The floors aren’t done, but the end is in site. 🙂 I have to finish the other half of the front room and the stairwell, then fill in a few gaps with scraps. I’m not done for today, far from it, but I wanted to show off my new functional entrance. Functional being defined by a place to hang a coat and purse as well as stow away shoes. I was rather sick of draping a coat over an armchair, putting the purse on the seat of the chair, and then putting my shoes away under it!

doesn’t that half of the room seem huge now?!

I have two of these hooks. They have followed me all of my adult life and I’m pleased to have found a place for at least one in Miranda.

This self-indulgent idea comes from either Real Simple magazine or Martha Stewart. Imagine that I have enough carrying capacity to haul around a tub filled with rocks!

Starting to look like a home! (Click on the picture to see my footwear on the pan. 🙂 )

I have always wanted to incorporate a bit of the sea into my decor and have finally done so. The pan of stones comes from the beach across the road here. Of course if I ever run out of carrying capacity that pan will be the first thing to go, but for now I’m going to enjoy it. I’ve had that solution in my ideas folders for a long, long time. It’s pretty, cheap, and efficient. Well, at least I think so. Since this is my home, my opinion is the only one that matters. 😀

One of the things I’ve been looking for and am glad I won’t need is a coat rack. I didn’t think I had a secure place into which to screw the hook, but the doorjamb is made from solid wood and more than wide enough for me to be able to screw into it.

The only thing left to do is to find a long, narrow basket to affix to the top of the pantry to hold keys and other small items, but this is low priority. I am considering the entrance DONE. YAY!