Since the vestibule is really small I opted to cover the walls in Moroccan tiles. I have always loved the designs of the tiles but it would have been very expensive to cover a large area with Moroccan tiles. We used Saltillo tiles for the floor. I bought the Moroccan cement tiles online. I wish I could remember the site but Berber Trading, Tazi Design and Casbah Decor all have similar tiles available. Here's a close up of the tiles:
The lamp is a vintage Spanish fixture that I purchased on eBay.
The ceilings are really high and the space looked a little cold so I decided to cover the walls gallery style with mostly Kiran's paintings and drawings. I put the pictures up in inexpensive Ikea Ribba frames.
We have one rack for coats, scarves, and bags. We also have another small rack for keys, mail, sunglasses, umbrellas and other smaller items. These racks are for our everyday use. When we have guests we generally throw everyone's jackets on our bed. My next project is to finish the stairway to the basement and install a long row of coat racks so that when we have people over they have a proper place to hang their jackets. Old row houses are notorious for having minimal storage space and ours is no exception.
This is a wrought iron coat rack I bought years ago at Anthropologie. I bought the Triple Hook Up Strip in Olive (below) by Three by Three from Velocity Design a couple of years ago. It comes with four small magnets which hold notes, checks etc. The larger hooks are great for sunglasses and mail and we use the smaller hooks for umbrellas, Kiran's sweaters etc.
The last thing that we need to do in the vestibule is to strip the varnish off the wood door, prime it, and paint it in Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace which is the same white paint that we have used throughout the house on the moldings and panelling.
When we bought the house the vestibule was covered in the ugliest brown, beige and cream tiles. Most of them were falling off and the space was just uninviting. Unfortunately I don't have a great before picture but this is what the vestibule looked like a few days after we bought the house.
2 comments:
Beautiful, beautiful tiles! I love your home and your blog! :)
Beautiful, beautiful tiles. I love your home and your blog! :)
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