5 tips to styling an entryway

 

I am so excited to say this is my first post as a contributor to the Thrift Town blog! I started shopping at Thirft Town 6 years ago, and I’ve been hooked ever since.

 

When my husband and I bought our home 2 years ago, I gradually started adding small furniture pieces, and every once in a while, I’d stop by Thrift Town on my way home from work ( I know!) to snag small home décor items, and because I’m working with a small budget I started working on the small spaces like my bathroom and entry way first.

 

Here is my Thrift Town and DIY’ed entryway of my home.

 

And I wanted to share a few tips of how to add flair to your entryway!

 

Tip #1: It’s all about evens and odds:

 

I think the key to styling is all about multiples. Balancing an odd number of items on one side with an even number on the other side is a fun way to switch things up a bit.

 

 

Tip #2: When in doubt, paint it.

 

Everything on my table is from Thrift Town. The lamp I purchased as a brass lamp and I spray painted it white. With a couple of cans of white gloss spray paint this thrifted find looks like new.

 

Here is a close up of the spray painted lamp

 

With a new lamp shade I ended up only paying a couple of bucks for it!

 

 

Tip #3: Textures

 

I absolutely love mixing outdoor elements with indoor elements. On this table I choose to mix wicker, with the small lines of the brown octagon container and tissue paper hydrangeas. The flowers and wicker both add pops of color and helps bring the outdoor elements in.

 

Tip #4: Color

 

Yes—I know, those stripes! I love adding neutrals to a room, but its more of a challenge for me to add color. For the entry way, I choose terracotta wall paper stripes, hot pink tissue paper flowers ( DIY’ed) and a few elements of gold in the wall art and vase.

 

Tip #5: Mix masculine with Feminine accessories:

 

When I moved in with my now husband almost 10 years ago, I dreamt it would be easy for me to decorate our home EXACTLY THE WAY I ENVISIONED IT, but while we were shopping for our place, that dream flew out of the window. I wanted pink and gold and he wanted well— brown! I bought this vintage suit case from Thrift Town for only a few bucks to make sure I incorporated a little “manly touch” to the entryway

 

In all, I am so excited that my entry way is complete and I can’t wait to start styling more of my home! Here a few more photos of the space:

 

 

 

 

Briana is a home design / DIY blogger at Nite Nite Mommy Blog who loves to thrift, second-hand and up-cycle amazing vintage pieces to create glam interior designs. She is a social media manager and mommy to 3 rambunctious little one’s by day and a tassel garland maker, blogger by night. Briana has been happily married to her husband aka her thifting partner in crime for six amazing years. She will be expecting her fourth baby ( a boy!) in September 2013.