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Need help in designing Foyer Area

8 September 2012

Hi
Request group to suggest some design for the Foyer area for our new apartment. We want to design it resort style and hence want an entry which is more towards nature with wood, stone slab, pebbles and plants.
will appreciate some reference pics for sharing with designer (who apparently is clueless)
Thanks!!!

Comments (28)

PRO
karen paul interiors
Could you post some pictures for us?
8 September 2012
PRO
Carolyn Albert-Kincl, ASID
Is your foyer 3' wide or 30' wide? How deep? Steps? As Karen says, please post pictures. We're even more clueless than your designer without them, as he/she probably saw what we need to see.
Pretty please!
8 September 2012
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Dytecture
What is the style you are looking for?
8 September 2012
houssaon
Here is a modern take on a tropical theme:
Captiva Entryway · More Info
8 September 2012
TanCalGal
I would not go too weird in a foyer-entry. This vignette gives a touch of what you are interested in but with restraint
Tropical Entry · More Info
9 September 2012
designgirl178
How about a nice garden bench with a shelf over it for storage and a few hooks next to it for coats? If you need more storage you could get a bench with drawers underneath. Painting the walls a sage green or something earthy would help with your nature theme. Another idea would be to find a nice branch to hang on the wall for a coat rack and key keeper. Good luck.
9 September 2012
tarunlakhani
HI
The house is under renovation. Please see the attached pics of the entrance area that we need to get designed. I had asked my designer to recommend a design with big stone slabs as steps and small pebbles at sides and between the gap. Some light at the base

Please advise
11 September 2012
tarunlakhani
OK
I am attaching 3D that we have finalised for Kitchen & Bathroom. It has that earthy resort look.
I need entrance design on this route.
Thanks for help
PS: Pls comment on Bathroom 3Ds
11 September 2012
PRO
Carolyn Albert-Kincl, ASID
Your kitchen and bathroom look fabulous! With such a sleek, contemporary design, I would expect your entry to have a similarly sleek appearance. I cannot tell from the photos the dimensions of the space and how far into the the apartment you want the foyer to run before getting to a living area. Please supply a sketch with measurements.
11 September 2012
TanCalGal
I associate the large slab + pebbles with outside Japanese garden-style.
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A free form flagstone would be easier to keep clean and safer to walk on for interior
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The bathrooms and kitchen are beautiful except for the floors. Bathroom (top left) I'd prefer a darker floor tile, match to the darker back splash tiles
LEED Led Summit Splendor · More Info

Bathroom top right a darker floor as well.

Kitchen back splash and floor matching
Master Bath · More Info
11 September 2012
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Carolyn Albert-Kincl, ASID
What flooring is going to be there? It should be the same as the rest of the living area.
11 September 2012
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karen paul interiors
The designer who worked on your bathroom and kitchen is one and the same designer you are working with in the foyer? Curious as to why you say she/he is clueless. Does there appear to be some resistance on the part of the designer to do a resort look in that area? The very materials you are suggesting would have a Zen feel and if you were to do something such as a Japanese garden style this would work exceptionally well with your very sleek modern look in the areas you have completed. BTW, I love the floors in those rooms. I think they are understated and very much a good choice.
11 September 2012
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karen paul interiors
I have this photo in one of my idea books. Perhaps it can lend some inspiration. Note the water feature and the minimalist approach and the addition of line and texture.
The Aurea · More Info
11 September 2012
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Carolyn Albert-Kincl, ASID
I'm not sure why people are showing exterior photos. Did I miss something? It was stated in the original question that this is an apartment and I thought the photos supplied showed it to be an interior apartment.
11 September 2012
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karen paul interiors
Well, maybe it's a two-story apartment. Ha! I totally missed that little detail. :)
11 September 2012
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Carolyn Albert-Kincl, ASID
Hey, we're fitting in these answers between work we're being paid for. It's okay if we sometimes miss a point or two.
11 September 2012
PRO
Mint Design
Here is a wallcovering made of pebbles backed with webbing. I am also enclosing a photo of a succulent wall. I suggest breaking up the pebble wall with succulents displayed as you would display art in whatever shapes you chose. I am also attaching 2 floor ideas, one is a brown fossil limestone, the other a terrazzo floor with bronze fossils. The wallcovering and succulents are easily removed if you are renting, not so the floors. Hope these give you some inspiration! :)
11 September 2012
PRO
Mint Design
here are some less formal succulent wall designs...be original and scatter them! :)
11 September 2012
tarunlakhani
Hi
Few points:
1. It's not an independent residential apartment. It is a flat in a 25storey block
2. I have attached the floor plan for reference. The entrance is not too huge.
3. It's good to know that you guys have liked the Bathroom & kitchen design. The tiling work is in progress and it has come out well. I will take few snaps and post
4. When I say resort look - I understand and mean a simplistic natural looking design. More towards wood, nature, green, matt finish etc... Hope i am not confusing anyone here
5. Do you think the bathroom & kitchen design gels with what I mean by resort look.
6. The foyer area is a small (not too big) entrance. It's like a passage as you can see in the pics I posted earlier. When you enter you don't see the entire living room rather you see the wall (kitchen wall), where we intend to keep our dining table. Some thoughts on designing that wall is also requested

Thanks!
12 September 2012
tarunlakhani
Apparently, this site doesn't allow to upload PDF file. I have converted the PDF into an image file and reattaching the floor plan
12 September 2012
tarunlakhani
Layout
12 September 2012
PRO
Carolyn Albert-Kincl, ASID
Your kitchen and bath appear to be lovely high end contemporary designs, but I see nothing resort-like about them. In your entry, you could consider a water feature such as the one shown below. I would place this feature on the wall to left as you enter the apartment. On the right, after the window, I would place an entry console with large contemporary art above.
Water Wall · More Info
13 September 2012
tarunlakhani
Hi Carolyn
Water wall is a great idea. The only difficulty i see it to bring a water connection to that point. Or how does it work.
We were looking for some cabinet at the half base of the wall with shoe cabinet and a settee. I wanted to do something on the floor as mentioned previously.
What would you put to make bathrooms more resort like. I thought the pattern tiles, the wooden vanity, big mirror, plants etc resembled what I have seen in some resorts
13 September 2012
PRO
Carolyn Albert-Kincl, ASID
Perhaps the water feature could be placed at the far end of the entrance where it would back up to the kitchen and a water source probably would be available.

I think your bathrooms have a very deluxe hotel look, like a Four Seasons Hotel. When you say "resort" look to American designers, I believe we think of tropical
features or a mountain ski resort atmosphere. Once you've moved in and accessorized the rooms, you'll have a stunningly beautiful home.

Perhaps another designer will suggest something for shoe storage at the entry. I did find the photo below, but I suspect that someone will come up with other ideas.
Entry · More Info
14 September 2012
tarunlakhani
Hi
Pls see the 3D images shared by designer for the Foyer area and the living room. This look is too modern. The foyer area looks good but this is not what we are looking for. I wanted to have pebbles, stones etc in the foyer area.
Kindly suggest
20 September 2012
PRO
Carolyn Albert-Kincl, ASID
Island Stone medan charcoal perfect pebble backsplash · More Info

natural haven · More Info
Here are a couple of photos of pebble tile, which comes in a variety of colors. It could be used on the wall behind the bench which your designer shows as an upholstered wall. Or it could be used as a border or center design in the foyer flooring, or even the entire foyer floor.
20 September 2012
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KIM CHENG design and associates
Your preference for stone is a good choice for resort living atmosphere. Do an Interior wall finish in stone or leave wall alone and do a stone type of flooring. Either one will work well. Keep it simple so won't look clustered with your design for furniture.
28 July 2018
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KIM CHENG design and associates
Colours should be kept to simple plain light colours like beige and flooring should be light shade of warm brown. Good Luck and hope all goes well for you.
28 July 2018

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