Here's the vest pocket-sized foyer at our Chester Court home. We wallpapered the walls and ceiling and added rhinestones to the paper for further pop. And then there are all sorts of ethnic "moments" scattered across the wall. The Chinoiserie mirror hails from eBay. I want to add a disco ball next. This is the "before" shot: Check out our further-embellished foyer at the end of the post.
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As you read in our last post, John and I spent this past weekend moving furniture, hanging artwork, and embellishing various spaces in our home at Chester Court.
Of course, we broke out our most favorite tool of the trade, the glue gun. There’s nothing better than having at a wall or a ceiling with the trusty glue gun, and if you don’t have such a tool in your possession, run to your nearest craft store and stock up.
Says John, “A glue gun is like water. An essential item.”
I retort, “A glue gun is like a crate of wine. An essential item.”
Our foyer at Chester Court is a small space that we have done up with glorious wallpaper from Matthew Williamson and gobs of ethnic-inspired “moments” to add loads of visual impact. The foyer could have been a simple, unadorned pass-through space, but we want people to really savor the entry to our home. We have objects that we have collected in India and Turkey, a pair of coral-like metal candleholders, Chinoiserie figurines, and a wild Balinese mask hanging over the inner door named Maude.
But we felt like the space could use even more punch and pow.
And so we busted out the glue gun and inexpensive sari trim that we found in a bazaar in Delhi, India and went to town.
Why not try a similar project in your own home? And you don’t need to hightail it to India for trim: A jaunt to JoAnn Fabric will do just swell thanks to their collection of embellishments and ribbon.
John and I found this inexpensive and highly gilt sari trim at a bazaar in India. If you want to embellish a room, why not use grosgrain ribbon that you can pick up at your local craft store... That's my furry hand holding the trim.
John gets busy on the walls of our foyer with his glue gun. "Love is a warm gun," says John. Er?
John and I found these fun camel and elephant adornments on our travels, and we tacked them to the walls of the foyer for fun. These look chic, n'est-ce pas?
John continues to wrap our foyer with the sparkly trim. Maude, our Balinese mask, gives John the googly eyes as he works magic with his trusty glue gun.
Here's our new-and-improved foyer after its embellishment. The sari trim running along the ceiling adds sparkle and brings the eye up. Since this is such a small space, we wanted to use embellishment to maximize the "experience" of passing through this room. Guests walk into our home and feel like they are entering another world. And they are, dearie, they are...
Tags: Chester Court, Embellishments, Glue Gun, india, John Loecke, Madcap Cottage, Rhinestones, Wallpaper, Weekend warrior
I don’t know if it survived the remodeling effort, but I was pleased to see that lovely blue cloisonne covered vase in your foyer (before picture). The fact that you have a cloisonne object in your wonderful mix — old cloisonne being my biggest collecting passion — makes me love what you guys do all the more! Thanks for a great and inspirational blog. (Oh, I should also mention that I’m a long-time pug owner and fan.)