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Originally Posted by bmw335xi
Those pictures are a little outdates by a couple months. I put the pink flower tree in a different part of the house and I have a tall tree in a white pot now lol. I know I want that in this area and I also have a different floor lamp. The other things in the picture might stay or might go as this is the last part that needs to be designed. You can see the photos below. I do like where you are going with your ideas.
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Your most current set up needs quite a bit more work in terms of scale and lighting.
I’m only going to make a few comments because you have A LOT of work to do in considering style, taste, scale, and lighting. Furnishing should really be the last of your concern.
Lets start with the premise:
- you want this to be a foyer-ish space...you don’t care about function
- you want this space to be a statement
- you are going for white, minimalist, contemporary, presumably ok with some midcentury modern based on some of the stuff you have
Things you have said/shown/alluded to that make me think you have not really thought about the space:
- the seat belt lounger (presumably from Phillips Collection) - not appropriate considering the banister you are working with. That banister is hard to ignore as you enter the front door. I’m assuming the rest of the house has architectural elements that are transitional in nature like your banister, so you should really think about which white/minimalist/contemporary pieces will work well in that space. It certainly can, but you must think about the texture, form, and lines of the pieces you get and how they relate to the rest of the house.
- the lighting - the night pictures you posted show a desperate need for lighting in this area. I encourage you to go back and look at those pictures again. Look at photos of well-lit foyers in some magazines, and look at your photos.
- the art - visit a local museum and observe how art is lit. At the same time, look at the art on the wall in your photo.
- Plants - the tree that you have in the space, while great in height, is not very architectural. Also, the tree has very little relation to some of the (fake?) tropical leaves you have in nearby vases. If you love that tree there, then it stays but rest of the space must be impeccable.
My recommendations:
1. Get rid of that tiny coffee table. STAT. It screams "my owner is moving out and I got left behind when the movers came”.
2. Hire an interior lighting designer to light that space. You CANNOT have a statement foyer without a thoughtful lighting scheme.
3. Consider this question: if you are not going to use that space, and you want this to be a statement foyer space, do you really need chairs and bookshelves etc.?
Contemporary foyer space with high ceiling:
- think of a grand, white, airy chandelier (browse on ylighting, it has a ton of contemporary chandeliers and pendant lights)
- a sufficiently large round foyer table under the chandelier. You can use a round dining table as a foyer table. The important point is scale. It needs to be big enough. For example, take a look at the Saarinen tulip dining table, 60” diameter. I would use the satin coated arabescato marble as the table top with a white base. You can get that at DWR or Knoll or whatever Knoll retailer around you for pretty cheap.
- light the walls appropriately for the art you will place, and don’t go with a snoozer art from any retail. Commission a local artist if possible. Keep scale in mind.
- One or two tall plant - the current tree, or if you want a more sculptural vibe, consider fiddle-leaf fig (ficus lyrata, it’s everywhere these days) or a giant bird of paradise (strelitzia nicolai).
You have quite a bit of work to do in that space, but do keep these points in mind as you work through the design process. Good luck.
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