After the walk-in closet, the next room that we tackeled was the foyer. It's an enclosed porch, accessed from the side entrance and is the door that everyone uses. I don't have pictures of it in its "before" state but, trust me, it was almost as much work as the closet and took us about a month to complete. I wanted to use indigenous materials but the cost and labor involved was a bit prohibitive. Consequently, I ended up spackling the walls with thick texture paint so it would feel like hand-troweled plaster. The tile is contemporary issue from Home Depot. The rest came from my imagination. After all, what is indigenious to Pennsylvania besides me: plaster from limestone, steel, and rust.

Rear Foyer: Detail 3^ The door in the foreground goes to the kitchen and our living area. The door with the beaded curtain goes to the second floor where I have my studio.

Rear Foyer: Detail 2^ Another view of the foyer. The door with the painted curtain actually passes through to the walk-in closet off of the master bedroom.

Rear Foyer: Detail 1^ Here's a view of the farm cabinet that I reworked to fit the space. I house most of my larger pots and occassional ware in there. The table is a vintage '70's cafe table. The glass top is painted with chalk board paint. The sections of "wrought iron fence" were purchased at Michael's Arts & Crafts. I was just lucky that they fit so well into the space. Too: They saved me quite a lot of work in adding interest to the room without adding wen's coating or a chair rail.

Rear Foyer: Detail 4.^ This room measures 11' deep and is a bit less than 7' wide so the perspective is just a little bit skewed. But this is door to the outside and the door from which the first photo was taken.