New YearNew You

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Color and the right accessories take an entryway from ho-hum to “Hello!” By MallOry McCreary

1. The FluTe enTry SeT ($1,428) and rOunD DOOrBell ($273) from the Rocky Mountain Hardware Roger Thomas Collection take design inspiration from Corinthian columns but are reinterpreted in modern form; Agoura Sash & Door, Westlake Village, agourasash.com.

2. Guests can announce themselves in style with the MODern reCTangle DOOr KnOCKer in Oil-ruBBeD BrOnZe ($85); Rejuvenation, Los Angeles, rejuvenation.com.

3. Mount the solid brass 4-inCH FlOaTing HOuSe nuMBerS ($8 each) from Architectural Mailboxes flush or floating off the wall; Capitol Hardware, Santa Barbara, capitolhardware.com; and Pacific Coast Kitchen & Bath, San Luis Obispo, pacificcoastkitchenbath.com.

Designers Caroline Thompson and Margaret Watson from Cabana Home (cabanahome.com) spruced up this inviting Santa Barbara entryway with a fresh coat of paint on the door and welcoming accessories to set the stage for hospitality. “The goal was to clean the details of the original era [architecture] and blend a more modern aesthetic into the old bones,” Watson says. “It helps to set the tone for what lies inside and to define the way to enter.” The door paint is French Quarter Gold from Benjamin Moore (benjaminmoore.com). All items are from Cabana Home in Santa Barbara.

above: Visual Comfort & Co. ageD irOn lanTern ($750), MuSTarD reCTangular PlanTer ($298), DiaMOnD PaTTern inDOOr-OuTDOOr rug ($50), Janus et Cie FauX BOiS BenCH ($2,045), CuSTOM OuTDOOr PillOwS ($165 each) with Osborne & Little fabric (rectangular) and nomi fabric (square).

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Behind closed doors

“you begin and end each day in your closet, so it should be a place of refuge,” says Ginny Snook Scott, chief design officer for California Closets. And every closet, no matter the size, can benefit from a new-year reorganization. She recommends adding pullout laundry bins to make easy work of clothes sorting and dry cleaning and suggests storing couture clothing and accessories behind closed doors to protect from dust and sunlight. “If you want to keep items on display,” Scott says, “opt for glass doors.”

above: In the CuSTOM DreSSing rOOM SySTeM ($300–$1,200 per linear foot) shown here, custom accents include LED-lit shelves, a glass-top jewelry drawer, and detailed trim around each section in a textured Umbrian oak finish with ivory accents; California Closets, Westlake Village and Santa Barbara; californiaclosets.com.

1. The blown-glass SOlar 1-ligHT PenDanT ($267) from Et2 Lighting makes everything look better; Global Source Lighting, Agoura Hills, globalsourcelighting.com. 2. Replace those tired mirrored closet doors with a fresh design, such as CuSTOM SliDing Panel DOOrS in wenge FiniSH wiTH FrOSTeD glaSS in DuO-T DiviDer DeSign (custom pricing available on request); The Sliding Door Company, Westlake Village, slidingdoorco.com. 3. Valet stands are both necessary and … ugly. Until now. The sleek, stylish PreT-a-POrTer ($515) is made of powder-coated steel and wrapped with cowhide cording to prevent clothes from slipping; suiteny.com. 4. Every walk-in closet needs a spot to sit and try on shoes. Make it a luxe space with the ugg auSTralia wOOl POuF ($350); nordstrom, The Oaks, Thousand Oaks, and Paseo nuevo, Santa Barbara; nordstrom.com.

5. Julian Chichester’s large PalaZZO MirrOr ($5,339) reflects from head to toe; Janelle Interiors, Ojai, janelleinteriors.com. ©

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Luxe touches bring functional storage out of hiding and into the spotlight. By MallOry McCreary