Entrances
From the moment you open the front door to your house, you instinctively feel the emotional rush of being home. The entrance hall is the face and character of the home. Your place of entry conveys the feel of the house, its atmosphere and integrity, the voice that hints of home. Your entrance hall is the first thing people will see.
Immediately, you reveal your story. So begin by asking, what are the major messages? What do you want to express to yourself, your family, and friends when walking through the door?
Certainly, you want the front hall to invite them inside. You want your guests to know you expect them and that you care. You want them to know they are welcome.
Living Rooms
Living
rooms have always had a disproportionate amount of money spent on them because people
think they have to be "decorated." Yet no sooner was the (expensive)
work completed than the living room ceased to be a room lived in; we'd
guide past it to the sitting room or kitchen or bedroom or den, where we could
really feel good. The stiffness of the decor; the dark, forbidding grains of
wood; the rigid seating arraignments; the bric-a-brac and dim lighting screamed
to our senses: KEEP OUT!
Today, everything has changed. We don't want to decorate our living
rooms anymore. Our living decorates them with our Lifestyle. Studies show that we
spend 96% of our time alone with our families and only 4% with company -
all the more reason to put that living room to use!
When a room is designed for intimate living, it doesn't matter if its two or twenty you need to accommodate. The best living rooms never make artificial statements; they simply reveal their owner's personal signature.