How to Decorate a Foyer Shelf

Because your foyer shelf may be the first element of your household seen by guests, it can form a lasting impression about you. A home's foyer is typically compact and a site of physical activity such as removing coats, boots, gloves, umbrellas and hats before entering the main part of the house. Be cognizant of the space constraints and avoid decorating with breakables or valuables in your foyer. Let the space welcome your family as well as your guests.

Potted plant
Antique schoolbooks
Candles
Potpourri tin
Antique teddy bear
Wooden blocks
Collection of baskets or tins
Dowels or hooks
Small quilts
String
Antique children's mittens
Plastic-lined basket
Guest umbrellas and rain hats

Instructions

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  Design a rustic foyer shelf. Line your shelf with a simple potted plant, a stack of antique schoolbooks, a candle and a tin of potpourri. Nestle an antique floppy teddy bear in one corner. Spell out the word “welcome” in old wooden children's building blocks.
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  Display a collection of baskets or tins on your foyer shelf. Stack a pile of small quilts on one end.
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  Add dowels to your shelf for hanging jackets, keys or scarves. String a collection of antique children's mittens across the dowels.
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  Keep a plastic-lined decorative basket on your foyer shelf labeled “kids gloves” during winter. Hang extra umbrellas and rain hats from hooks or dowels attached to the shelf.
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  Decorate your foyer shelf for the season or event. Display pots of silk tulips and daffodils, pastel eggs and bunnies for spring; an antique watering can, garden gloves, herb basket and straw hat for summer; pumpkins, gourds and sprays of colored leaves in fall; and Santas, glittery snow people and a small, flocked evergreen bough for winter.

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