Subtleties and rules for decorating the hallway

The theater begins with a coat rack, and any apartment with a hallway. This is exactly the room into which a person gets first at the entrance, and therefore creates the first impression of the rest of the house and the taste of its owner. Usually this is a small size area in which outerwear and various household trifles are located, however, such a seemingly insignificant room can be turned into a beautifully designed room that sets the tone for the rest of the apartment. There are a lot of design solutions that will help to add a special charm and zest to the corridor or hallway, indicating the taste of the owner of the home. There are plenty of tips on how to design a hall of one size or another.

The overall impression of the guests about your home depends on the design of the hallway

Basic rules for registration

First of all, it is important to decide on the style in which the hallway will be decorated. Naturally, it should not differ with the design of the rest of the apartment, since it will look ugly and tasteless. Next, you should have the dimensions of the room, because the smaller its dimensions, the less room for maneuver with furniture, therefore it is important to think about this in advance.

Take the hallway style seriously

The lighting in the room should be bright, because these rooms usually do not include windows in their design. When choosing furniture, it is important to take care of its functionality, since in this room there is hardly a place for artsy, but inappropriate chests of drawers, the headset must fully fulfill its main task.

Furniture in the hallway should be roomy and not take up much space

Protect the floor with a coating of non-marking material

How to decorate the walls?

Clothing for walls can have a diverse nature, but the most popular options are plastering and wallpapering.

• Plaster. This option carries a greater scope of imagination, which can be implemented on the walls of the hallway. First of all, the plaster can be painted, which makes it possible to revive the room not only with any colors and shades, but also add any patterns and ornaments. The second solution is decorative stucco molding, which can be limited to the usual imitation of brickwork, and can decorate the walls with various panels and bas-reliefs. It all depends on the requests and capabilities of the customer.
• Wallpaper. The decision to paste the wallpaper is the simplest and most constructive, however, there are also a lot of solutions to choose from. In addition to conventional paper materials, vinyl wallpapers are widely used, which, although they have a high cost, are more durable and easier to clean. Bamboo wallpapers, creating an imitation of natural material, are also in demand.
• Other methods. Given current trends, wall decoration with artificial stone is in great demand. This is a fairly practical, albeit expensive, version of the decor. Plastic panels, ceramic tiles, a combination of two or more different solutions are also popular.

Decorate the walls of the hallway with decorative plaster

Decorative plaster with volumetric elements will become a real decoration of the hallway

A stylish look of the Japanese home will give decorative bamboo panels

Ceiling and lighting

For convenience, the hallway should be adequately filled with light. The absence of windows in the room makes it dark by default, therefore, for a comfortable life, light should come not only from the ceiling, but also from wall lamps. The choice of ceiling lights directly depends on the design of the ceiling itself. The following options are most popular here.

• Stretch ceiling. Fast, practical and inexpensive. The ceiling is easy to clean and serves its users for quite some time. In this case, lighting must be taken care of in advance, since it is quite problematic to mount new lighting devices on an already finished structure. Usually, the choice is focused on LED spotlights, which give a rather bright light stably and economically enough.
• Plastic panels. The lighting solution is similar to suspended ceilings, however, in this case there remains more maneuver for the subsequent lighting modernization.

Beautiful stretch ceiling in the hallway

A wide range of plastic panels will allow you to design a hallway in accordance with your choice

Lamps themselves can be ordinary incandescent lamps, "housekeepers", LED lamps. As practice shows, LEDs are the most practical and in great demand, but in this case, the preferences of the customer decide a lot.

Lighting in the hallway should emphasize its design and decoration

Wall lights are placed in the darkest places in the room, which ceiling lighting can not cope. The modern market is filled with an assortment of various sconces and wall lights, it is not difficult to choose the right product for the interior design of any room.

Wall lights can, in addition to lighting, create a beautiful pattern on a vertical surface

Decoration Ideas and Tips

There are a lot of solutions for decorating the hallway, and they are focused on the style of the room. Among the main elements of the interior, mirrors can be distinguished that will not only visually increase the size of the room, but will also play an important functional role. Wall decoration can be done in various ways: this is a game of flowers and drawings, photographs in frames, stucco molding and decoupage of interior elements. The hallway looks beautiful with indoor flowers, but this option is possible only with sufficient natural light in the hallway.

Wide mirrors visually increase the space of the hallway

The classic style provides interesting decor elements - a baguette for the mirror, table candelabra, a massive wooden table as a nightstand in the hallway

It all depends on the scale of the fantasy, but it’s important not to go too far with the decorations and perform them in the design style of the rest of the apartment. By and large, the interior of the hallway should have a minimalist character, embodying practicality and comfort.

Minimalist trends must be kept in a modern hallway

Mirrored doors of the wardrobe expand the visual space of the hallway

Layout Features

Planning a small space is quite difficult, therefore, first of all, you need to pay attention to the really needed interior elements. Convenient constructive solution - to occupy one of the walls of the room with furniture (wardrobe, hanger). In the smallest rooms you can do only with a hanger, but it is worth remembering that an open hanger requires a constant order, because the things on it are always in sight. The location of the doors will tell which side to choose (they should conveniently open without clinging to furniture).

An open hanger in the hallway provides more freedom, but requires constant care

A small hallway can be made aesthetically pleasing

Do not put furniture on both sides of the hallway, in which case it will create inconvenience in the operation of the room even for one person, not to mention large families. In addition to the hanger and cabinet in the hallway there should be a chair (ottoman, chair, depending on the size of the room and the wishes of its owner), as well as a shelf for household trifles and a mirror. The remaining elements of the situation are desirable only if they do not create a heap.

Low soft padded stool - an integral attribute of any hallway

Furniture for large and small rooms.

A minimalist option for any hallway is a wardrobe and a hanger. Ideally, furniture should be made individually, choosing the size and color for each room specifically. In order to save space, you can resort to the option with modular furniture, corner cabinets. If there is so little space that the open door of the headset is inconvenient, then you can resort to the option with a wardrobe, which will help save a few additional centimeters of space. Spacious hallways can be equipped with solid large wardrobes.

Use the wardrobe furniture in the hallway in the narrow space of the hallway

Narrow loft style hallway does not require much furniture. You can confine yourself to the most necessary - a hanger and a shoe rack

Hallway Storage Ideas

For the little things that a person uses every day (outerwear, umbrella, other household trifles), free access places are ideal - a cabinet, a hanger, a key shelf, a floating console, etc. In addition to daily household items, which are usually stored in convenient and accessible places, it is rational to store many other items in the hallway. Well-designed furniture (hollow ottomans, niches, mezzanines) will help with this.

The role of the ottoman will be performed by the soft top locker and the shelf for hats can be two-tiered

The wall in the hallway combines the functions of the furniture used

The smaller the entrance, the smaller and more elegant the furniture should be.

Align the wall in the hallway with a growth mirror

Make a niche in the hallway wall for hangers and corner shelves

Any, even the smallest hallway, can be turned into a work of art. To do this, you need to correctly approach the issue of planning, repair and installation of furniture. The hallway, made with taste, will set the tone for the rest of the apartment and will become its face, speaking of a sense of style of the owner of the home.

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