Do you think of your Entryway as a room in your house? You should. It is the FIRST thing that people see when they come in your front door, it sets the entire mood for the rest of your space. I have spent the last week and 1/2 making over my Entryway and I am dying to show you!

This is what it looked like before the makeover:

I love it.

So let me give you the Mandilicious guided tour!

The hands down greatest thing in here is the tandem bicycle art. Do you remember a few weeks ago when I shared my list of 6 of my favorite blogs? Well on that list was Olson Ink. Jonathan is SO insanely talented that I knew he was the man for the job.

All I did was tell him that I wanted a tandem old school bike in cobalt and white. He came up with a 100% custom sketch (that I jumped for joy at!)  It was SO much better than anything that I could have dreamed up.

He painted it on a 8’x4’x1” plywood with a wood veneer. The wood was stained a light Honey Blonde color before he started painting. Then when he was all done he cut it into 5 sections.

Isn’t he amazing?! Crap. I don’t use a lot of art in my house because it feels so impersonal but to have something like this painted by one of your friends? Sheesh, it doesn’t get much better than that. And when Jonathan becomes rich and famous I will forever have a custom piece painted by him. (For those interested in having him paint something for you you can email him at jonathan.olson4 at hotmail dot com)

The credenza was a find that my Mother In Law found about a year ago. It was only $35.00 and she used it in my Sister in Law’s bedroom until we decided to change her room up. It had been sitting in the garage the last few months and I knew that it needed to come and live at my house! Not one thing has been changed on it,  sometimes you can really score a great piece that just needs a good wipe down! Its probably from the 50’s and I had a really hard time capturing the vibrancy of it. It is almost the exact same color as my kitchen table. It is made out of metal so its really industrial but, helllllllo its teal. Its like a combo made in mismatched heaven.

All of the books and odds and ends as well as the lamp were found thrifting. The cute little stool was a $10.00 Craigslist find and it gives it the raw industrial push that the space needed.

And then there is of course the Herringbone Ceiling. Oh how I love it. But it would not be as awesome without Octy the Purple Chandelier. Ol’ Octy is still one of the best thrifting finds I have ever happened across.

So what do you think?!

If you liked this makeover you will DIE over the before and afters of these room makeovers too!

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Wahoo! The entryway and Master Bedroom are DONE! You have no clue how excited I am! Today’s project comes from the Entryway. It started off a few months ago with Octy the Purple Chandelier.  We have all seen the beautiful herringbone walls that are floating around blogland and Pinterest like this one from Girls With Good Taste. So so beautiful. I decided to change it up a little though. (I know you are shocked.)

Most Herringbone wall treatments have the same color for the entire horizontal row, like this one from Girls With Good Taste:

It is so cute but I wanted the color to alternate spaces which was probably more work but I think it turned out amazing!

I used flat paint so that the texture of the ceiling doesn’t take away from the herringbone pattern and I am SO glad that I did.

Start by finding the center of your ceiling. Then divide your space evenly. I have 4 sections in mine. Remember to take into account the width of your tape and adjust accordingly

I used a template to mark my spaces for the horizontal lines.

You will want to mark almost the full width of the tape because you will be using that mark from both sides.

Starting in the left corner I marked at the full width of the template. Same for the second line. The secret to having perfect even lines is to take mark #1 from one side and connect it to the corner and then take mark #2 and connect it to mark #1.

Now if that made your brain hurt hold on cause its about to get worse. To alternate colors and have them the same sixe when you are finished you need to adjust to accommodate your tape. The pieces that are staying white have a little tape mark in them so that I don’t paint them. You will also notice that the tape is always on the INSIDE the tape of the unmarked section. They best way to do this is to tape on the inside of your marks when you are doing a section that is the same as your base color and on the outside of your mark when you are doing a section that is the new color. And if you mess up its ok, step back and try again!

Hooray!! You have made it through! Now you are ready to paint!

Paint each section that is not marked and remember if you paint it with your base color first and then your accent color it will prevent any bleeding! I cant give you the name of the base color because it was something that I mixed myself! Sorry guys!

When it is done peel your tape of and go get a Diet Coke cause you deserve it!

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