Contemporary front door in Melbourne with multi-coloured walls, dark hardwood floors and a white front door.

David Duncan Livingston
Photo of a transitional foyer in San Francisco with multi-coloured walls, medium hardwood floors, a single front door and a white front door.

Photo by Randy O'Rourke
Photo of a mid-sized traditional entry hall in Boston with a single front door, a white front door, medium hardwood floors, multi-coloured walls and beige floor.

Inspiration for an expansive foyer in San Francisco with multi-coloured walls, medium hardwood floors, a single front door, a glass front door, brown floor and recessed.

Design ideas for a transitional foyer in Buckinghamshire with multi-coloured walls and grey floor.

This is an example of a modern entry hall in Kyoto with multi-coloured walls and black floor.

Photography by: Sophia Hronis-Arbis
Mid-sized country foyer in Chicago with multi-coloured walls, medium hardwood floors, a single front door and a glass front door.

© Greg Perko Photography 2014
Photo of a small traditional entryway in Boston with multi-coloured walls, slate floors, a single front door, a white front door and multi-coloured floor.

This is an example of a mid-sized traditional mudroom in Boston with multi-coloured walls.

Welcome home—these custom double front entry doors boast an intricate Bronze finish, quality hardware, and textured, insulated glass that's rated to withstand hurricane impact.

Meet Meridith: a super-mom who’s as busy as she is badass  — and easily my favorite overachiever. She slays her office job and comes home to an equally high-octane family life. We share a love for city living with farmhouse aspirations. There’s a vegetable garden in the backyard, a black cat, and a floppy eared rabbit named Rocky. There has been a mobile chicken coop and a colony of bees in the backyard. At one point they even had a pregnant hedgehog on their hands! Between gardening, entertaining, and helping with homework, Meridith has zero time for interior design. Spending several days a week in New York for work, she has limited amount of time at home with her family. My goal was to let her make the most of it by taking her design projects off her to do list and let her get back to her family (and rabbit). I wanted her to spend her weekends at her son's baseball games, not shopping for sofas. That’s my cue! Meridith is wonderful. She is one of the kindest people I know. We had so much fun, it doesn’t seem fair to call this “work”. She is loving, and smart, and funny. She’s one of those girlfriends everyone wants to call their own best friend. I wanted her house to reflect that: to feel cozy and inviting, and encourage guests to stay a while. Meridith is not your average beige person, and she has excellent taste. Plus, she was totally hands-on with design choices. It was a true collaboration. We played up her quirky side and built usable, inspiring spaces one lightbulb moment at a time. I took her love for color (sacré blue!) and immediately started creating a plan for her space and thinking about her design wish list. I set out hunting for vibrant hues and intriguing patterns that spoke to her color palette and taste for pattern. I focused on creating the right vibe in each space: a bit of drama in the dining room, a bit more refined and quiet atmosphere for the living room, and a neutral zen tone in their master bedroom. Her stuff. My eye. Meridith’s impeccable taste comes through in her art collection. The perfect placement of her beautiful paintings served as the design model for color and mood. We had a bit of a chair graveyard on our hands, but we worked with some key pieces of her existing furniture and incorporated other traditional pieces, which struck a pleasant balance. French chairs, Asian-influenced footstools, turned legs, gilded finishes, glass hurricanes – a wonderful mash-up of traditional and contemporary. Some special touches were custom-made (the marble backsplash in the powder room, the kitchen banquette) and others were happy accidents (a wallpaper we spotted via Pinterest). They all came together in a design aesthetic that feels warm, inviting, and vibrant — just like Meridith! We built her space based on function. We asked ourselves, “how will her family use each room on any given day?” Meridith throws legendary dinner parties, so we needed curated seating arrangements that could easily switch from family meals to elegant entertaining. We sought a cozy eat-in kitchen and decongested entryways that still made a statement. Above all, we wanted Meredith’s style and panache to shine through every detail. From the pendant in the entryway, to a wild use of pattern in her dining room drapery, Meredith’s space was a total win. See more of our work at www.safferstone.com. Connect with us on Facebook, get inspired on Pinterest, and share modern musings on life & design on Instagram. Or, share what's on your plate with us at hello@safferstone.com. Photo: Angie Seckinger

Expansive traditional foyer in New York with multi-coloured walls, medium hardwood floors, a single front door and a white front door.

Court / Corten House is clad in Corten Steel - an alloy that develops a protective layer of rust that simultaneously protects the house over years of weathering, but also gives a textured facade that changes and grows with time. This material expression is softened with layered native grasses and trees that surround the site, and lead to a central courtyard that allows a sheltered entrance into the home.

Design ideas for a mid-sized modern front door in Charlotte with metallic walls, concrete floors, a single front door and a medium wood front door.

La scala conduce al soppalco sovrastante la cucina che attraverso un corridoio conduce alla passerella sopra all'ingresso. Foto di Simone Marulli
Design ideas for a mid-sized scandinavian foyer in Milan with multi-coloured walls, light hardwood floors, a single front door, a white front door and beige floor.

This is an example of an expansive modern foyer in Calgary with metallic walls and marble floors.

Inspiration for a large front door in Atlanta with multi-coloured walls, slate floors, a double front door and a dark wood front door.

Design ideas for a contemporary entryway in Miami with multi-coloured walls.

Large modern front door in Vancouver with multi-coloured walls, concrete floors, a single front door, a glass front door and grey floor.