HANNIGAN’S PAINT & DECOR
April 3, 2020
ENTRYWAY COLOUR IDEAS & INSPIRATION When choosing colours for your entryway, think about how you want to greet your guests–and how you would like to be greeted too.
Regional Photography, Pacific Northwest, Entryway, Entry, mat, stairs, plant, door, tile, dot, landscape, featuring (SIDING): Black 2132-10 ARBORCOAT® Exterior Stain, Semi Solid (TRIM): Great Barrington Green HC-122 Regal® Select Exterior High-Build, Soft Gloss (INSIDE WALL): Elemental AF-400 Benjamin Moore Natura®, Flat
The perfect hallway paint colour should be fresh, inviting and provide the perfect introduction to your home for visitors. Whether your taste is for classic neutrals, dark and atmospheric interiors or something even more statement, opt for a hallway scheme that reflects your personality – as well as they style of the rest of your home. - ANNA COTTRELL
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Whether with a warm neutral or a deeper hue, your entryway’s paint colour immediately sets a mood. On the practical side, entryways are high traffic areas, so a highly washable and durable product, like Regal® Select Interior, is ideal.
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HANNIGAN’S PAINT & DECOR
April 3, 2020
An Elegant Welcome
The entryway is a transitional space that family and guests spend only a brief amount of time in, so opting for soft, welcoming neutrals is always a popular choice. Lighter colour paint on walls keeps the entryway area open and airy. Neutrals also offer seamless colour flow into surrounding rooms. You can add liveliness to neutral colours by mixing and matching several choices on wainscotting, trim and walls. If space allows, consider an accent piece like a small table or colourful chairs to layer in details that are both practical and pretty. 
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Katonah residential interior hallway with stairs and entry door, featuring antique side chairs, console table, mirror and decorative accents. Colour A (Walls): Castleton Mist HC-1, Aura, Matte. Colour B (Stair wainscot): Castleton Mist HC-1, Aura,Semi Gloss.Colour C (Chairs): Coral Essence 2007-40, ADVANCE, Semi Gloss.
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HANNIGAN’S PAINT & DECOR
April 3, 2020
Big, Bold & Sensible
Using bold colours makes for a strong and memorable first impression that often reflects the personality of those who live there. Darker hues also highlight architectural detail and help add definition to smaller spaces. Make sure you view the entryway from multiple angles to ensure the chosen colour will complement connected rooms. Darker colours can also provide a dose of practicality as they hide dirt better than lighter shades, making them great for grand entrances and small mud rooms alike. Along with a stroke of drama, darker hues meet the challenge of messy dogs and running kids head on. Putting a dark colour on a wall makes it advance visually; lighter ones make it recede. So, the trick in this hallway, with the darker wall at the far end and lighter walls around it, it draws you in to the end of that darker wall. Other clever hallway painting tricks? The use of the same paler colour on the ceilings and woodwork, including the door, makes the hallway feel less busy, and therefore more spacious, too.
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The back of your front door is yet another option for deeper colour in your entryway. Watch how-to video for tips on painting an interior door.
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HANNIGAN’S PAINT & DECOR
April 3, 2020
Let There Be Light During the day, light pours into your entryway. Take a cue from the landscape beyond your door, whether it be fresh greenery, desert climes or urban steel when selecting colour. Testing paint colours on the wall is essential in your entryway because of dramatically changing lighting conditions that occur here, from natural sun to artificial light. Buy a small Benjamin Moore Colour Sample, brush it on, and test lighting interaction with the door open, partially open, and fully closed during both day and night.
Regional Photography, Pacific Northwest, horizontal, Entry, Stairs, runner, striped, yellow door, bench, dinosaur featuring (Back Wall Trim): Metropolitan AF-690, ADVANCE®, Matte (Door): Marblehead Gold HC-1, Aura® Grand Entrance, High Gloss (CEILING): White Heron OC-57 Waterborne Ceiling Paint, Ultra Flat (CABINETS): Gray Owl OC-52 ADVANCE®, Pearl (TRANSOM): Caribbean Blue Water 2055-30 ADVANCE®, Pearl (BENCH): Raspberry Blush 2008-30 ADVANCE®, Semi-Gloss (STAIRS): White Heron OC-57 ADVANCE®, Pearl (WALL UNDER STAIRCASE): Gray Owl OC-52 Regal® Select, Ulti-Matte.
One way to bring extra light into your entryway is to consider higher gloss sheens for an extra brightening effect.
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