Previously our entry was divided from the living room by an opening that was smaller and contained a built-in planter and some curly, scrolly wrought iron. It fairly screamed "tired, old house." When we began planning the reconfiguration we knew that we wanted to keep things feeling open, but we also wanted a bit of separation too, which we weren't sure how we'd achieve.
Looking at furniture at Kincaid's one day we also noticed a number of old Chinese lattice panels. Really beautiful, most of them were originally either doors or floor screens and too big for what we thought we needed. Cindy mentioned there were a few more downstairs, and what did we find but some big, simple square ones, just about the right size for our wall. We brought it home and Bill reframed the opening to fit with a couple extra inches on all sides.
After spending most of our Labor Day relaxing we decided to finally hang it. A little bit of measuring, a bit of eyeballing, and four screw eyes and hooks (3 on top, one on the bottom just to steady it) and we're done, and really pleased.
9 comments:
I can picture the old wrought iron! This is a perfect solution! Staying tuned for the finished result!
It was so awful David. In addition to the planter and wrought iron there was sickly yellow paint, scrap marble on the floor, and partial walls cutting up every bit of space. We're a ways from done but it's night and day better.
Deservedly pleased. It looks great.
Hi David... yes that works really well. I like it!
The screen looks nice but think I would love the leather chair, or is that part of a sofa?
Perfect solution- I love it!
Love the clean lines. Am a nut for grids. Hope you celebrated your labor day labor!
Extremely cool! Is your house going to be on one of those home tours some day? I want to see!
I can't tell you how much I love that.
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