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Entryway Makeover

November 6, 2014 By Erin Spain 12 Comments

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:

Entryway Before

And soon after we moved in I scraped things together and came up with this:

Entryway progress

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.

entryway-progress

And here is the entryway now:

Entryway Makeover

 

 

Entryway Makeover

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.

Entryway Makeover

 

Entryway Makeover

 

Entryway makeover

Here is a tutorial for how to build the bench, and here is a tutorial for the wall mounted coat rack.

Entryway Makeover

The small Threshold Starburst Mirrors are from Target. The basket is from HomeGoods.

Entryway Makeover

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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Filed Under: Decorating, Entryway, Home & DIY Blog, Room Makeovers

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Comments

  1. Marty@A Stroll Thru Life says

    November 6, 2014 at 8:46 am

    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.

    Reply
  2. Jae says

    November 6, 2014 at 9:32 am

    Love the mirror swap out. the sunburst mirror looks great in there!

    Reply
  3. Ashley @ Cherished Bliss says

    November 6, 2014 at 9:56 am

    Looks beautiful Erin! What a difference! I love that bench too : )

    Reply
  4. Deidre says

    November 7, 2014 at 6:11 pm

    WOW! LOVE the new look so Fresh! I love all your personal touches as they really do “POP”

    Reply
    • Erin @ DIY on the Cheap says

      November 7, 2014 at 9:59 pm

      Thank you Deidre!

      Reply
  5. kristin says

    November 7, 2014 at 6:49 pm

    Oh my, this space is GORGEOUS!!!! Love how you updated it. What color did you use on the walls? so pretty

    Reply
    • Erin @ DIY on the Cheap says

      November 7, 2014 at 10:00 pm

      Thanks so much, Kristin! It’s Benjamin Moore’s Revere Pewter.

      Reply
  6. Amanda says

    November 7, 2014 at 9:41 pm

    What is the paint color?

    Thanks

    Reply
    • Erin @ DIY on the Cheap says

      November 7, 2014 at 10:00 pm

      It is Benjamin Moore Revere Pewter.

      Reply
    • Lois says

      July 18, 2016 at 4:53 am

      It’s like you’re on a miisson to save me time and money!

      Reply
  7. Melanie @ The Painted Chandelier says

    November 10, 2014 at 9:11 pm

    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. 🙂

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    • Erin @ DIY on the Cheap says

      November 13, 2014 at 9:13 pm

      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!

      Reply

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