The entryway is the first glimpse of your home, yet it is often one of the most overlooked spaces when decorating. While mirrors and console tables are popular choices, entryway wall art offers another way to introduce colour, express your style and make even an awkward wall feel intentional.
From oversized canvas art to long, narrow designs, here are a few ways to rethink your entryway.
Let Artwork Set the Tone
Your entryway offers an introduction to the rest of your home. Landscapes can create a calm atmosphere, abstract artwork can introduce colour, and more traditional designs can complement period properties.
Rather than choosing artwork simply to match your walls, consider how it connects with the colours and materials in adjoining rooms. A complementary palette creates continuity, while a contrasting piece can give your entrance its own character.
Make the Most of Awkward Walls
Not every entryway has space for large furniture or conventional artwork. Narrow sections between doorways, short corridors and walls at the end of hallways can all benefit from carefully chosen canvas art.
Long, narrow artwork works particularly well along extended walls, while vertical designs make use of limited horizontal space. These proportions can help create a focal point without overwhelming a smaller entrance.
Explore our long narrow wall art collection for designs suited to these often-overlooked spaces.
Go Bigger Than You Think
Small entryways do not always need small artwork. One oversized piece can create a stronger focal point than several smaller frames, particularly on a wide wall or above a bench or console table.
Choose artwork that suits the proportions of your wall, leaving enough space around it to feel balanced. Larger pieces work especially well in simple interiors where the artwork can take centre stage.
Discover more options in our large wall art collection.
Find a Solution for Awkward Features
Electrical panels, fuse boxes and utility cabinets can interrupt an otherwise well-designed hallway. Artwork may help integrate these features into the surrounding space, provided safe and unobstructed access is maintained.
Read our guide to hiding an electrical panel with wall art without renovating for more ideas.
Connect Your Entryway to the Rest of Your Home
Hallways connect the rooms where we spend most of our time, so artwork can help make these transitions feel more considered. Choose a design that picks up colours from an adjoining living or dining room, or introduce a contrasting style to give the entrance its own identity.
For more inspiration, explore our hallway décor collection.
Find Inspiration in Real Homes
Choosing wall art online can make it difficult to picture how a design will look in your own space. Our Our Art, Your Walls gallery features customer photos that show how Atelier Printworks artwork looks in real interiors.
Use these examples to discover different styling ideas, artwork proportions and frame combinations for your own entryway.
Rethink Your Entryway
Decorating an entryway does not have to mean following the usual mirror-and-console-table formula. A long canvas in a narrow hallway, an oversized piece on a blank wall or artwork beside the front door can make the space feel more considered.
Atelier Printworks offers framed canvas wall art in a range of sizes and proportions, including long, narrow and oversized designs. Each piece is made to order and ready to hang, helping you find artwork that works with your space rather than the other way around.
