Lovely front entrance with delft blue paint and brass accents. Front doors should say welcome and thank you for visiting, I think this does just that!

SCW Interiors Hoachlander Davis Photography
Example of a transitional entryway design in DC Metro with gray walls and a glass front door

This midcentury split level needed an entire gut renovation to bring it into the current century. Keeping the design simple and modern, we updated every inch of this house, inside and out, holding true to era appropriate touches.

  Free ebook, Creating the Ideal Kitchen. DOWNLOAD NOW   We went with a minimalist, clean, industrial look that feels light, bright and airy. The island is a dark charcoal with cool undertones that coordinates with the cabinetry and transom work in both the neighboring mudroom and breakfast area. White subway tile, quartz countertops, white enamel pendants and gold fixtures complete the update. The ends of the island are shiplap material that is also used on the fireplace in the next room. In the new mudroom, we used a fun porcelain tile on the floor to get a pop of pattern, and walnut accents add some warmth. Each child has their own cubby, and there is a spot for shoes below a long bench. Open shelving with spots for baskets provides additional storage for the room. Designed by: Susan Klimala, CKBD Photography by: LOMA Studios For more information on kitchen and bath design ideas go to: www.kitchenstudio-ge.com

Entryway - cottage entryway idea in San Diego

This family was growing and needed to make more room. Rather than move to a new location, they decided to do a gut renovation and addition to their existing home. Part of what the client was looking for was to open up the house quite a bit more, which can be seen below in the flow from the kitchen into the living areas. We really like using timber framing when completing structural updates and we were able to implement that in this project for both practical and aesthetic purposes. In the kitchen we used walnut and birch and pine wide-plank flooring to further this look.

Inspiration for a farmhouse entryway remodel in San Diego with a medium wood front door

J Bloom Photography
Entryway - entryway idea in Omaha

This midcentury split level needed an entire gut renovation to bring it into the current century. Keeping the design simple and modern, we updated every inch of this house, inside and out, holding true to era appropriate touches.

2011 NARI CAPITAL COTY FINALIST AWARD WINNER This 1970’s split-level single-family home in an upscale Arlington neighborhood had been neglected for years. With his surrounding neighbors all doing major exterior and interior remodeling, however, the owner decided it was time to renovate his property as well. After several consultation meetings with the design team at Michael Nash Design, Build & Homes, he settled on an exterior layout to create an Art & Craft design for the home. It all got started by excavating the front and left side of the house and attaching a wrap-around stone porch. Key design attributes include a black metal roof, large tapered columns, blue and grey random style flag stone, beaded stain ceiling paneling and an octagonal seating area on the left side of this porch. The front porch has a wide stairway and another set of stairs leads to the back yard. All exterior walls of the home were modified with new headers to allow much larger custom-made windows, new front doors garage doors, and French side and back doors. A custom-designed mahogany front door with leaded glass provides more light and offers a wider entrance into the home’s living area. Design challenges included removing the entire face of the home and then adding new insulation, Tyvek and Hardiplank siding. The use of high-efficiency low-e windows makes the home air tight. The Arts & Crafts design touches include the front gable over the front porch, the prairie-style grill pattern on the windows and doors, the use of tapered columns sitting over stone columns and the leaded glass front door. Decorative exterior lighting provides the finishing touches to this look. Inside, custom woodwork, crown molding, custom glass cabinets and interior pillars carry the design. Upon entering the space, visitors face a large partition that separates the living area from a gourmet Arts & Crafts kitchen and dining room. The home’s signature space, the kitchen offers contrasting dark and light cherry cabinets. Wide plank hard wood floors, exotic granite counters and stainless steel professional-grade appliances make this a kitchen fit for any chef.

The finishing touches to pull this modern makeover together included building a custom granite, mahogany and stainless steel handrail in the front entry, replacing all of the exterior and interior doors and hardware, updating flooring and wall colors. The high quality of craftsmanship is apparent throughout, and elevates this home from 80’s split level to a luxurious modern dwelling befitting this view location.

The expanded front entry and opening the foyer into the dining area create a bright, open, and welcoming feel to an updated split foyer.
Large elegant medium tone wood floor and brown floor entryway photo in Baltimore with beige walls and a white front door

Updated and opened up split level entry
Inspiration for a mid-sized modern entryway remodel in Portland with beige walls and a glass front door

This midcentury split level needed an entire gut renovation to bring it into the current century. Keeping the design simple and modern, we updated every inch of this house, inside and out, holding true to era appropriate touches.

This 3 BR, 3 1/2 bath home allows the owners to live on one level most of the time. The Master Suite is on the main level along with the Living Room, Kitchen, Dining, pantries, Sun Room and service areas. The upper level houses two ample bedrooms while the lower level supports a rec center, media room, wine cellar, shop and full wet bar. Conceived as a Great Room house, the main level is designed as one seamless space that flows onto an ample deck overlooking the rear yard. We also incorporated a variety of green building techniques - photo-voltaic shingles on the roof of the garage to generate a portion of the home's energy, a super insulated building envelope, rain water harvesting, high performance windows and doors, a high efficiency heat pump, low flow bath & kitchen fixtures, Energy Star appliances and LED lighting - that greatly reduced this structure's carbon footprint. All of the strategies amounted to a 30% reduction in the energy consumption in this home relative to comparable structures.

Double Farmhouse Doors painted Benjamin Moore Iron Mountain, Clean Updated Staircase, Petite Entry Table, Under Stairs Closet, Brown/Gray Wood Look Tile, Modern Flat Trim and Crown, Antique Entry Console, Magnolia Wreaths, Sherwin Williams Eider White Ceilings and Walls, Sherwin Williams High Reflective White Trim, Open Concept Floorplan connecting to Dining and Living Room. Photo by Bayou City 360

These wandering tiles are a fun way to invite guests to wander into the home and also subtly protect the hardwood floors at the bottom of the heavy traffic stair.

Entryway - traditional entryway idea in Sacramento

Greg Premru Photography, Inc.
Example of a classic medium tone wood floor entryway design in Boston