52 Things – Decorate my entryway walls

Here’s this week’s item:

17. Decorate my entryway walls.

When you walk into our house, we have this little room that we use as the guest room. It’s got this long, long wall that leads into the living room and kitchen where we usually sit. Many, many months ago, I bought this leaves art to hang on that wall but it had been sitting in the room, packed waiting for my mom. So when she came over, it was one of the first things I wanted to hang:

To the right of the leaves, we put two things I’d bought from Japan back when I lived there. A frame with a prayer and another frame with six kabuki masks. To the left of the leaves, we put the paintings my mom made when she was 27. I spent most of my childhood looking at these and they have a special place in my heart.

Here’s a closeup of how the leaves look:

Here’s the other side of the room.

The couch and chairs are from Ikea. The side table close to the door was from Pottery Barn back in 1996. The keys hanging above it are also Pottery Barn and the drawing above them is one of my Mom’s drawings. Here’s a closeup of the keys:

On the other side of the couch are two tables that I just bought from Pottery Barn. The nest and candle holder are from At Home America and the lamp is an old one with a new shade from Ikea. And the pumpkin is also from Pottery Barn.