First Impressions Matter: Entryway Furniture Ideas for a Warm Welcome

For homes everywhere, your entryway makes the first impression. This is especially true for homes, moreover for compact homes in city areas. Tiny flats, often with narrow corridors make home décor a challenge. However, it’s a big space for the imagination.

However, this valuable space is often downgraded to an afterthought cluttered with miscellaneous mismatched items.

Imagine having the luxury of turning it into a stylish, functional entranceway despite limited space. With the newest entryway furniture styles, you can create a warm, chic, and a uniquely personalized first impression to your home.

Keep reading to find out how Ofcasa's fashionable furniture pieces can help you re-design your entryway and make a statement.

Why Your Entryway Deserves a Re-Design

Visualize your front entrance as a first meeting with someone new. The first impression is often the most important and lasting impression. For residents and tenants, optimizing this space solves core problems:

• Beats Clutter: Provides space for bags, shoes, and keys.
• Ensures Flow: Prevents jamming in narrow corridors.
• Provides Instant Style: Creates a fashionable statement of your home when visitors first set foot inside.
• Provides Practical Decor: A place to sit so you can put on shoes, or keep your keys.

Solving Small Space Challenges

If you have a narrow entryway, you need to think of compact furniture. Whether it’s a chair, or a clothes-hanger, or even a side-table to keep your things. The proper small-scale furniture provides you with function and style without constricting the passageway.

Many as “what pieces of furniture are right for a narrow hallway," or “how can I make my entryway look bigger?"

The secret is to choose slender furniture for small houses that focuses:

• Sleek Silhouettes: Steer clear of big arms or spacious seats. Opt for chairs under 60cm deep.
• Leggy Looks: Open-leg chairs with floor space exposed causing buildup.
• Light & Bright: Light-colored furniture bounces light off, making lighter rooms.
• Multi-Functionality: Seating accompanied by storage or surface area in one piece.
• Strategic Placing: Push furniture into a corner or against the least used wall.

We are not only going to give you entryway design tips, but also suggest the best compact furniture ideas for a mind-blowing first impression home décor!

Entry Styling with Chairs

Best for adding personality and a warm modern touch to entryways with a little more space. You can create a small hallway seating area to sit down and wear or take off your shoes, or even just to make a unique impression.

1. Check out Flora Lounge Chair in Green Linen. It adds fresh, floral life to your entryway. It’s curved back creates the impression of space, and slim legs leave more visible floor space. 
2. The Aveline Lounge Chair in Mustard Linen is another perfect entryway furniture for homes. It introduces cozy, sunny vibes in the first impression. Small size helps fits perfectly beside an entryway closet, or by a coat stand. 

1. If your entryway is narrow, but you’d like to decorate it with a small hallway seating area, Aoife Dining Chair might be the best way to go. Its faux suede upholstery in dark brown or grey, is the perfect accent chair to create a sophisticated entryway! Sleek profile, matt outlook, faux suede, and backrest make them ideal for high-traffic entryways. It is a top pick for compact furniture ideas. 
2. If your idea for a great entryway is light and bright, then Zahra Dining Chairs in Beige or White is perfect. This chair comes in Boucle upholstery, and its divided seat and back, creates an impression of space and style. Boucle is warm and inviting, and the light color makes the hallways of dark rooms brighter. Provides instant sensual indulgence. 

Essential Surface and Storage

You can choose to decorate with chairs, shelves, or hangers. However, your entryway will be incomplete without a surface.

This could be to keep your going-out essentials, like the keys to your house or car. It could even be an indispensable home décor surface, to put a potted plant, a family photo, or even a lamp to make a warm welcoming atmosphere. Anything to personalize your UK home entryway. The possibilities are endless!

1. First choice is the Orin Round Side Table. It comes in a unique shade of Purple-Red. This compact side table is a show-stopper all by itself. You could decorate it with simple items, or just leave it as it in a corner of your entryway. It makes a bold fashion statement on its own.
2. Chealsea Round Side Table is another small choice for compact furniture ideas. Only 50cm, it comes in a deep Green. It’s perfect to integrate into a biophilic entryway décor. 

Redesign Your Home Entryway with OfCasa

The best thing about buying from Ofcasa is that you can mix and match! Browse through our curated collection and pick the right pieces of chairs, tables and more, perfect for your home entryway!