We reused our client's vintage bricks they had been saving and laid them herringbone style in their new mud room - a great link to the past history of this heritage worker's cottage.

Jacobean Grade II Listed House

The Gilded Cabinet

Photo of a country entryway in Hampshire with white walls, terra-cotta floors, a single front door and red floor.

Spanish Style Entry Foyer

Santa Barbara Home Design

Design Consultant Jeff Doubét is the author of Creating Spanish Style Homes: Before & After – Techniques – Designs – Insights. The 240 page “Design Consultation in a Book” is now available. Please visit SantaBarbaraHomeDesigner.com for more info. Jeff Doubét specializes in Santa Barbara style home and landscape designs. To learn more info about the variety of custom design services I offer, please visit SantaBarbaraHomeDesigner.com Jeff Doubét is the Founder of Santa Barbara Home Design - a design studio based in Santa Barbara, California USA.

Designing Old World Spanish Style Interiors for Montecito Santa Barbara CA

Santa Barbara Home Design

Mid-Century Modern in Reston, VA

Olamar Interiors

A bright, airy, yet colorful mid-century modern entryway where we integrated the client's existing furniture with new, bold, modern art.
This is an example of a mid-sized midcentury foyer in DC Metro with white walls, light hardwood floors, a single front door and yellow floor.

Coastal Home with West Indies Flair

Klar and Klar Architects, Inc

Rich Montalbano
Photo of a small front door in Tampa with white walls, brick floors, a double front door, a dark wood front door and red floor.

90 Jackson Street, Newton, MA

Amy Mizner, Benoit Mizner Simon & Co.

This is an example of a small eclectic front door in Boston with blue walls, ceramic floors, a single front door, a white front door and red floor.

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SIRA BARCELONA

Decoramos con cojines damasco colchoneros y modelo Toms de algodón.
This is an example of a mediterranean front door with white walls, a green front door, red floor and vaulted.

Home Entryway with Glass Office Doors

Westpoint Homes

15917 Burkett Circle, Edmond, OK | Deer Creek Park
This is an example of a mid-sized transitional entry hall in Oklahoma City with beige walls, medium hardwood floors, a single front door, a white front door and red floor.

Arto & Rustic Elegance

Art Tile

Design ideas for a mid-sized mediterranean entry hall in San Francisco with white walls, terra-cotta floors, a double front door, a dark wood front door and red floor.

Ponte Vedra New Construction

Stewart Lighting

Photo of a mid-sized contemporary front door in Jacksonville with white walls, brick floors, a single front door, a dark wood front door and red floor.

Historic Urban Neighborhood Total Renovation

Fryday & Doyne

Joel Lassiter
Inspiration for a small transitional mudroom in Charlotte with grey walls, brick floors, a single front door, a white front door and red floor.

Spring Ave Mudroom

down2earth Interior Design, LLC.

Is your closet busting at the seams? Or do you perhaps have no closet at all? Time to consider adding a mudroom to your house. Mudrooms are a popular interior design trend these days, and for good reason - they can house far more than a simple coat closet can. They can serve as a family command center for kids' school flyers and menus, for backpacks and shoes, for art supplies and sports equipment. Some mudrooms contain a laundry area, and some contain a mail station. Some mudrooms serve as a home base for a dog or a cat, with easy to clean, low maintenance building materials. A mudroom may consist of custom built-ins, or may simply be a corner of an existing room with pulled some clever, freestanding furniture, hooks, or shelves to house your most essential mudroom items. Whatever your storage needs, extensive or streamlined, carving out a mudroom area can keep the whole family more organized. And, being more organized saves you stress and countless hours that would otherwise be spent searching for misplaced items. While we love to design mudroom niches, a full mudroom interior design allows us to do what we do best here at Down2Earth Interior Design: elevate a space that is primarily driven by pragmatic requirements into a space that is also beautiful to look at and comfortable to occupy. I find myself voluntarily taking phone calls while sitting on the bench of my mudroom, simply because it's a comfortable place to be. My kids do their homework in the mudroom sometimes. My cat loves to curl up on sweatshirts temporarily left on the bench, or cuddle up in boxes on their way out to the recycling bins, just outside the door. Designing a custom mudroom for our family has elevated our lifestyle in so many ways, and I look forward to the opportunity to help make your mudroom design dreams a reality as well. Photos by Ryan Macchione

Casa Rural LLugarón

José Martínez Casas

José Martínez
Small country front door in Other with a dutch front door, a medium wood front door, white walls, terra-cotta floors and red floor.

Edgewater Hillside - Old Greenwich, Connecticut

Pagliaro Bartels Sajda Architects

Photo of a mid-sized beach style foyer in New York with white walls, medium hardwood floors, a single front door, a dark wood front door and red floor.

Entry Way with phone nook

S / Wiley Interior Photography

Stephanie Wiley Photography Design by Charmean Neithart Interiors. http://www.houzz.com/pro/cninteriors/charmean-neithart-interiors-llc

Locksley Residence | Glen Mills, PA

Period Architecture Ltd.

Angle Eye Photography
Small country mudroom in Philadelphia with white walls, brick floors, a dutch front door, red floor and a dark wood front door.

Lato Signature - Modin Rigid LVP Collection Customer Space - CA

Flooret

Lato Signature from the Modin Rigid LVP Collection - Crisp tones of maple and birch. The enhanced bevels accentuate the long length of the planks.
Inspiration for a small midcentury entry hall in San Francisco with grey walls, vinyl floors, a single front door, a red front door and yellow floor.

Rio Vista Waterfront

Knowles Design

Design ideas for a traditional front door in Miami with white walls, a single front door, a black front door and red floor.

River Run

CK Architects

Inspiration for a mid-sized country mudroom in Bridgeport with white walls, brick floors and red floor.

Entryway Design Ideas with Red Floor and Yellow Floor

Make coming home a pleasure by making sure your entryway – also known as a foyer or vestibule – is the perfect transition from the public world to the private world. Your choice of front door, the organisation and general flow of the entryway should be practical and reflect the style of your home. Your entryway, foyer or vestibule is the first impression guests will have of your home. Does it reflect you and your household? Here are a few ways to make your entryway better - and if all else fails, there's always hiring an interior designer to help.

How can you make your front door stand out?

Front doors can make or break a home’s appeal. An outdated or ill-fitting front door will imply what lies beyond is just as overdue for a makeover. No one wants a front door that stands out for all the wrong reasons, so choose one that suits the style of your home. Aluminium doors, for example, are more suited to contemporary-style homes, whereas ornate timber doors suit period homes. That doesn’t mean you can’t inject some of your own personality, though. While the architectural style should remain the same, you can shake things up with paint colours and quirky door handles. If you’re planning a new home, play around with the size and shape of your entrance door, too, and if you want to include a screen door, look for one that architecturally complements the existing front door.

How can you create an organised entryway or foyer?

An organised foyer requires smart storage solutions – otherwise it’s at risk of becoming a dumping zone. Think about what you do when you first walk into your home. Most people will put their keys down, store a bag or coat, then take their shoes off. If this sounds like you, and your entryway is relatively sizeable, consider including some built-in joinery or a slimline console or hall table. Otherwise, hooks for keys, a coat stand and shoe rack will suffice. If you have a large family, allocate one drawer or shelf to each member of the clan. And finally, don’t overcrowd this area with belongings that can’t be stored in a bedroom. When guests arrive, you want to be able to offer them somewhere to put down their belongings.

Could a dirt room save your floors and entry?

Having a mudroom isn’t commonplace in Australia and New Zealand, but it is becoming increasingly popular as a means to keep mess at bay. In coastal areas, it is sometimes referred to as a sand room, while in rural areas, it can be known as a dirt room. A mudroom is usually a secondary entrance or located at the back entrance, and is ideal for storing shoes, school backpacks, sports equipment and pet essentials. You don’t have to dedicate an entire room to a mudroom. A narrow hall or partial wall will do the trick just fine – just add built-ins, some cubbies for individual family members and a bench. If you have a laundry that has direct access to the outdoors, it’s an ideal opportunity to convert it into a multi-purpose space. Combining a laundry and mudroom is a logical and effective use of space. If there’s no room inside, take a look outside. If you have a verandah, cordon off an area for the likes of dirty soccer boots and surfboards.