The neutral entry in this home indicates a neutral color palette seen in every adjoining room. The choices of charcoal for the front door, dark banisters, and black metal sconces interrelate to give the space a classically formal style.
Drawing inspiration from the artwork, this artistic homeowner revitalized a front hall with vivid color. "With a $10 can of paint," she notes, "you can have lots of fun."
Though dressed sedately in a creamy neutral, it is this entrance hall's beautifully patterned ceiling that is cast in a starring role. A treatment like this could be done with wallpaper, stencils, decorative painting, or rubber stamps.
Jewel-tone walls and a bold black-and-white checkerboard pattern on the floor make this entry a dazzling introduction to the home. On-the-diagonal tile sweeps down the hall and into the connected kitchen to make the spaces visually grow.



This Southwestern-style foyer, part of a whole-house renovation, includes beautifully arched passageways created with plywood, bendable lath, metal corners, and a plasterlike compound.
In this home, the soaring entry hall is like the center of a wheel with the other rooms radiating from it. Racing up the staircase like switchbacks, twisted-iron balusters steer the eye upward where the drama unfolds with a gridlike box-beam ceiling in the adjacent great-room.
As an ode to the ocean outside its walls, this Key West home is all dressed up in island style. The look starts in the entry, which includes Colonial-inspired furniture with intricate carvings, a giant conch ****l, Caribbean artwork, and woodwork that appears weathered by the sea.
A custom hand-hooked rug and painted walls add subtle dashes of color in this entry hall. A formally planted garden hints at the design of the interior, which employs comfortable contemporary upholstery, antiques, and a mix of decorative objects.