Unique Entryway Designs-Enhance an Entryway

A great beginning, as the popular proverb goes, makes for a great ending, and so it is with home decoration. Homeowners have the tendency of plunging right into planning the décor for their bedroom and living room, without giving a thought to where it all begins- right at the door. Like the cover page of a good book, a great entryway design makes a statement about the house and its owner. A well organised entryway, for instance, tells guests that the house inside is neat and tidy enough to welcome visitors. A scattered and disorganized entryway, on the other hand, rebuffs guests and can give them a signal that the house is not ready to welcome visitors.

A good front door can hide a multitude of sins, which is why people invest a good deal of money in installing statement doors- such as wood panelled models or wrought iron doors, or even contemporary glass ones. But if your budget does not permit, there are many simple home entrance design ideas to ensure your door reflects the personality of your home. Lanterns and pots on opposite walls of the door can be a great way to dress up the entryway in style.

An entryway can be big or small, but irrespective of the size, every entryway contains a wall -sometimes two- and leaving them blank is a decorating faux pas best avoided. A couple of modern art pieces framed on the wall can serve as a great foyer decorating idea, but if contemporary is not your style, you could even use wall tiles or wallpaper to create a stand out wall. If the wall is big enough, creating a gallery effect with family photographs is an instant draw.

If space permits, an entryway design that includes a console table with a skirt can serve a double purpose. It can act as a place to house a few accent pieces along with keys and sunglasses, while also providing space for baskets underneath to store shoes and hats.

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Front yard Design Ideas

A beautiful front yard can win you accolades from the entire street, for it is the front yard that defines your home for outsiders. Even if it is nothing more than just a few inches of space, your outdoor design ideas can turn it into a garden worth beholding, and that too without having to bust your bank balance.

A front yard can be the place where you give wings to your garden design ideas with flowers, trees and shrubs that provide both décor and privacy to your little space. A majority of homeowners would love to have a beautiful looking front yard but simply don’t have the time for landscaping and even maintaining the front yard on a regular basis. Lack of time, however, need not prevent you from owning and maintaining a beautiful front yard with these simple outdoor design ideas.

Plant flowering shrubs along the edges of the front yard as a low maintenance alternative to flowers and watch the play of colours in your own garden. Shrubs tend to grow fast on their own, and will provide you with the privacy you need to enjoy some quiet moments in your private paradise. If your garden design idea involves flowers in the front yard, then go with evergreen plants to avoid the hassle of replanting your garden with every change of season. Perennials maintain their bloom the year round keeping your home garden always covered with flowers.

Landscaping the front yard with artificial grass, or even stones, can provide you with low maintenance small outdoor designs that are also budget friendly. Artificial grass is also great for kids to play around with, as well as to arrange a quiet seating nook without having to worry about cutting the grass to a good length or watering it for better growth. You can even think of outdoor design ideas that involve multiple zones, with one area covered with artificial grass for a garden effect, with another area paved with tiles to create a seating arrangement. This allows you to relax with a cup of coffee while also watching the kids play in the grass area. 

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