How can you decorate the hallway?

An entrance hall is a visiting card of every house or apartment. This part of the apartment makes the first impression on the guests, it also speaks of the taste and personality of the apartment owners. In order for the hallway to become truly impressive and remain comfortable at the same time, you need to competently think over its design. It is important that the room combines basic elements and decor.

There are a huge number of attributes with which the hallway can be decorated in various styles. Some of them are universal, others are inherent only in certain areas of the interior. To make the corridor look presentable, you need to take into account certain nuances when arranging it.

A large entrance hall means richer furnishings and accessories. You can give the room additional functions, equip part of the room for a dressing room, or make a small recreation area. Often in such corridors you can see couches and sofas, the length of which does not exceed 150 cm, ottomans and even coffee tables. Cabinets up to 1600 mm long and 800-900 mm wide or complete sets, consisting of 6-8 modular sections, are also installed in the room.

Sometimes they take into account the layout for the living room, combined with the front with the help of arches and other zonal attributes. Such an interior is usually not cluttered with dimensional furniture, but prefer more elegant details.

In a small rectangular hallway, a small cabinet is installed, which only takes up space near one wall. Other areas may contain shoe shelves or accessories. In the hallway with an area of ​​3 to 4-5 sq. m, sometimes the wardrobe is not installed at all, hooks and hangers for clothes and a shoe cabinet become an alternative to it.

Indoors 6-7 sq. meters, a miniature corner cabinet is sometimes placed, which is used to store things that are used regularly. The width of the product does not exceed 60 cm. An addition to it can be a shallow cabinet with a mirror, which can be equipped with additional lighting.

For a square entrance hall with an area of ​​9-10 sq. m choose the placement of furniture along two walls, between which there is a door. Chests of drawers about 120 cm long or entire headsets that occupy the entire wall can be placed there. Often such rooms are equipped with mirrored cabinets or even built-in structures.

To decorate a long, narrow front, the area of ​​which sometimes reaches 11-12 square meters. m use the following techniques:

• The wardrobe is built into the end wall of the corridor, without hiding its width at all. Usually this is a small double-leaf wardrobe with an average depth of 70 cm.
• In order to visually expand such a corridor, a special arrangement of lighting devices is used. Built-in luminaires are placed along the edges of the ceiling in the form of a main or additional lighting.
• So that the space in the corridor does not look empty, sometimes shallow dressers are installed along the walls.Their depth is only 30-40 cm, and the length is 100-110 cm. They are used to store small items of clothing, household items and accessories.

The hallway can have both high and low ceilings. The possibility of purchasing a built-in cabinet and the choice of lighting devices depends on this factor. A hanging chandelier can only be installed in a hall with high ceilings, therefore, in a regular apartment with standard parameters, it will be preferable to place ceiling structures.

Entrance halls with stairs to the second floor can only be in private houses or bunk apartments. The staircase conceals part of the space, it must also be in harmony with the colors of the walls and floor and at the same time "dilute" the color scheme in the interior. Almost always, the staircase plays an accent role in the room and with the help of its details you can create a spectacular appearance of the hallway.

One of the main components when choosing a hallway equipment is the material from which the furniture will be created. The most demanded types of raw materials are the following:

• Solid wood - expensive material that looks very solid and presentable. It is often used to make headsets, exclusive pieces of furniture, and even accessories. Popular types of solid wood are oak, pine, maple, beech. The advantage of the array is its strength and beautiful appearance, but the tree over time can succumb to the influence of parasitic insects and require additional spending on care products.

• MDF and chipboard panels - a very popular and more budgetary alternative to natural solid wood furniture. The appearance of such panels is sometimes in no way inferior to wooden ones, moreover, wood fiber is included in the composition of the plates, which explains their strength and durability. Some of the delicate details of the shelves and walls are made from drywall. Such materials do not require a lot of time and effort to maintain and are able to serve in normal conditions for quite a long time.
• Very often furniture is supplied with details made of metal... Such elements often imitate gold or bronze, which is a very appropriate technique in certain styles.

In large hallways, furniture made from different materials can serve a dual purpose. Such models are called transformers. Most often, a transformer is a headset, which includes an additional work area. It is formed by lowering the plate horizontally, which becomes the working surface of a small table.

The entrance hall can be decorated in different colors. For walls, a monochromatic range is predominantly chosen, but often it is diluted with additional textures in the form of artificial brick or masonry. The shade of the ceiling is always lighter than the color of the walls, but often it echoes with it with the help of special geometric shapes. In most cases, the ceiling is white.

Pictures or additional lighting are used to add rich accents to the corridor. Turquoise lighting along the edges of the ceiling looks very unusual, it looks especially organic in the hallway, where there are other accent details of the same color scheme or similar tones - green, blue, mint.

The color of the furniture depends on the material from which it is made. Wooden products are rarely kept in bright colors. The most common shades are cappuccino, milk oak, walnut, cherry, wenge, maple.The exquisite appearance is mahogany. A similar color ensemble is inherent in products from chipboard and MDF.

Plastic headsets come in a wider range of shades. Among them there are even acid colors and panels with unusual patterns. You can decorate the hallway furniture in red, yellow, orange tones, or even using photo printing technology, create an exclusive furniture design.

In order for the furniture in the corridor to be not only beautiful, but also of high quality, you should turn to those brands that have already gained trust among buyers. Such firms include the following:

• Lerom company specializes in the production of modular headsets. Among the assortment, you can find sets of all sizes, both for small and large corridors.
• To find a hallway with a symmetrical design, you should contact Hettich, which creates cabinets with different arrangement of shelves and compartments.
• "Mebelef" Is a popular Russian brand that produces wardrobes of various geometric shapes for the hallway. In addition to the original shape, you can choose furniture in a wide range of colors, including acid tones.

An important step is the placement of furniture in the hallway. Sometimes the whole look of the room depends on how you decide to furnish it. In the hallway, the predominance of arches instead of doors can create more space for placing furniture. A wardrobe or headset is usually placed along the wall. On the sides of the arches, you can see accessories and houseplants. If several arched vaults pass through a narrow corridor, then between them there are often hinged shelves of small thickness, on which accessories are also placed.

In a square hallway, a wardrobe can take up an entire corner. Usually, additional shelves and bedside tables are not placed in such hallways. If the wardrobe does not play a leading role in the arrangement of the hallway, then a couch is located next to the wall as additional pieces of furniture.

Small bedside tables or ottomans can also be placed along the staircase or fit into the groove that forms between the staircase and the wall. If space permits, there can be a chair or even a small armchair in one of the corners of the front.

When furnishing corridors, it is very important to remember some design techniques that will make the room even more beautiful and personable.

Wall decoration is very important. The classic option is to paste over the surface of the walls with wallpaper, which can be equipped with a print or even be divided into two color zones. To add luxury to the ambience, they use a design with a decorative coach coupler, which looks especially harmonious in combination with the same texture of upholstered furniture.

For zoning a large hallway, arches and carved partitions are often used. Since corridors usually do not have a window, zoning is done with lighting on the ceiling and walls. Sometimes the cabinet is located in such a way that the front is divided into two zones.

To correctly decorate the space in the elongated hallway, which is usually the case in three-room apartments, they use a special print on the walls. Most often, their surface is painted in light colors and supplied with a pattern to create a visual expansion effect. Such prints include horizontal stripes, fine abstraction, vertical details painted on the bottom of the walls, and geometric shapes.

Sometimes, light glossy panels are used to decorate cabinets and walls in narrow hallways, which reflect light and help visually expand the space.

Often, narrow corridors are decorated with a carpet runner. With the help of an ornament on it, you can visually expand the space and emphasize the originality of the chosen style.The track may not always have a rectangular shape, some products are made in the form of a zigzag, sometimes the track is equipped with an unusual pattern that creates an optical effect.

Sculptures can be placed in the cottage as accessories. In some hallways, there is an electrical panel that can be hidden by visually disguising the box. It is finished with panels with a surface similar to the color and texture of the furniture. You can hang a picture on the flap that will completely match its size and shape.

When decorating a corridor, do not forget about accessories. They play a very important role and emphasize the style of the room.

Paintings are among the most popular decor items. At least one canvas should be located in the hallway, but the placement of paintings of different sizes, which are made in the same concept, looks most successful. If there is a large free section of the wall in the hallway, it is advisable to decorate it with a panel, which can be an exquisite and unusual composition that plays an accent role.

The choice of interior style is very important when decorating a hall. Since the corridor is a walk-through room, it should have its own personality, but at the same time not strongly contrast with the design concepts in the rest of the rooms.

Some styles have a number of characteristics that distinguish them from the rest:

• Hallways baroque they are designed using an abundance of light colors. There are often carvings and gold patina on the furniture. Usually the interior is equipped with an expensive carpet to make the furnishings look really rich. Pictures and stucco moldings can be found not only on the walls, but also on the exquisite light ceiling.

• For high-tech style characterized by a laconic design with an abundance of plastic furniture and geometric shapes. Clear lines are present not only in furniture, but also in accessories, abstract compositions are made using unusual patterns. Among the colors, gray, black, red, white and other monochromatic shades are popular.

• Bright detail loft style is an imitation of brick texture on the walls, as well as specific pendant lamps with no shades. The colors of the textures are usually discreet and soft, beige, gray and brown shades prevail.

• For the hallway in provence style white furniture is used, while walls are often painted in pastel shades. Small patterns in the form of flowers and other patterns can be observed on the furniture. Floral abstraction or a single pattern in the center of the room can often be seen on the floor.

• Ecological style very unusual. An obligatory element of such a project is green, which is sometimes used in carpet imitating a grassy lawn. It is important to place at least a few potted plants in the hallway, but due to the lack of natural light, this can be problematic. In this case, focus on paintings depicting green landscapes.

Designers offer a number of unusual options that can be used in the design of both a standard-type hallway and atypical premises.

In a standard one-room apartment, one corner in the hallway is often free. An excellent design solution in this case would be to install an elegant ottoman there, suitable for the interior concept.

The corridor space of a two-room apartment can be filled with three-level shelves built into the wall. Shelves are often made of frosted or clear glass. They add zest to your front.

In the hallways of country houses there are windows that can be decorated with unusual textiles.It is best to choose non-quirky curtains that create a warm and cozy atmosphere. In the country, especially if there are few rooms in the house, you can put a refrigerator in the hallway. Often, the hallway is connected directly to the kitchen, so there will be no inconvenience when using this device.

In some panel houses, apartments with a narrow corridor, planned in the Soviet style, remained. In such a "brezhnevka", the wall opposite the doors to other rooms can be decorated with a large mirror or a designer fresco, which will visually help to increase the space.

Hallways in a studio apartment are often separated from the rest of the room only visually or with the help of arches. Often in such a front there is a washing machine, which is built into a modular set of furniture and looks very neat.

In this video you will find even more ideas for decorating your hallway.