Famous fashion icon and TV personality Martha Stewart says nothing beats a good inviting hallway.
All jokes aside, the famous lifestyle guru is touting a good entranceway as an inviting way to welcome guests.
Sure, this all seems a bit suspect in the wake of Martha recently showing off her 85-year-old swimsuit curves in the hot tub of her Seal Harbor, Maine home, as reported by The Maine Wire earlier this month.
But she’s serious about a good hallway.
In a new feature published Wednesday by Homes & Gardens, Stewart says nothing beats an enchanting entryway.
“First impressions count, so make your hallway a space to be remembered with an eye-catching focal point that borrows from nature,” Jennifer Ebert writes in H&G’s latest issue.
“In the hallway of Martha Stewart’s Maine home, an intricate display of preserved moss, available on Amazon, and seedling evergreens from Martha’s own forest garden bring the piece to life,” Ebert reports.
“The simple vignette beautifully complements its classic timber surroundings, strengthening the connection with nature.”
Stewart says, ‘I first became enamored with faux bois when I purchased Skylands, my home in Maine.”
She commissioned San Antonio, Texas-based artist Carlos Cortés to create several large faux bois concrete tables for her home.
Rooms such as halls, foyers, and entrances are often overlooked when it comes to creating statement designs, Ebert promises.
“Yet they can be the perfect places to experiment with bold colors, patterns, or, in Martha’s case, a striking ‘ancient’ vignette that her gardeners have curated using elements from her own backyard.
“An entryway is one of the home’s main connections to the outdoors, so enhancing this relationship with planting can create a unique indoor-outdoor effect, bringing the beauty of nature’s verdant palette inside.”
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