The experience of lockdown marked a definite and reassuring border between "outside" and "inside", contrasting them as synonyms for "safe" and "at risk". And here the entrance has taken on a fundamental function becoming the place where, as a ritual, we perform all the actions that we feel necessary not to contaminate our home or our work space. In which to wear or remove the mask, the shoes, the overcoat, in a sequence that reassures us and helps us to keep under control the real and also the presumed danger. What was once a place devoted to absent-minded passage has become a technical place to be, with awareness and attention. The furniture also changes, and far from being merely decorative or filling, becomes functional. Even where the entrance is just a corner, there is a need for a series of elements to choose from without ever forgetting the aesthetics: we are still in a public area of the house, the first one to be accessed. So here are some ideas to go in the right direction and create a functional and beautiful entrance.

Parentesi  by Fabrice Berrux for  Bonaldo

63 cm wide and 43 cm deep, Parentesi (on the cover) is a functional and space-saving wardrobe, suitable for domestic but also for work environments. It can also be an additional element where there is already a wardrobe for coats: it is made of plywood covered with St. Moritz fabric available in a wide range of colors, it has a rod to hang the coats on and a practical shelf for bags, scarves and hats. A simple and effective project that is easy to integrate even in an already furnished and organized entrance, but also in the bedroom, or in the walk-in closet.

Modern Light Panca  bench Piero Lissoni  for  Porro

Modern Light Panca by Porro

To place bags or envelopes, but also to sit and take off shoes, a bench can be very useful. Essential and linear like the Modern Light by Piero Lissoni for Porro that furnishes and colors the environment. The structure is in metal, the MDF top is only 12mm thick, hence the effect of surprising lightness combined with a great solidity, the result of research on materials carried out by Porro and Lissoni.

LLT  by Dante Benini & Luca Gonzo for  Fiam

LLT by Fiam

The mask, any gloves, the mail, the keys: for these and other things we need an immediate support. The console performs this function well and the LLT designed by Benini and Gonzo for Porro is a glass enchantment that will immediately make the entrance area more complete and elegant.

Babila  by  Sangiacomo

Babila by Sangiacomo

Designed for the sleeping area but perfect for an entrance with classic elegance, Babila is a chest of drawers in curved wood whose top is characterized by a high, decorative and functional edge and the three soft-closing drawers can accommodate everything we want to have within reach out of hand but not in plain sight: from masks to hand disinfectants to disposable gloves.

Nebula  by Pearson Lloyd for  Tacchini

Nebula by Tacchini

When the entrance is not indipendent but is part of the living room, it can be interesting to manage and mark the spaces with a screen, a useful and decorative accessory. Nebula has a cross base and a rounded, familiar and reassuring shape and is available in a wide range of colors.

Albume  by Carlo Colombo  for  Antoniolupi

Albume by Antoniolupi

The unexpected but very wise solution? A sink in the entrance, to wash your hands immediately. Today it is possible thanks to the wonderful creativity of Carlo Colombo who designed Albume, a collection of washbasins with column, in Cristalmood resin and marble. A discreet and functional sculpture sink, an intelligent choice that many will make in the future.

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