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  • Опубликовано: 21 сен 2024
  • Front foyer, hall, entrance... whatever you call it it's the first thing people see when they step into your home. So make it GREAT!!! Today we're talking about the best dos and don'ts of front entrance design and how you can make your home experience start off on the best note possible.
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Комментарии • 112

  • @dyanalayng5507
    @dyanalayng5507 7 дней назад

    Good point about using a special flooring for the entry!

  • @mistydevillier2197
    @mistydevillier2197 11 месяцев назад +24

    YES!! Thank you with the pronunciation of foyer. I say it correctly in my head when people mispronounce it.

    • @carolefreeman2544
      @carolefreeman2544 11 месяцев назад +5

      I agree! It’s the US that pronouns FOYER incorrectly!

    • @mrphoenixgrey
      @mrphoenixgrey  11 месяцев назад +5

      I’m so glad I’m not the only one. I had to say it! Lol

    • @joanasilva8567
      @joanasilva8567 11 месяцев назад +4

      You all pronounce it incorrectly, as I said in my comment, because you only worry about pronouncing the last syllable, so the word ends up half english and half French, which in my book is even more ridiculous. Just don't worry about stuff like that, pronounce it however you want and don't police people

    • @berlinorama
      @berlinorama 11 месяцев назад +3

      But there is no accent in foyer;-))

    • @t.a.yeah.
      @t.a.yeah. 11 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@joanasilva8567What is wrong and what is right in language anyway? Language changes, people have accents, rules alter, languages mix ... So yeah, pronounce it like you want. :D

  • @merrywalsh2809
    @merrywalsh2809 11 месяцев назад +3

    Great talk, DD, even if you can’t pronounce simultaneous. My favorite thing you said is making a statement with the flooring. Not many designers think to mention that, but it really is the most bang for your buck. I am so grateful for the designer who did the reno on the home I bought. Before, the entrance was not even a foyer. She took out the coat closet to create one. She punched up into the attic one foot for a rectangular tray ceiling. She put in a pendant light fixture, and changed out the front doors to ones with horizontal strips of glass. All this gave it a brighter, roomier, stylish entrance. Most flippers would not have gone to the trouble.

    • @mrphoenixgrey
      @mrphoenixgrey  11 месяцев назад +1

      Yes!! So glad that some other designers include these details! 🥰 and thank you for watching

  • @Noreenlee1
    @Noreenlee1 6 месяцев назад +2

    I love your casually offered expertise (as opposed to someone I gave up watching because he never stops reminding his viewers that he is "educated in design".) Great information, as always.

    • @vanillacakes
      @vanillacakes Месяц назад

      I think I know who you’re talking about 🤭 and same- I stopped watching them!

  • @devos50
    @devos50 11 месяцев назад +5

    Do NOT get rid of that plant! I love it!!! I looks gorgeous as a background on your videos, I can even say that it is iconic.

    • @mrphoenixgrey
      @mrphoenixgrey  11 месяцев назад +1

      Haha! I custom ordered some furniture for the little vignette so we will see if it still goes with everything once I set it all up :)

  • @carolhathaway5168
    @carolhathaway5168 11 месяцев назад +4

    I second that comment. Thank you for emphasizing the correct pronunciation of "foyer." An excellent video, as always.

    • @mrphoenixgrey
      @mrphoenixgrey  11 месяцев назад

      Thanks so much for watching 🤍🤍

  • @Jimenezgyna
    @Jimenezgyna 11 месяцев назад +6

    Blown away from all the expertise and wonderful suggestions you provided.

    • @mrphoenixgrey
      @mrphoenixgrey  11 месяцев назад

      You are so kind, thank you 🤍🤍

  • @wcouch8
    @wcouch8 11 месяцев назад +6

    I was measuring off the future layout of my foyer when you dropped this video. Getting a snack and sitting to listen before proceeding

  • @stephanie.sunshine
    @stephanie.sunshine 11 месяцев назад +5

    Thank you so much for this video. ❤ Again you‘re such a help in making decisions and bringing my home to the next level. Your humor is great, please keep it no matter if daddy, granddaddy etc.!
    You‘re not the only one checking in the mirror before leaving. The foyer definitely is the best place for a large mirror.

    • @mrphoenixgrey
      @mrphoenixgrey  11 месяцев назад +1

      That means so much! Thank you 🙏🏼 so happy you enjoy my channel

  • @AnthonyDeluca
    @AnthonyDeluca 11 месяцев назад +8

    I’m here for the opening bloopers every time 😂

  • @ameliaclark5792
    @ameliaclark5792 8 месяцев назад +1

    Yeah someone that pronounces foyer properly! I knew you were Canadian as soon as I heard it❤️🇨🇦

  • @debrahill2272
    @debrahill2272 10 месяцев назад +2

    Masterclass was in session..I am foyer-less, I just created a word.😃
    When entering my space you step into the living room facing the kitchen sink..Older homes ,you just got to love the Floorplans...
    ...😀😲

    • @mrphoenixgrey
      @mrphoenixgrey  10 месяцев назад

      Oh no! But I feel you, some homes, even condos now a days don’t incorporate a foyer as a drop off point 😅

    • @Julia.Mandelbrot
      @Julia.Mandelbrot 7 месяцев назад

      My foyer has wall-to-wall off-white wool carpeting that continues down a right turn hall to bedrooms and a left turn hall to the living room. Does the infinity carpeting rule out a nice tile entry choice?
      Same question applies to my infinity ceiling and potential dramatic entry ceiling..will it chop up the space too badly?
      Love your style and love u to pieces for all the fabulous tips and tricks that are helping me so very much to re-design my pandemic purchase of a MCM /spanish house badly in need of relevancy. ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @The_Smith
    @The_Smith 11 месяцев назад +3

    Great video DD, my dream home would have a proper foyer, isolated from the rest of the house so I wouldn't have to let people all the way into my home unless I wanted to, in Summer that's what the veranda is for but winter . . . well I'm not that tough . . . AND YES! on a mirror, I have a mirror on the wall on the doorknob side of the door and I've gotten so many comments on how nice it is. Plus yes I do look in it when leaving the house after coming in from the shop so I don't look like I'm in blackface before going uptown . . .

  • @lindakleiner5734
    @lindakleiner5734 11 месяцев назад +3

    ❤ I found you channel awhile ago and have loved watching. Love your “Dad” humour maybe cause I’m Aussie 😂. You’ve actually got me thinking about changing our entry. Hubby won’t be happy 😂😂

    • @mrphoenixgrey
      @mrphoenixgrey  11 месяцев назад +1

      Hahaha! Thank you so much! So happy my what I categorize as dry humor is well received

  • @Rubyglenn27
    @Rubyglenn27 11 месяцев назад +1

    Love this advice - especially lighting

    • @mrphoenixgrey
      @mrphoenixgrey  11 месяцев назад

      It’ll make the biggest impact :)

  • @maryburton9308
    @maryburton9308 25 дней назад

    Great advice..

  • @williamsauve6058
    @williamsauve6058 11 месяцев назад +2

    Love Love Love . Agree with all you say. Cant stop Laughing .
    Ottawa Loves you

    • @mrphoenixgrey
      @mrphoenixgrey  11 месяцев назад

      Thank you for always watching 🥰🥰🥰

  • @juverparadox
    @juverparadox 11 месяцев назад +3

    Lacking a proper foyer in my previous home, when I found a new townhouse with a beautiful and well defined foyer with an 11 foot ceiling, I knew it was my new home.
    I have an ultra modern chandelier, a console table and a big canvas painting, it looks amazing. I would like to paint it a darker color, but I am not sure…

    • @mrphoenixgrey
      @mrphoenixgrey  11 месяцев назад +1

      If you have good natural light, darker is always my biased choice 🤍🤍

  • @smack6030
    @smack6030 11 месяцев назад +2

    Great tips! Love your channel.

    • @mrphoenixgrey
      @mrphoenixgrey  11 месяцев назад

      That means so much! Thank you 🤍

  • @lorrainebonilla8052
    @lorrainebonilla8052 9 месяцев назад +1

    Such good advice always .

  • @kathyhedigan1485
    @kathyhedigan1485 26 дней назад

    Love your videos and they are so informative and FUN!!! Remodeling a home with 5" wood plank flooring. I always thought the flooring should run vertical away from the front door/foyer into your living space rather than horizontal. The home has open sight lines from front door through living room, dining room and family room with views throughout. Seems line vertical is where my eyes should go. Please help!!

  • @tinamcivor2996
    @tinamcivor2996 8 месяцев назад

    Your advice is great ĺand I'm enjoying your delivery and thinking "Hey is this guy Canadian?" 😆

  • @rockshot100
    @rockshot100 11 месяцев назад +3

    Daddy, OK, but where should I store MY harnesses and leashes? Any tips?
    (-comments help your algorithm.)

  • @susanhagen4555
    @susanhagen4555 5 месяцев назад

    You're simply awesome!!!

  • @ChrisstinaMorgan
    @ChrisstinaMorgan 7 месяцев назад

    Perfect foyer for me is very close to square room. Left wall has minimum 2meters long soft top bench where you can drop your bag, jacket, sit and remove your shoes and opposite to it wall is wall to wall closet with seamless floor to ceiling mirrored doors. So you can perfectly see yourself while getting ready to live and while arrived and have plenty storage to pack shoes and jackets away immediately together with bags, hats, sunglasses, umbrellas whatever...

  • @tamaramartin4015
    @tamaramartin4015 11 месяцев назад +5

    i hate mirrors, but the foyer in our next house isn't big enough for anything else, so i'll have to suck it up and just do it. And i know that faux plants and flowers aren't quite the same as the real thing, but for they're great for those of us with allergies (and we don't have to worry about our pets getting into them.) Btw, what's that sound i hear in the background? Oh dear, it's your poor plant that just found out it's getting fired. Poor little plant dude 😭😭😇

    • @mrphoenixgrey
      @mrphoenixgrey  11 месяцев назад +1

      Haha! I know. I have some new pieces coming in soon enough for the background to make it better. I got sick of the faux plant 🤣

  • @Cocolicious08758
    @Cocolicious08758 11 месяцев назад +4

    Good lawd 6’ 4” and handsome 🔥

  • @thehahnhouse27
    @thehahnhouse27 7 месяцев назад

    Great video! Thank you so much!

  • @rockshot100
    @rockshot100 11 месяцев назад +4

    Daddy great post as usual, and especially the examples shown. BTW, it is not "mere", but MIR-Ror. You must be from Michigan, but won't hold that against you. LOL 🥰 Opps! I mean Canada.

    • @mrphoenixgrey
      @mrphoenixgrey  11 месяцев назад

      My Canadian twang comes out sometimes 🤣

    • @rockshot100
      @rockshot100 11 месяцев назад

      LOL@@mrphoenixgrey

  • @WomanRoaring
    @WomanRoaring Месяц назад

    I grew up saying Foyer the way you do but did you know that in French foyer means fireplace? My French Canadian hubby was confused about what I was talking about 😂. My MIL asked what the light switch turned on because I labeled the one with 4 switches and I was like oh the entry 😂 . I won't say foyer with an ER sound but French speakers will be confused.

  • @nathalie_desrosiers
    @nathalie_desrosiers 11 месяцев назад +3

    Thanks for pointing out the right way to say *Foyer* .
    -From A French speaking person.

    • @mrphoenixgrey
      @mrphoenixgrey  11 месяцев назад +1

      I had to say it!! I’m amazed that so many people don’t know the difference! 🤍

    • @rockshot100
      @rockshot100 11 месяцев назад

      @@mrphoenixgrey The Brits say, FIL-et for FIL-Lay. Americans most likely don't say, FOY-ye. It sounds too grand for a little entryway. It is pretentious, in a sense. Same with "VAAAZ", instead of Vase.

    • @whiteserpent6753
      @whiteserpent6753 11 месяцев назад

      @@rockshot100 In my experience, yes, we would pronounce it the French way in the US, but I can’t speak for everywhere because regional dialects vary. That said, in this region, we would more likely call it an entry or entryway unless it’s a grand entryway with high ceilings- in which case, obviously only the French word would do.

    • @rockshot100
      @rockshot100 11 месяцев назад

      @@whiteserpent6753 Exactly, what YOU said. Yes, like an entrance with a huge rounded staircase with a big round table, etc. I would not dare call my entry a Foy-YE. Mainly because I don't have one, well, ...that is one reason.

    • @rockshot100
      @rockshot100 11 месяцев назад

      Yes, Daddy, and you would be amazed at how many people don't know to come in out of the rain. I know I am...constantly.@@mrphoenixgrey

  • @decoratingwithjoshaywoods7580
    @decoratingwithjoshaywoods7580 11 месяцев назад +3

    THANK YOU FOR PRONOUNCING FOYER CORRECTLY!!!! Being from Louisiana hearing people pronounce foyer incorrectly irks my soul especially realtors and other designers!!!!

    • @mrphoenixgrey
      @mrphoenixgrey  11 месяцев назад +1

      Every-time I hear it incorrectly it takes a week off of my life. 🤣🤣🤣

    • @decoratingwithjoshaywoods7580
      @decoratingwithjoshaywoods7580 11 месяцев назад

      @@mrphoenixgrey 😂😂😂not a week now!!!! I’m dead 🤣😂🤣😂

  • @rockshot100
    @rockshot100 11 месяцев назад +1

    Meant to say that eucalyptus is a GREAT foliage thing to have in your house. I've had the same branches for 2-3 years, but it gets dusty and looses its scents after a while. I have been either rinsing it off or use that shark steam thing outside to get the dust off. Thanks for reminding me. Also, lots of pussy willow buds (not the flowers) are not that hard to keep dust free for a few months and you can get like 3' branches. (to create a wonderful vertical "moment".)

    • @merrywalsh2809
      @merrywalsh2809 11 месяцев назад

      I live in a pine, cedar and eucalyptus forest. The scents are amazing. I can just take a walk, snip some branches, and bring them in. I do put them in my foyer.

    • @rockshot100
      @rockshot100 11 месяцев назад

      I envy you! Sounds like paradise, better than living in a rose garden. May I ask where you live? @@merrywalsh2809

  • @danitapowell2291
    @danitapowell2291 4 месяца назад

    I’m from Kentucky, it’s a for-rer

  • @TheSushmaHomeSellingTeam
    @TheSushmaHomeSellingTeam 11 месяцев назад +1

    As they say, first impression, lasts. So might as well make our front foyer as welcoming and clean as possible same with what Phoenix is showing here. 😉✨

  • @MariaSousa-md4ok
    @MariaSousa-md4ok 25 дней назад

    If I have a long entry goes into the living room should floor be the same.

  • @helenstella2226
    @helenstella2226 10 месяцев назад

    I have a minute foyer that melds immediately with the open concept living room. So my storage is a bit distributed - i have put up wall hanging storage for coats and a tiny bench for shoe storage and for sitting, but its just a bit further away. Sigh. And with the funny angled ceiling merging into the rest, wallpaper isnt an option. Hm.

  • @bialistock8946
    @bialistock8946 11 месяцев назад +1

    You would shudder if you ever saw my entrance. So so bad.

    • @mrphoenixgrey
      @mrphoenixgrey  11 месяцев назад

      That’s why you got me to help 🤍

  • @marianawolf1570
    @marianawolf1570 11 месяцев назад +1

    You should let your hair grow, I bet you’d look amazing

    • @mrphoenixgrey
      @mrphoenixgrey  11 месяцев назад +3

      My hair used to by down past my chest years ago! I think on my instagram if you go back far enough you can see it 🙌🏼 I miss it some days

  • @einahsirro1488
    @einahsirro1488 11 месяцев назад +5

    I'm sorry. You had 69 likes, and I ruined it. But someone was going to ruin it. Why not me?

    • @mrphoenixgrey
      @mrphoenixgrey  11 месяцев назад +3

      Hahaha you get my type of humor, and I like it 👍🏼

  • @jasonkay6919
    @jasonkay6919 6 месяцев назад

    how can we see your dog leashes? asking for a friend

  • @tslilbearshoppe9870
    @tslilbearshoppe9870 10 месяцев назад +1

    I wish more people looked at themselves before they leave their homes lol Love your vids.

  • @robinbirdj743
    @robinbirdj743 7 месяцев назад

    Foyer IS French, but there’s no accent (pronounce them A- goo OR grav).
    Also- it’s Sime-ul-TANE-E-us. Try it :)
    You’ve got this, granddaddy! ❤

  • @lisapanger9460
    @lisapanger9460 4 месяца назад

    I have no foyer or rather too much. My home opens up to a huge space flanked by living room, dining room , and stairway. Yet it’s so plain because there are no walls to decorate.

  • @TeresaCannon-h1j
    @TeresaCannon-h1j Месяц назад

    Si MUL tany ously LOL!

  • @deydrypena3763
    @deydrypena3763 10 месяцев назад

    What you with small foyer 😅

  • @deelehey2827
    @deelehey2827 11 месяцев назад +2

    No shoes in the foyer. Put your shoes, coats and purses where they belong.

    • @mrphoenixgrey
      @mrphoenixgrey  11 месяцев назад

      Agreed. If you have the room for them, hide it all away

  • @gracegamboa1819
    @gracegamboa1819 11 месяцев назад

    ❤❤❤

  • @chernobilja
    @chernobilja 11 месяцев назад

    video starts at 1.34

  • @lsamoa
    @lsamoa 11 месяцев назад +1

    lol I like how you try to correct how people say foyer but still say it wrong😉It's ok though, as long as people know what you're talking about.

  • @tombrett5553
    @tombrett5553 11 месяцев назад

    Searching OF 😂

  • @cookedfruit
    @cookedfruit 11 месяцев назад +1

    reading these tips instead of talking to viewers creates a sort of disconnect

    • @mrphoenixgrey
      @mrphoenixgrey  11 месяцев назад +2

      Thanks for the feedback. But I need to write down all my talking points to make sure I get everything across that I need to

  • @sandrahelland2419
    @sandrahelland2419 2 месяца назад

    Hahahahahaha

  • @Staceyintampa
    @Staceyintampa 6 месяцев назад

    Why cant i speak? Lololol

  • @joanasilva8567
    @joanasilva8567 11 месяцев назад +3

    If you're going to be picky about pronunciation (which is a bit silly for non French speakers, everyone is allowed to have an accent), then you should try and say the whole word right, not just the last syllable. But in my experience as a French speaker who moved to a non speaking country, it sounds weird and arrogant to do so

    • @mrphoenixgrey
      @mrphoenixgrey  11 месяцев назад +2

      I don’t think we can consider a é an accent, it just the pronunciation of a letter itself.

    • @cassidee1473
      @cassidee1473 5 месяцев назад +5

      As an arrogant non-french human I will henceforth pronounce Grand Prix with a hard "x".

    • @joanasilva8567
      @joanasilva8567 5 месяцев назад

      @@cassidee1473 😆