lord knows i love a stripe, so i was happy to see d*s reader riley’s stripey entryway makeover. deciding that her entry hallway “lacked personality”, riley decided to make a statement with gray stripes and a chandelier she decided to paint red. the rug was handed down from riley’s mom and added the final touch. i personally love the little nook by the door with the table- i would love to have a little nook like that for keys and such. great work, riley! click here to read more about her makeover.
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I love this makeover. The after is so chic and inviting. I don’t have as much of an entry but I’m going to do something similar!! Thanks for sharing, Riley.
What a wonderful before & after to start my morning. I have been dreaming about painting our 25′ foot long hallway ever since my sister and I moved into our apt four years ago and this is definitely an incentive. Simply gorgeous!
Wow! What a difference! Very nice. I particularly like the red chandelier against the gray.
Great makeover the space has so much personality now.
Gorgeous! i totally love it!
Holy crud this is amazing! Every time I visit D*S I grumble more and more about renting instead of owning…one day I will have a run-down little house that I can buy with the sole purpose of making it a before/after! ;)
Oh my. Isn’t that so fabulous!
Love it all! But really diggin’ the umbrella stand.
I especially love that they extended the stripe into the inside of the archway. Fantastic.
A really terrific makeover with lots of personality. love the hit of red.
amazing. what a difference paint makes! huge fan of the mirror and lamp as well.
was the chandelier recently purchased? if so from where? what color was it before.
Not normally a lover of stripes but these work totally! Must be the depth of the strips making the space look so much bigger?
wow, that looks awesome!
Love this striped entry. The red chandelier, perfect. But my favorite is the mirror and the mercury glass lamp..love that. Great work!
Hmm. There is something about the colors used for the stripes that really reminds me of concentration camps. I can’t get over that. I really like the concept, and even all the colors together, but I would prefer to see the stripes in different colors, or these colors but not as stripes.
So sophisticated, I love it! I painted vertical aqua and white stripes in my office b/c I thought it would look sophisticated. Unfortunately it now looks like a baby boys room, HAHA
Lovely! I have a soft spot for stripes, but have yet to find a place for them in my 1950s rancher. I need to get on that.
LOVE the stripes and red chandelier!
Entryways are tough and set the tone for the rest of the living space – this is adorable, Riley!
I’m doing my hallway this week – well clearing it anyway – maybe I need to think about a facelift as well…..Love these stripes
LOVE LOVE LOVE this!!! that side table is to die for!
I love that these stripes are bolder than some I’ve seen – it looks so warm! This sounds weird, but it reminds me a bit of a really classic sweater…maybe it’s the warmth, maybe it’s the way it envelops the space, either way, I mean it in a good way. :)
Fantastic job!
this is my fantasy. i’ve been dreaming of doing this; always impressed when i see someone who did it!
I love that the entryway has personality now, but I don’t love the stripes! I think the greys were taken from the rug, but there isn’t enough burgundy in the room for me to feel that the rug belongs.
I would have painted it the lighter gray but a thick thick stripe of burgundy (or another color from the rug) around the room, to base all the new hooks. Or red like the chandelier with a darker burgundy stripe. Oh well, different stripes for different folks!
Great job though on taking really a horribly blah entry and making a strong design choice that is also functional!
JUST LOVE!
Oh snap! I love a horizontal stripe! Unfortunately, my husband does not. I have tried to explain it’s wonderfulness, but he’s so uncool he can’t grasp it’s power. :-)
Love it! That must have been a lot of work!
Holy Moly- LOVE! Makes me want to hit the garage sales this weekend to find an old side table to refurbish. Can that chartreuse number be any cooler?
wow! this looks amazing! so inspiring!
Gosh, I love stripes. I LOVE stripes–on clothing, furniture, walls, it’s all good. If I wasn’t so lazy about taping off the lines I’d try it myself.
A+
i love gray stripes! we did this for our daughter’s nursery:
http://ayoska.wordpress.com/2010/02/08/rouens-room/
love all of it! the stripes, the mirrored nook, the red chandelier – of course! You may want to update the rug…maybe something that covers more floor surface. Everything else is so clean and relaxing! great job!!
do like the stripes, but i think the doors are a bit too much now…
Love it! The grey stripes are so elegant and the red chandelier looks great and completes the overall look
Awesome job! I’m loving that lamp. Where’s it from?
This is completely gorgeous! I am so in love with grey lately and mixed with the stripes…oh it’s love. beautiful.
I love that effect! Wow. My mum has a Jocasta Innes interior design book from about 1980 that features a whole tiny studio apartment that was transformed with horizontal stripes like that. (I used to read it a lot.) They’re wizard in the right hands.
Super cool – I love the chandelier!
Imagine if these doors were painted black…what a difference that would make.
Looks great, those stripes are hard to do, I know from experience. :)
Wow, just wow.
What a bog difference. The after looks amazing.
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