My Foyer

Over the last year or so, I've been slowly adding things to make our foyer a little more welcoming and useful.  This has been a low priority on my list because the way our home and driveway are set up, everyone uses our backdoor.  Even without a lot of traffic, I still wanted this area to look nice.  The stairs to the second floor empties right into this room, so I see the foyer every day - even if my guests usually never make it to the front of my house.

First, we painted the walls SW Rice Grain and the trim SW Dover White.

The first thing I did was buy a little table with a shelf at the Millstore, a local unfinished wood store.  I like that there is extra storage under the table skirt.  I then bought some natural color fabric at JoAnns, and made a pleated skirt.  I had a piece of glass cut at Ace Hardware to go on the top of the table. 

I then bought some trim at M&J Trimming, to give the plain skirt an extra detail, and just glued it on.  Here is the link to the trim that I bought, here, and it is called the 60MM Greek Key Jacquard, in the pale blue/antique.   (Don't mind the dust!  Yikes!  I shouldn't take extreme close-up photos of my floors!)

On the other wall, I framed some fabric that I bought from Shannon from the Designer's Attic.  I had originally bought the fabric to make pillows in my living room or bedroom, but I didn't end up using it in either spot.  But, it is perfect for timing my living room and dining room together. 

You can see how the blues and greens in the fabric pull in the blue/green from my dining room (the room reflected in the mirror), plus my living room with all of its blue is straight through that doorway. 

The mirror is from Lowes.  I painted it white, because the black was too much here.  You can't see it in the photos, but the inside of my front door is a dark natural wood color.  So, it was too dark in this small space with the black mirror right by the dark door. 

The lamp is from Kirkland's, and it was just what I was looking for - inexpensive and a pop of color.   I did change out the blue shade that came with it with an expensive one from Target.  I'm not completely happy with the shade, but it will do for now.

 I'm still struggling a bit with how to decorate it.  I need to buy some new books (or, at least, new to me books)!  And other little accessories.

Any one have any ideas for other accessories for me?  I have my eye on a few boxes, like the mother of pearl box at West Elm (found here) and maybe a fun tray.  I just need to liven the table up a bit.