Entryway & Hallway Makeover

Good morning, friends! I am so excited to share with you our entryway and hallway makeover! Earlier this year I began simplifying our home and as I did I felt the urge to simplify and personalize our decor. Although we've been in our current home for 3.5 years, we moved into here two months before Lindie was born and our world (felt like it) was turned upside down. Add Jude to the mix two years later, and you've got a whole lot of life going on with little (well basically no!) free time to decorate. As they are getting a smidge older, I've been having fun painting and changing our decor to fit the personality of our family.

So here goes!

 The first thing I decided to tackle was our front door. (I shared about that after I completed that project a few months ago). The door was a bold red. I wanted something still bold, but softer. We went with Beach Bag HGTV Home by Sherwin Williams.  

Because it is the entrance of our home I wanted to begin there, followed by the entryway and hallway.

I am so, so, so incredibly happy with how things turned out! First we painted the walls Alabaster by Sherwin Williams. What a HUGE difference paint makes, good-ness! We plan to use this throughout our home as the makeover progresses. 

After that, since I had purged our previous mirror (whoops!), we snagged this 34" Round Decorative Mirror from Target, along with these Natural Threshold Baskets (one for each kid's shoes!). We already had this LIATORP Console Table from IKEA, which was a great fit for the baskets. I also added a Snake Plant, because gimme all the easy plants! 

I pulled in a lamp from our bedroom, books from our bookshelf and the cutest little bee jewelry dish (previously gifted from my mom). 

Top all that off with the prettiest little bouquet left over from our anniversary and it made the look complete.

As for the hallway, we updated all the photos (Lindie and Jude had never before made the official Swift wall! Glad they're official now.) and added another row of frames left over from purging our attic a few months prior.

 I also sold the mirror we had hanging at the end of our hallway and replaced it with a homemade wall hanging Eliza and I made together. This was really simple and cheap to create. I used a tutorial I found here, just added an extra hoop and changed the shape a bit.

And that's a wrap! It feels so good to have it all finished, even if it took a few months. That's life, right?!

Scroll down to see some before and after photos side by side:

Our next room to tackle is the kitchen, so stay tuned for our kitchen makeover next!

Follow all of our makeover highlights on Instagram @aimeeswift.