Small Entryway Solutions

My indoor/outdoor rug has arrived! It's a little smaller than I hoped but it covers most of the grody tile in the entryway (which probably needs a good scrubbing, too).

One of my next projects is stripping the chipped paint off our metal railing.  It's pretty grubby in person so I was thinking of stripping it to see what it looks like au natural and then perhaps re-painting.  I swear, if it's not one thing, it's the other in this house.