Tuesday Tour - The Entryway Front Hall Breakdown without all the Drama! Color Choices

Last week was a blast. I had my first guest post and I was featured for the first time.
Then I found out that my dresser makeover
 was also featured on craptastickatie!!!
So Much Fun!

My favorite part of this whole experience has
 been gaining more followers and
especially connecting with so many of you. 

I love getting your comments and your questions 
and I can't help but be buoyed by 

all of the positive feedback.

Without a doubt, the most frequent comments have been

about my color choices.

I thought what I would do this week is
 take a trip through my house and share

my inspiration and the resulting 

colors with you!

But where to begin?

How about the very beginning!

This is the front hall when we saw 

Our Old Country House

for the first time

let me count the ways it disgusted me...the old old old dirty carpet going up the stairs
the wallpaper was old and smoke stained and nasty...I could go on...
but the potential...
was ALL there!

We have used a few colors in our entryway, but the current color is 
Benjamin Moore's Feather Down
in Pearl Finish.


Remember Domino Magazine?
there was a Home featured in the August 2008 issue which 
became my inspiration house.
From the moment you walked in...
it felt like I wanted my home to feel.
Airy and Light.
Remind me that I want to get a chandelier like that!

Katie Ukrops Entryway
from House Crashers
and Super Cool Bloggers
Young House Love

My Old Country House
Version

Here is what works with Feather Down. It is a soothing neutral, but with some personality and yet
not so much personality that it competes with the artwork, the color
the rugs and the "stuff" which fills our front hall.
My front hall doubles as my Mud room.
I have tried to put the Mud Room so many different 
out of the way
places
but THIS is where it always ends up,
where it wants to be...
hence the need to keep things simple.

This color follows you up the stairs but as the upstairs hall gets

a massive amount of light and potentially 

could completely wash out the Feather Down

We used a "sister" Benjmain Moore Color called 

"Maritime White" in the upstairs hall.

It is just a shade dirtier, grayer

and perfect for that also busy,

but brighter....hall.

There you have it.

Tomorrow we will visit the Living and Dining Rooms and explore those 

important color choices!

Thanks for visiting!