Welcoming vignettes

In my own entry hall I have two tables and a chair but no console table.

I have been thinking about ramping up the impact in there, somehow.

Whether your entry decor is modern or traditional, elaborate or minimalist, functional or decorative there needs to be a certain cohesiveness in the vignette.

They are meant to set a mood and welcome.

How functional they are varies.

I am a huge fan of large abstracts above a console.

I love the look of a stool or pair of them under a console but I am not sold on the functionality of them.

I mean really, how often do you plop down at a table styled to the hilt?

What would you do there?

Do you prefer a vignette composed of many things or just a few?

Stools underneath or no?
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