Wendy's Entry way and Living Room

Neutral tones and floor plan were the focus here. The butter yellow was too saturated for the buyers' market. And we needed to distinguish the entry way from the living room, while making the fireplace the focal point for the room.

We chose "Softer Tan" from Sherwin Williams, a pale taupe gray that I now want in my house. So sophisticated and refreshing. We replaced the minty green with "Dapper Tan" for the built-ins flanking the fireplace because it pulled a rich dark tone out of the stone work and expanded it onto the shelving. Some mirrors, neutral b/w photographs, and some "I have oodles of taste" orchids, and poof!

I also positioned the couch in the way I did for two reasons:

1. It faces the fireplace - the star of the room.

2. It establishes to start of the living room and end of the entry way.

The Entry got a console and mirror - a last-minute "check your make-up" moment next to the front door, not to mention a place to drop shooes, keys, and loose change, in a house with no first floor coat closet.

Enjoy.

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