Decorating your home in a shabby chic style can add a lot of design, warmth, and visual appeal. When decorating in this style, don’t forget to include the foyer. The mix of patterns, colors, and textures that are common with the shabby chic decorating style can really add a welcoming look to your lobby area. Hardware is a decorating feature that can be easily overlooked, but can be very effective when creating the shabby chic look. Often times you can add a nice, worn look to a room, simply by swapping out contemporary hardware and accessories with vintage finds. If you want to add some worn style to the entry area of ​​your home, here are some decorating tips that can help you get started.

Planning your Shabby Chic style
Although this decorating style often has a somewhat random appearance, it’s actually more effective if you do a little planning ahead. If you already have this style in the rest of your home, then it should be easy to add accessories that help your foyer blend in seamlessly. Try to pick a few of the same colors, without looking like you’re trying too hard to make everything “match.” You may not even need to buy new hallway furniture or accessories, especially if you have some unused items in your attic. Instead of buying a new table, add a fresh coat of cream or white paint to an old desk. Add a few vintage touches, like scraping the paint along the edges of the desk to make it look “well-worn,” or using an old stain over the paint. Replacing the original hardware with vintage hardware pieces can also add a great look.

Great decoration tricks with old ironwork
Because vintage hardware pieces are often more interesting in appearance than their contemporary counterparts, they can be an important part of your decorating scheme. Replacing older handles, drawer pulls, knobs, and hinges can be quite easy and inexpensive. It’s also a great way to use hardware pieces you may have saved from previously discarded furniture. Using old hardware can be even easier when decorating in a shabby chic style, because you don’t have to worry as much about finding matching hardware. Try removing shiny knobs and handles, replacing them with pewter, copper, and brass pieces. Or, add old metal hooks to a board to create a handy hooked shelf in the foyer area. Hardware pieces can also be used in surprising new ways, like screwing drawer pulls into a wooden board to create a coat rack. You can even create interesting picture frames by gluing old pieces of hardware around wooden or painted frames. You can add to the overall look by replacing your front door knob with an old variety. When replacing existing furniture hardware with old pieces, the holes in the furniture may not match where the hardware screws should be. If this is the case, simply fill in the existing holes, paint the furniture, and drill new holes for your old hardware.