Since I’ve been nesting like crazy, I decided that our entryway desperately needed a makeover. It’s like I have this uncontrollable urge to mark as many things as possible off my to do list before this baby comes and I become a sleep-deprived zombie. 🙂 In the midst of working on the nursery and staining the deck, I decided an impromptu entryway makeover was something I should definitely take on at 8+ months pregnant. (Yes I realize this is crazy. No I can’t help it. Nesting has taken over my life!)
Here’s what the entryway looked like when we moved in:
And soon after we moved in I scraped things together and came up with this:
Then, a couple weeks ago I started the makeover which included:
- Painting the walls
- Adding a new mirror (which was formerly in the living room.) I love the mirror so much I actually have two! The other one is in the nursery.
- Building a bench (yep, at 8 months pregnant. Chris did the staining. Build plans & tutorial here!)
- Building a coat rack (More info coming soon!)
- Adding some smaller mirrors to the wall.
First, I painted the walls with Benjamin Moore’s Revere Pewter. (Same as the nursery — we had some paint left over and I love the color.) Here it is as a blank slate after painting.
And here is the entryway now:
The mirror is the Sole Mirror from Home Decorators Collection, and the console table was a flea market find that I made over. I dried the hydrangea which came from our yard.
Here is a tutorial for how to build the bench, and here is a tutorial for the wall mounted coat rack.
The small Threshold Starburst Mirrors are from Target. The basket is from HomeGoods.
I definitely saved a ton of money by building things myself and using what we already had on hand for this project. I have a fun little project coming up in the next few weeks which inspired this entire makeover, and I’ll tell you about that very soon too!
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Love your entry, such a large and inviting space. The new mirror location is gorgeous and so are the bench and coat rack. Great makeover.
Love the mirror swap out. the sunburst mirror looks great in there!
Looks beautiful Erin! What a difference! I love that bench too : )
WOW! LOVE the new look so Fresh! I love all your personal touches as they really do “POP”
Thank you Deidre!
Oh my, this space is GORGEOUS!!!! Love how you updated it. What color did you use on the walls? so pretty
Thanks so much, Kristin! It’s Benjamin Moore’s Revere Pewter.
What is the paint color?
Thanks
It is Benjamin Moore Revere Pewter.
It’s like you’re on a miisson to save me time and money!
Oh, Erin, this is beyond fabulous!! You have started a bad thing in me with that mirror! I LOVE it!! The Revere Pewter is such a pretty color and looks great with your dark floors & the gold mirror. You are getting so much done, girl! Building a bench? That is impressive! love all the new things you’re doing in your pretty new home. 🙂
Thank you Melanie! I love the mirror too so I have two of them. 🙂 I’m so happy to have so many projects done so I can relax with the baby.. if he or she would just come out already!