BEFORE. “The foyer is the first thing you see when you walk in the front door, so it was important that it make a statement,” says Kelly Dall, 43. In feng shui, “the foyer represents the front center quadrant of the ba gua. Within the home this area represents the homeowner’s career, the ear and kidney within the body.”
Using feng shui to redesign a foyer
After two years in their Greenlawn house, designer Kelly Dall of Initial Designs Inc. decided that the foyer and second-floor landing of the home she shares with husband, John, and their three children didn’t adequately reflect her design style or her adherence to feng shui. Dall explained that, in feng shui terms, a cluttered foyer and landing could lead to a cluttered career. The principles of feng shui don’t have to overwhelm good decor, Dall says. Here’s how she pulled together an area that she says encourages health and well-being while still making a style statement. TOTAL: $16,661 (Dall’s usual fee for a makeover of this type would be $500.) — Sylvia E. King-Cohen
