooks (sixteen hooks total, versus the original five) and a little shelf, so it's much more efficient now, which means it's also tidier and prettier.
I will admit upfront that I pretty much just followed direction on this one, so I can't give you a step-by-step tutorial sadly. It did involve some of this...
And this...
And a bit of this...
We chose plain nickle hooks to echo the door lock and handles (much as I'd have loved a mix of Anthropologie beauties, they just wouldn't have worked in our space). I painted the wood using paint left over from the
big boy room and our
fireplace. My Dad thought I should have left the wood white, and much as I hate to admit it, I do think he was right. (If we weren't moving, I'd repaint it - it would look more built-in if it matched the door trim.)
When we were done, we had a much more efficient and organized space.
I also added a boot tray to coral what would otherwise be a big pile of shoes, and the ledge is now home to an original oil painting that I don't have a better place for.
A quick before and after for you...
It's the little things. :)
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