When designing the interior of the entire house, it is recommended to approach this matter in stages. This means that it is better to decorate each room separately. And today we will talk about the layout of the hallway. The purpose of this article is to reveal not only the external characteristics of the interior, but also its functionality in the hallway.
Correct hallway layout.
Why is it necessary to properly decorate the hallway?
The first thing a person sees in someone else’s house is the hallway, and many people only form their first impression of the entire apartment and the owners based on this room. The way your hallway looks will determine how your guest will feel. Therefore, designers pay special attention to this particular part of the apartment, trying to think through the interior down to the smallest detail.
Hallway in light colors
Here are a few main points that you will have to pay attention to when decorating the area next to the front door.
Basic moments
1 Compactness – often the area near the threshold is small in size compared to other rooms in the apartment. Therefore, at first you have to learn to place the necessary household items in a small area. The goal will also be to develop a design that will help create the visual illusion that this area is much wider.
2 Thoughtfulness – when we come home after a long walk or a hard day at work, we want to feel only comfort and convenience. Therefore, your hallway, as the first place you enter immediately after the threshold, should not cause any discomfort, and the furniture should be functional and cozy. Additionally, you will have to think about places to store shoes, outerwear, for putting on shoes, and to place a mirror so that it is convenient to get ready to go out.
3 Quality - if you create a very competent and comfortable, but unreliable interior, you will suffer for the rest of your life. Therefore, you also need to think about what specific materials you will use to select individual elements such as the floor, cabinet, wallpaper. They must be moisture-resistant, easy to clean, and, as you understand, there will be enough dirt in this area.
4 Beauty - any room in the house should remain pleasing to the eye. If the owners are making the hallway themselves, they will have to think about developing a competent, stylish design without losing all the previous characteristics. It is necessary not only to think over an interesting interior, but, if possible, to make sure that it adequately fits into the style of the rest of the apartment.
Think through all the interior elements
Don't be afraid to experiment
Are you still not afraid to renovate your hallway without the help of a designer? Of course, in the age of the Internet, this is no longer as difficult as it used to be, because you can now find answers to everything on forums, but we advise you to immediately prepare for the difficulties associated with repairs. The most important advice would be to hire a knowledgeable interior designer who will take great care in designing the area where the corridor begins so that you do not have any problems.
Small, beautiful hallway
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Furniture
The hallway requires furnishings that are practical and functional. When selecting interior items for an apartment with an improved layout, the interests and needs of all family members are taken into account, since furniture is not usually changed frequently.
Cabinet furniture consists of several interior items that are made in the same style from the same materials. Nowadays, people choose individual configurations of furniture modules.Many items now represent two functions in one, for example, a shoe rack with a soft top or a swivel hanger, which simultaneously contains both a mirror cabinet and coat hooks.
Built-in furniture is made exclusively according to the size of your hallway, and the storage system is chosen individually, taking into account, for example, the need to store travel or sports equipment, in addition to daily or seasonal clothing.
We develop the design
To make repairs that will last for decades, you need to approach this matter with a cool head from the very beginning. You will have to act according to a pre-developed design project that you will develop yourself. Everything in it must be thought out to the smallest detail, described in the drawing.
In brown and white
When organizing work before repairs, you should do the following:
- Measure the required area and make a drawing based on the measurements.
- Draw up a design project based on your wishes and capabilities.
- Make a plan for dismantling existing elements.
- Consider the installation plan.
- Make an approximate layout of finishing materials and purchase them.
- Take into account the communications located in the area: alarm system, intercom, lighting, electric meter.
- Think about the arrangement of furniture, the location of lighting.
- Renovate the hallway according to the plan.
Perfect color combination
Obviously, when decorating a room, you will have to take into account every little detail, from the size of the doorway to the humidity in the apartment. Only this approach will allow you to obtain a high-quality result and skillfully hide all the shortcomings of the room.
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Planning
Choosing a style for the hallway.
Provence style. Before starting active work, it is recommended to plan the course of action. It is important to arrange each point in order of importance. The sequence is as follows:
- Lighting;
- Nuances with the organization of the premises;
- Finishing materials for surfaces;
- Floor covering;
- Furniture arrangement.
Decor of the wardrobe and hangers in the hallway interior.
Recommendation! You should plan the design exactly in the specified sequence. This will allow you to create a suitable hallway design. It's better to draw it schematically.
Small hallway
Let's start the analysis with the option when the hallway in your house is very small. In this case, you cannot do without a wall made of several elements: it will fill the entire height, placing everything you need on its shelves, and you will be especially lucky if it is corner. What is important is that this solves the problem with the mirror, and also helps to achieve a visual expansion of the space due to it.
Compact option
Tip When installing furniture in a small room, it is better to stick to the strategy of choosing square furniture, because there will not be enough space for large furniture.
If you don't need a lot of space for clothes, replace the closet with a chest of drawers, and you can also put a separate mirror with hangers for outerwear. You should not ignore shelves for accessories like hats and scarves and separate bedside tables for shoes with a soft seat.
For convenience, you can use a circular hanger
Tip You can put another mirror on one of the doors between the room or the corridor to make the most of the space. A circular hanger will also be a convenient part of the decor, which will help you place much more clothes on yourself, leaving room for umbrellas.
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Types of hallways
Design of a small hallway in the house.
There are several types of corridor. When creating a hallway with your own hands, you should study each type. The following are distinguished:
- Box. Found in brick Khrushchev buildings. The small area is equipped with a passage to the bathroom and a door to the remaining rooms. There are no problems with the cladding, as well as with the choice of design. Difficulties may arise when arranging furniture. Multiple aisles make it difficult to choose a cabinet location;
- Corridor. Can be found in a panel structure. Often long and narrow. When finishing, it is important to properly organize the space;
- Nora with a snort. The narrow space has an outlet for the bathroom. It is cramped. It is difficult to carry out repairs due to the limited small area;
- Coupe. It may resemble a box from which a corridor extends, or a winding, stepped hallway. The organization of the room is more important than the decoration. The latter will serve as the final design.
Narrow
Narrow does not mean small, so some other design techniques should be involved here that can increase the width, at least illusively. Here you need to try to visually make the hallway itself square, using various effects from color contrast and furniture arrangement. For example, the floor and ceiling must be made in the same color; you can see how appropriate the created effect of “sliding the walls” will be.
Narrow does not mean small
Another popular option for how to expand a room is to choose a striped floor color.
It is important that the pattern be transverse, otherwise the effect will be the opposite.
Think through every detail
Also, be sure to use a mirror, but do not hang mirrors opposite each other, so as not to get an unpleasant annoying “corridor” effect.
Narrow corridor, finished entirely in white
It's worth thinking about the walls: try to concentrate on light, cool shades like silver, beige, blue and pale green to make the room feel lighter and weightless.
Bright coral, yellow and indigo are best used as accents that harmoniously complement the interior. By the way, smooth lines will also add airiness - make arches instead of the usual doorways in each room.
The carpet is an element that harmoniously complements the interior
Dilute with lighting
Don’t forget about lighting, because it will allow you to dilute the existing cramped spaces with light spots. It is worth placing diode lamps on the ceiling and next to or above the shelves, and refuse any chandeliers in favor of built-in lamps. Leave separate light sources overhead for other rooms in the apartment, it’s even better to build a few small ones into the walls to achieve the desired atmosphere.
The carpet is an element that harmoniously complements the interior
When choosing lamps, pay special attention to white LEDs, because they will support the same airy atmosphere that we achieve with pastel walls. Also try to maintain smoothness in the lines of the furniture and prefer open shelves to closed ones - this way they will not take attention. When choosing paintings and photographs as decorations, give preference to horizontal ones.
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High tech
Technological, modern style, echoing minimalism. Greenish and white are used as the main shades. The walls are leveled and painted, matte tiles are laid on the floor. A tension structure with spotlights is installed on the ceiling.
A minimum of furniture and decor allows you to achieve the maximum amount of free space. This style is rapidly gaining momentum and is often combined with others, such as art deco.
What is the difference between the design in the apartment?
If you live in a big city, then you should be familiar with the distance you have to travel not only along the street, but also through the house itself from the entrance door to the apartment. Only the threshold of the house becomes a reliable protection from the outside world, which is why all the city dirt from shoes accumulates there. You need to think about how to arrange the threshold of the house so that you can not only keep all the street dirt there, but also quickly clean this surface.
Option for apartment
If you have enough space, try to divide the hallway into several zones:
- for putting on and storing shoes;
- for clothes that owners use this season,
- for other clothes;
- for gatherings on the street.
In the last zone it is appropriate to place a chest of drawers for cosmetics and hair accessories. The hallway in an apartment is always close to the living rooms or kitchen, so you should try to remove all potentially dirty areas further away and closer to the front door.
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Where to start?
An equally logical answer: absolutely everything requires attention.
Walls, ceiling, choice of the right flooring and lighting, competent selection of furniture - all this ultimately determines the degree of attractiveness of your hallway not only in your own eyes, but also in the eyes of your guests. Perhaps, before you start decorating the hallway in your apartment, you should decide on the character of the interior.
Do you prefer the good old classics? Then you are probably better off relying on such balanced and time-tested examples.
Or do you really want to emphasize the originality of your premises and make a claim to relevance and modernity? In this case, it is advisable to move towards more relaxed design options.
Entrance hall in a private house with a staircase
Private houses are indeed very different from city apartments, especially the sizes of such premises differ. Large areas create enormous scope for your imagination in terms of design, which brings incredible pleasure when renovating. Another quite important difference is the presence of a window that provides natural light, but this does not happen everywhere.
An entrance hall in the living room is not the most convenient option
The problem can be called a larger amount of dirt, because here we do not go all the way from the entrance to the front door, which means that dirt will begin to accumulate on the threshold. That is why you will have to install really spacious furniture for storing shoes and leave a significant area for shoes.
Tip Even if you're decorating a rich space, it's best to still use light colors and pastel shades, but play with contrasts with furniture.
I would also like to note the presence of a staircase in the corridor: you can use it as an extremely convenient place for storage and additional decor of the room. As an option, it is worth making a storage area right inside the steps, making sure to cover them with a special moisture-resistant coating.
Bohemian option with a staircase separated from the rest of the house
Individual measurements
It should be obvious that many private houses are built according to their own individual layout, so it is definitely impossible to follow someone else’s project or some of their advice. There is also a need to order furniture according to your individual dimensions, which will cost you additional money. But in this case the furniture will look harmonious.
Minimalist style with convenient cabinets under the stairs
Don’t forget that the front door opens directly onto the street, which creates a problem in the form of a significant temperature range in the house and outside the door.
That is why it is better to refuse to install a door made of metal and wood in favor of just a metal one, perhaps a thicker one. It looks quite stylish and elegant, in addition, metal inserts can be added to the interior decoration to complete the design harmoniously.
Built-in wall storage area for clothes and shoes
Advice If you want to “refresh” the atmosphere of the hallway in your home, place several pots with live plants, fortunately, the space allows this. At the same time, do not forget about natural lighting - neither plants nor people can live without it.
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Required Tools
The exact list of tools depends on the type of finish of each of the hallway surfaces. The universal set looks like this:
- Drill or hammer drill;
- Screwdriver;
- Measuring instruments: tape measure, ruler, corner, level;
- Rule for leveling the surface, tile cutter, rubber hammer, notched trowel - for installing tiles;
- Brushes, rollers, buckets, pallets - for painting work;
- Hammer, nails, screws and other fasteners - for installation of plasterboard structures and furniture;
- Construction knife, pencil, marker;
- Mounting tape, electrical tape.
Also stock up on gloves, respirators and other personal protective equipment.
Tips for renovation and decoration
When you have already decided for yourself in which direction you need to work, the time will come to choose finishing materials, and it is better to do this for all surfaces at once. Of course, you will have to take into account not only the color and texture, but the practicality and reliability of the materials. The need for a competent approach is obvious: the hallway is visited daily and by as many people as possible, which is why it is so important to resolve such issues in advance.
Choose the right materials
Walls
With the advent of new technologies, no one uses paint or ordinary plaster for walls for a long time. Nowadays, wallpaper, decorative plaster or a completely different material like wooden bricks are most often used. Different options have their own advantages and disadvantages, so it’s worth covering each at least a little:
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Textile wallpaper
They are completely unsuitable in this case due to their low wear resistance. In addition to the fact that such wallpaper is quickly wiped, it also absorbs dust and dirt, which are extremely difficult to clean later.
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Vinyl wallpapers
This option is much more resistant to mechanical damage, and there is also a very wide selection of colors available for them. This will allow you to choose a light color and an interesting pattern to suit your taste. Also, these wallpapers are much easier to clean than vinyl, so they are not afraid of dirt.
Use high quality wallpaper that will last longer
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Cork wallpaper
An environmentally friendly type of wallpaper, which is also easy to maintain and does not require maintenance. A significant pleasant plus for residents of high-rise buildings will be the texture, which helps to slightly isolate the room from unnecessary sounds. But get ready for the fact that cork wallpapers in the markets cost a significant amount of money, and they also do not have a particular variety of colors.
Eco-friendly wallpaper type
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Bamboo wallpaper
This wallpaper will help you try different wall color ideas in your home. They absorb paint quite well and can be glued along the entire length of the wall for painting. An unusual idea for a city apartment would be the idea of gluing such wallpaper in an original color.
This wallpaper absorbs paint well
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Liquid wallpaper
If your blast furnace has not very smooth walls, then you should choose liquid wallpaper. They are best applied to complex surfaces, leveling them, and sometimes becoming a canvas for interesting convex patterns. In addition, liquid wallpaper can be restored even with your own hands.
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Decorative plaster
About the same option as liquid wallpaper, but used mainly to create three-dimensional patterns or imitate some kind of material. Most often, it is also additionally coated with varnish or mother-of-pearl to look elegant and feel reliable. Although plaster is deprived of bright and rich colors, it is certainly rich in shades, and its constitution allows it to imitate the texture of different materials.
Decorative plaster
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Photo wallpaper
Not the most commonly used type of wallpaper for apartments, which also has a right to exist due to its ease of finishing and efficiency. Of course, you should choose not a photograph, but some kind of abstract drawing, so as not to attract too much attention to yourself, but to become a background for cabinets, cabinets and hangers. This option is well suited for narrow corridors and small hallways, because it does not have any convex parts.
Ease of finishing and efficiency
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Individual panels
It all depends on what material you choose. Most often, people decorate walls with thin wooden bricks, but many people like brickwork itself, although it is only suitable for large rooms. This option is undoubtedly stylish, but not suitable for many.
Stylish option, but not suitable for many
If you have enough money and space, try a combination finish. It not only makes it possible to create a unique and special design, but also helps you use different materials in places where they are needed. It will not be a secret that the best location for the dividing line is horizontal, and the lower part must be made darker.
Floor
When it comes to floors in the house, the main criterion is the strength and reliability of the coating. But a variety of options are used, as is the case with wall decoration, so you need to sort them out too.
Porcelain tiles
The most mechanically resistant material used for flooring, it is not afraid of either moisture or dirt and has a wide selection of textures. Rough models, especially those imitating stone, are best suited for hallways, although in a small corridor it is better to put a smooth and wide one. By the way, stone tiles look especially harmonious with wood and living plants.
Mechanically resistant flooring material
Parquet
The choice of wealthy people, bringing the warmth and cozy smell of wooden planks into the home. The most popular material for parquet is oak, because it is not only a true classic, but also practical. This type of covering is also usually supplemented with carpets, but this should be done away from the threshold.
Parquet is the choice of wealthy people
Laminate
A more frequent guest of modern homes, popular due to its low cost and similar characteristics to parquet. Do not skimp on the laminate model, so as not to end up with a low-quality and fragile material. By the way, a really high-quality floor will not be inferior to parquet.
Frequent guest of modern houses
Carpet
An extremely controversial option for hallways due to the noticeable absorption of dirt and dust, but this particular carpet may be suitable. Carpet allows you to insulate your floors, which is especially important for private homes, and not have to worry about any damage at all. The only thing you have to think about is caring for the coating, but this can be easily done regularly with a vacuum cleaner, brush and detergent.
Carpet allows you to insulate your floors
Tip If you don’t want to go through too much trouble with the carpet, leave about a square meter from the threshold untouched, covering the rest of the floor. Also try to choose the thickest model with thin bristles to make cleaning easier.
Ceiling and lighting. Interesting solutions for decorating a hallway
For finishing the ceiling, your choice essentially comes down to plastic and stretch ceilings. In any case, there are pros and cons to each option. However, beautiful harmonious lighting and some decorative elements can help offset the negative aspects and make the hallway truly unique and memorable.
The debate between diode and conventional lamps has been open for a long time. If the interior of your hallway leans towards the classic type, there is a reason to use the second option.
Decorative stone is incredibly good in the hallway. But few people know that to create volume, it needs to be properly illuminated. In the photo we see the ideal lighting for the selected interior of the room.
Choosing an interior style
Not everyone chooses a special style for the hallway, leaving it fairly neutral in comparison with the rest of the house. However, there are several styles that will fit well into the very idea of a corridor as a room and even help it stylistically exist separately from the apartment. Let's look at each in more detail.
Country music in a wooden house
Why in a wooden house? Country is a purely natural style, consisting of environmentally friendly materials and mainly wood, as well as authentic and extraordinary . It will look best in a private wooden house or country house, organically fitting into the atmosphere of the building’s surroundings and emphasizing the full charm of such buildings.
Country style
This type is considered pleasant and harmonious, because it uses mainly natural materials: stone, clay, wood and anything that boasts a rough texture. Often wood is left on the walls, but sometimes the upper half is covered with textile wallpaper in a color contrasting with the lower part. By the way, a wooden house also allows you to save on finishing the ceiling - the beams look very organic and warm.
This type is considered pleasant and harmonious
Furniture should also be chosen in contrast, and therefore it is best to stick to dark colors.
A good option would be to choose intentionally aged or truly vintage chests of drawers and cabinets, and antiques can complement this atmosphere.
The elements do not have to obey any special placement rules; it is enough to arrange them and periodically move them if the choice of place was wrong.
Furniture should be chosen in contrast
Not only materials, but also colors should be natural:
- strawberry;
- orange;
- olive;
- peach.
And other shades can organically decorate a country-style hallway best. These tones should be accent spots on woven carpets, textile patchwork curtains, elegant ceramics and fittings. The remaining touch will be handmade and aged objects to decorate the room.
Modern for modern
Here, too, you can find some love for everything natural, because the main materials of this style are stone and wood, but metal and glass are also used here in special quantities. Art Nouveau is a very stylish phenomenon that uses geometric, clear lines, but does not like sharp corners. It is also worth noting that in modernity the entire interior adheres to minimalism, but at the same time it does not use symmetry.
Art Nouveau style
Glass in this style is an excellent decoration, so Art Nouveau will really appeal to those who have a hallway with a window. Appreciate how organically and elegantly stained glass looks in a window opening in the Art Nouveau style!
Stained glass windows with florists or other abstract patterns on the doors between rooms and the walls of cabinets, as well as lamps made of French glass, will look unusual and beautiful.
Mirrors in this style are an excellent decoration
Furniture should take the main attention, so it is important to choose simple but sophisticated models . Perhaps these will be small cabinets without unnecessary decor, but with curly legs, or minimalist cabinets with carved handles. The simpler the item, the lighter the space, and additional elements in the form of wavy patterns and forged handles will help make the interior noble and expensive.
Simple but sophisticated furniture
If we talk about the floor, then it is appropriate to choose nothing more than tiles, and they should be in light pastel colors. For modernism, by the way, quite expensive and sophisticated colors are relevant:
- beige;
- burgundy;
- black;
- chocolate;
- pale emerald.
It remains to add that Art Nouveau is a style for large areas, so it is not suitable for small hallways.
Purple is one of the colors of Art Nouveau style
Scandinavian style for originals
This style is increasingly gaining popularity in modern city apartments because it looks really cozy and practical, as befits a homely atmosphere. There are a lot of elements used here that literally help to insulate the room:
- warm carpets;
- wooden furniture;
- durable and spacious cabinets.
The motto of the Scandinavian style is comfort and coziness.
Scandinavian style
That is why all the furniture that is located in the hallway should be as concise and comfortable as possible, and not take up much space. Need I say that in the Scandinavian style, durable and strong shelves with hooks are better accepted than massive cabinets with chests of drawers? If you want an obvious example, check out the furniture of the Swedish-Dutch company Ikea.
The style is increasingly gaining popularity in modern city apartments
The main colors for the background here will no longer be just light, but practically white, because neither the floor, nor the walls, nor the ceiling should distract a person from his thoughts. To remove the sparseness and add a homey feel, you just need to add cute and simple patterns, authentic patterns and soft fabrics in pleasant warm shades.
It is important that in this style there should be thoughtfulness in every detail, which is why it is best suited for small spaces.
The main color for the background is white
Scandinavians like to use the space given to them rationally, without wasting too much space, but their homes do not look ascetic. Although the furniture is arranged wisely and without much extravagance, around the walls, shelves and tabletops there are individual household items from the owners, which add a touch of liveliness and homely warmth to the atmosphere. It is this contrast of a practical approach and special love for one’s home that captivates many, which is why such beautiful hallways appear.
Use space wisely
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Which wallpaper to choose
If the choice falls on wallpaper, it’s worth knowing which ones are best to choose. The hallway is a place where dust, dirt and moisture regularly enter. Therefore, wallpaper must be able to withstand all these factors.
Vinyl ones are perfect. In addition to being resistant to sudden temperature changes, they perfectly tolerate wet cleaning, which needs to be done regularly in the hallway.
Design Tips
Although you have decided to furnish your home yourself, do not refuse the help of experienced designers. They are ready to offer several recommendations for repairs so that you can deal with the design of your hallway quickly and efficiently:
Choosing the right material
It is worth repeating that each material used in finishing or planning must be moisture resistant or have a coating that is not afraid of moisture in order to eliminate the risk of damage to objects. You need to understand that you will be bringing water and dirt from the street, so make sure that the repairs do not “fall apart” after the first rainy season.
Choose a material that is moisture resistant
Pay attention to styles
If you don't have a very large hallway, you shouldn't make it stand out too much from the rest of the rooms in your house. But even if the room is quite spacious, choosing overly contrasting styles is also not recommended, so as not to lose the integrity of the apartment. If you can’t decide what style to decorate the room in, choose something neutral but modern.
Small hallway in the apartment
Preference for white color
A continuation of the previous one will be the recommendation to choose mainly white and gray colors, and the second has become a favorite of its kind in design for seven to eight years. Now the color gray and its shades are not going to lose ground, so if your main goal is timely and fashionable design, then this color is a must-have. It looks simple, but elegant and not vulgar, and fits well into the most appropriate design style of city apartments - high-tech.
Recommendation: choose mostly white and gray colors
Choosing light colors
Don’t be afraid to prefer light colors to dark ones, fearing that they get dirty faster, are more difficult to clean and remain that way for life. If earlier such problems could arise due to low-quality cleaning chemicals, now artificial materials used for finishing can be cleaned quite easily and without any damage with standard detergents.
We do everything in tune with each other
Having chosen a specific style, do not forget that all furniture must correspond to it. You cannot install a carved antique wooden seat in a high-tech style, just as you cannot choose a glossy, bright cabinet in a classic style. If it’s difficult to find a compromise, take something neutral, for example, a regular chair instead of a pouf, and add some stylized decor to it, in this case, a seat with a pattern.
Furniture must match the style
The main thing is to put a hanger
You may not place any furniture due to the small size of the corridor or its uselessness, but any hallway must have a hanger for outerwear. These can be ordinary hooks that are attached to the wall or the side of the module; hangers that will be located in an open or closed cabinet would also be a good idea. Whichever idea suits you, at the last stages of design, position the hanger so that it is convenient for you to quickly get ready to go outside.
We are trying to buy the whole set at once.
Don’t try to look for different interior elements separately when you can already purchase a whole set. You can buy not only a wall, but also individual modules from the same series, which you can place in the corridor. This way you can get away from the problem of “hodgepodge” in design, although this option is not suitable for every apartment.
Small, simple but tasteful
We place lamps
When placing lighting in the corridor, think about where you would like to have a source of natural light - an artificial one should replace it. In addition to the ceiling, lamps are most often located at the top edge or on the sides of the mirror, because this is the most convenient way to illuminate yourself while doing makeup or getting ready. Separate spotlights can be located in the closet above storage areas, while decorative lights are placed in those places where it is important to create a visual effect using shadows.
It all depends on the power of the lamps
The moment of calculating the amount of light in the house can be called quite difficult - it is impossible to determine by eye, so most often such matters are left to lighting specialists. Everything mainly depends on the power of the lamps themselves, the shape of the lamps, the presence of decor on them and their location in the room. Of course, after installation and some time you will be able to understand whether something was installed unsuccessfully, but this is not very convenient.
Proper lighting is important
Setting up a storage system
If you are a married couple or even a large family, then you need to arrange a storage system not only for clothes, but also for household items, especially keys. Also, all cabinets, including the shoe cabinet, must be spacious. It is important to think through everything so that you can reach the necessary things almost from the doorstep of the house.
Planning hooks with a hanger
Some floor plans only allow for wall hooks and not a floor hanger. You shouldn't be afraid to mount something on the wall, but you will have to think about a few important points. In the case of hooks, you need to protect the surface to which they will be attached from moisture from clothing, which can be done using wall panels, vinyl wallpaper and decorative plaster.
Option for placing things
Of course, designers still have a lot of ideas for designing such a room, but they can’t tell everything in one article. We hope that the article has given you some ideas for how to redecorate your home hallway. We tried not only to introduce you to the main trends in the design of this room, but also to give important tips regarding decoration and layout.
Main stages
Hallway renovation is divided into several main stages:
- Installation of lighting fixtures;
- Zoning, division of space;
- Finishing the floor, ceiling, walls;
- Installation of furniture.
First you need to think about the lamps. Depending on the height of the ceilings, different lamps are used. It is recommended to install spotlights in the corridor. It is mounted in the ceiling, takes up very little space, and can illuminate the entire space. Moreover, it has the ability to adjust the lighting, which allows you to adjust the desired hue and brightness.
It is worth understanding that the design of the hallway must overlap with the designs of other rooms, if not in the main aspects, then at least in the secondary ones. This will create an overall harmonious picture.
