Cheerful Wallpaper and Secret Storage Make for a Smile-Inducing Entryway

An entryway with floral wallpaper, an L-shaped wood bench, and a wall of windows.

Photo by Miranda Estes

Amy Vroom, the owner of design firm The Residency Bureau, describes the two civil engineers who live in this Seattle home as tidy people who like when their things are tucked away. But given that they have three teenagers and everyone shares an early-20th-century bungalow, staying neat isn’t easy.

“Homeowners in 1926 didn’t have as much stuff as we have today, so the key to this transformation was creating a place for everything while keeping the design true to the home's pre-clutter era,” Vroom says. 

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