The entrance is often the first impression of a home, and it is the “face” that reflects the owner’s taste and temperament. What is the entrance door? In modern homes, the porch refers to an area at the entrance of the house’s entrance door. In addition to fully considering the echo relationship with the overall space, the decoration design of the porch also pays attention to the feng shui of the porch. Next, let’s take a look at how to decorate the home entrance.
1 What is the porch
The porch originally refers to the door of Buddhism, but now it generally refers to the outer door of the hall, which is an area at the entrance of the living room. Originating from China, it refers to a transitional space between indoor and outdoor residences, that is, a buffer space for changing shoes, changing clothes, or going from indoors to outdoors. Although the area of the entrance is not large in the residence, it is used frequently and is a necessary place to enter and exit the residence.
The function of the entrance
1. Privacy
is to keep the owner privacy. To avoid the guest to have an unobstructed view of the entire room as soon as they enter the door, that is, use wood or glass as a partition at the entrance to delineate an area to visually block it.
2. For decoration purposes
It is for decoration purposes. The first thing you see when you enter the door is the porch, which is the first feeling of guests entering the family from the complicated outside world.
3. It is convenient to take off clothes and change shoes and hanging hats
It is convenient for guests to take off clothes and change shoes and hanging hats. It is best to set shoe cabinets, coat racks, coat mirrors, etc. in the entrance. The shoe cabinet can be made into a concealed type. The shape of the coat rack and coat mirror should be beautiful and generous, and coordinate with the style of the entire entrance. The decoration of the entrance should be coordinated with the decoration style of the whole house, and play a role in linking the previous and the next.
2 Key points of porch decoration design
Size
The net width should not be less than 1. 2 meters, and the height should be between 2.5-2.65 meters, or more higher.
Floor
Choose a floor tile that is wear-resistant and easy to clean, different in color from the living room, or raise the floor , or make bevels.
Walls
It is best to use neutral and warm colors, which also implies The main color of the interior space.
Lighting
The chandelier or ceiling light is the main light, supplemented by spotlights, wall lights, etc. Warm tones predominate.
Furniture
Storage and decoration, without affecting access, if the room is small, use low cabinets, shoes cabinet, etc.
Ornament
Potted plants, paintings, ornaments, wall square mirrors, or wooden lattices Grid decorative mirror, etc.
3 Entrance decoration materials
Ground materials
Since the entryway needs to consider the cleaning function, marble or floor tiles are generally used. The aesthetic effect can also separate the porch floor from the living room and become a self-contained body. If the living room adopts the composite floor, considering the consistency of the ground height and the overall effect of the room, the composite floor can also be used in the entrance. The floor design needs to grasp that it is easy to clean, durable and beautiful.
Top surface material
The space of the entrance is often cramped, which is easy to produce a sense of depression, but through the partial The matching of the suspended ceiling can change the proportion and scale of the entrance space and shape the space level. The ceiling of the entrance should be considered in combination with the ceiling of the living room, hoping to achieve the effect of simplicity, unity and individuality. [Entrance Lighting>>]
Wall Materials
Often choose a main wall The core is delineated. The color wall paint can be painted according to the color of the room; the wall paint effect can be made with different textures; the strong artistic decorative effect can be achieved by the uneven change of the line, the wall hanging wall decoration or the arrangement of the relief and other scenery. The emphasis is on embellishment, avoid stacking and repeating, and the color should not be too much.
Partition material
Glass is the most commonly used partition material between the living room and the entrance. The decoration, lighting and transparency are all good. The practice of curtain partition is more common, and the design methods are also more diverse, which can be gauze curtain, cloth curtain, bead curtain and so on. The practicality of the cabinet partition is extremely strong within the range allowed by the space.
4 Entrance renovation design
Entrance into a cloakroom
The entryway can add shoe cabinets, open wardrobes, coat racks and other furniture to create a small cloakroom , Conditional can create an in-wall wardrobe at the entrance, which can not only divide the area, but also effectively save space. In this way, the storage function of the porch can be increased, and some small decorations can also be displayed, which are functional and beautiful.
Convert the entrance to a bar
The entrance can be made into a bar, and the bar can be used as the entrance The partition is not only a partition, but also can meet the functions of entertaining guests and leisure.
