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\nFirst impressions last a lifetime. Though this axiom is most frequently employed to describe people, we think it applies equally to interior design. Consider the foyer. After all, a foyer \u2014 alternately, the entryway, entrance, vestibule and lobby \u2014 serves as a kind of design ambassador, introducing and welcoming guests to a home. And just like a smile or a handshake, it hints at what comes next: spaces that will either be inviting or formal, casual or dramatic, warm or minimal. The ideal foyer should be dazzling, demonstrative and tell a story unique to its inhabitants. To help get you started on the right foot, we’ve assembled a gallery of 17 beautiful entry ways, ranging from a spare Dallas atrium to a neoclassical Norman castle. It would be a pleasure to make the acquaintance of every one of them.<\/p>\n\n
For the foyer of this Greenwich, Connecticut country home, interior designer Thom Filicia<\/a> used round mirrors by Jonathan Burden and a Hickory Chair bench to balance the home’s neo-Georgian Colonial architecture.<\/span><\/p>\n A parcel-gilt ebonized console in the style of Napoleon III and a Chippendale-style mirror welcomes guests to a Richard Mishaan<\/a>\u2013designed suite at the St. Regis Hotel in New York City.<\/span><\/p>\n At Lethbridge House \u2014 a palatial residence on London\u2019s Regent\u2019s Park \u2014 interior designer Nicola Fontanella<\/a> placed a colorful painting by <\/span>Marc Quinn<\/a> in the foyer<\/span>.<\/p>\n Designer Frank Roop<\/a> used an oversize tufted bench to add an “unexpected or dramatic” element to the entryway of this Boston-area colonial home.<\/span><\/p>\n The foyer of this prewar Manhattan home includes a bench and mirror by Karl Springer<\/a>.<\/p>\nPhoto courtesy Elle Decor<\/h5>\n
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To offset the dramatic concrete, steel and limestone architecture of this Dallas, Texas home, designer Emily Summers<\/a> used a spare, geometric glass table .<\/span><\/p>\n
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The foyer of Lee Mindel\u2019s<\/a> Manhattan penthouse is furnished with an assortment of iconic pieces, including<\/span> <\/span>Frank Gehry<\/span><\/a>\u2018s corrugated chairs, a Siamese bench by <\/span>Antoni Gaud\u00ed<\/span><\/a> and a custom floor lamp by <\/span>Maarten Baas<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n
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For a Palm Beach, Florida entryway, designer Ellie Cullman<\/a> used a vibrantly colored Donald Sultan artwork to add contrast to an antique bench.<\/span><\/p>\n
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