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.
Interior design in the hallway depending on the layout
When decorating the hallway of a room, there is a certain set of rules and techniques. This approach is almost universal and is suitable for a wide variety of hallways (for example, if we are talking about a small or large room). To choose a style, you should start from the general preferences of the entire house. Today, the following styles are considered the most common design options:
- Classic;
Classic style in the interior.
- Modern;
Decoration of the hallway in Art Nouveau style.
- Modernity;
Modern design of the hallway.
- Minimalism;
Minimalism in the interior of the hallway.
Regardless of your choice, the same zoning and layout rules apply for each design style.
Art Nouveau style in the design of the hallway.
Choice of colors
The layout of the hallway in the apartment begins with the choice of interior texture. Many people choose combinations of different colors. This creates a special aura inside the room.
Pastel colors are especially popular: gray, milky, beige and so on. These colors are great for rooms of any size. And they create a pleasant, non-stimulating atmosphere.
Light shades occupy a leading place when planning a small hallway. Because this creates an opportunity to at least visually enlarge a narrow space.
Those wishing to create a rich, luxurious look choose gold. With proper lighting, it will sparkle in a new, expensive and beautiful way.
Cheerful, active owners choose different variations of bright colors, which create a cheerful, rainbow atmosphere. But with such a choice of wallpaper, it is worth choosing furniture from neutral shades.
In addition to the previous options, many styles use a combination of opposite shades, light and dark. The most important thing is that the chosen color is to your liking and pleases, and does not cause irritation or doubt for many years.
Key Aspects
The hallway room in a house or apartment is important because it serves as a functional place for guests or family. Pay attention to aspects of the present functionality:
- Insulating the room from dust, noise and cold;
- Placement of clothes, shoes and other items;
- The hallway is the center of the entire house, making it easy to figure out where to go next;
- Impacts the guest experience both at the beginning and at the end.
One of the room design options.
Before starting planning, you should collect all the initial information about your house (or apartment) in order to analyze everything more thoroughly before designing. First of all, start with the number of residents. That is, based on the needs of the family, we can assume what kind of furniture and layout will suit you. The more family members live, the wider the functional area should be. We are talking about those places where a person is engaged in some specific type of activity (dining, cooking, having fun, etc.).
Interior of a cozy hallway.
The functional area can be mentally modeled based on various situations that occur throughout the day. Let's say you came home from work with large bags of groceries just bought at the store. Naturally, when you enter your home, all this will need to be placed somewhere. This means that for this you will need a separate place (for bags). Of course, you need to put the keys somewhere so that you don’t have to look for them for an extremely long time. This is followed by a small shelf for various small items that always get lost. Next, you will want to quickly remove your outerwear and shoes. Therefore, there should be a rack with hangers and a shelf for shoes nearby. Furniture departments should be somewhere nearby.
Convenient arrangement of furniture in the hallway.
Another common problem is the lack of free space in front of the mirror. This is especially felt when parents need to go to work and children need to go to school. And everyone is trying to win their rightful place near the small mirror.
Large and spacious mirror in the hallway.
There can be a lot of these situations. A competent interior designer must calculate in advance any nuances that may arise and provide the hallway with all the necessary functional areas.
Proper lighting in the mirror area.
Porch with canopy for a private house
If precipitation enters the site, it may interfere with the opening of doors. Therefore, a canopy or canopy is often built over the porch. The canopy is usually an extension of the roof and protects from snow and rain. The canopy or canopy is fixed at a height of more than 20 cm above the front door. This detail allows you to provide a comfortable entrance to the building, and thanks to its unique design it becomes a real decoration of the building’s exterior.
For a canopy or canopy, polycarbonate is often used, which has an original structure and many shades. It is easy to process and can take any shape. Therefore, from it you can get a structure that is ideally suited to the architectural composition of a house with a porch. A porch with a canopy for a dacha allows you to hide from the sun and take a break from dacha work. Country houses, as a rule, are not very large, so you can build a porch for your summer house yourself.
Furniture arrangement
When you have already decided on the choice of the main functional areas, it’s time to start selecting furniture and additional equipment. But it is worth noting that each area in the hallway is calculated individually. It is recommended to purchase standard furniture, which will fit better in an ordinary hallway due to its average size. For example, a standard closet is 60 cm deep and 90 cm wide. For additional items, there is a separate built-in shelf 40 cm deep. The dimensions of the bench are 45x45.
It is recommended to purchase standard furniture, which will fit better in an ordinary hallway due to its average size.
Of course, sometimes circumstances arise to order non-standard furniture. These actions may be determined by the non-standard parameters of your hallway. Before ordering, be sure to take the necessary measurements of the room, and only then fill the free space with elements of the room furnishings. If you don’t really want to spend money on preparing a project for your home interior, then you can create it yourself using computer programs. Large libraries of different furniture are always available there, and with such capabilities, you will not need to separately remember certain sizes.
An interesting room decor option.
How to visually expand the corridor
The design of a narrow corridor in an apartment can be expanded in several ways. To realize your idea, consider the parameters of your layout. Once you have the exact numbers, you can move on to the next steps: arranging furniture, choosing lighting, finalizing colors, and filling in small gaps with nice decorative details distributed around the perimeter of the room.
Another mental illusion will be the placement of mirrors. It is necessary to turn the lack of space into an advantage so that guests even think that they are experiencing discomfort from crushed walls.
Known Requirements
The distance between the doorway and the furniture should be at least 10 cm. This provides space for trim and sashes. For a cabinet with open doors, leave 70 cm from the wall. This way, one person can walk freely while the other goes about his business at the closet. The same goes for banquettes. You will also need an extra 30 cm for standing.
Decorating the hallway in safari style.
If the room is long and narrow, it should be divided into separate zones - the entrance and the hall. Zoning is carried out using special floor finishing. Also, a very successful technique is the use of steps. For example, the transition to another zone occurs by raising the floor level, and it begins with one or two steps.
Arrangement of furniture in the hallway.
If you can’t boast of a fairly spacious hallway area, use individual pieces of furniture without the main set. Place a hanger, a wardrobe for outerwear, shelves for shoes in different places (where appropriate). If you have a large area, you can safely use a large headset.
Convenient placement of furniture in the hallway.
Strict style or cheerful kitsch?
Ideally, a single style of interior decoration and furniture should be visible in all rooms. In this case, the hallway announces its bright features, which are developed in the design of the living room, bedroom, and dining room.
If the kitchen, bedroom and nursery differ significantly in design, it is the corridor that unites them into an ensemble. It is enough to choose a color that is present in all rooms as a main or accent color, and actively use it in decorating the hallway.
The most popular and easily implemented option is the choice of white doors, portals, arches and plinths, which echo the abundance of white in the design of the apartment. The white enfilade in the long corridor looks especially impressive. The color may be different. Success is ensured if the plinth “flows” into other rooms, organizing the space.
The most effective can be considered the use of a general accent color in painting the walls. In the hallway and corridor, this color can become the main color, which will leave no doubt about the completeness of the design.
Photos of hallways and corridors, the design of which professional designers had a hand in, are a source of inspiration for millions of apartment owners. Their own interpretations of classical ideas may turn out to be no less bright and talented.
Lighting
Due to the lack of windows, the issue of lighting requires detailed consideration with the utmost care. You should also take into account the interior design itself and, based on this, choose appropriate lighting that will practically replace sunlight. First of all, pay attention to the area near the mirror. There must be a lamp there. With high-quality lighting in this area, it will be convenient to comb your hair, apply makeup and do other things to get your appearance in perfect order. It is worth placing spotlights where things are stored. With their help, it will be more convenient to find this or that item in the depths of the closet. To highlight the texture of the walls, LED lights, sconces, floor lamps, etc. are suitable.
There must be a lamp near the mirror.
The appearance of the lamp is selected depending on the overall style of the interior. For example, if the size of the hallway allows it, it is quite possible to place a beautiful chandelier. LED lighting devices have become popular recently. Thanks to the uniform emission of light by the focal method, space can narrow or expand. For example, when the corridor is narrow and long, the lamps are placed horizontally in a chaotic diagonal pattern.
Lighting the hallway with a lamp.
It is not realistic to simply determine by eye the number and power of lighting fixtures. All this is taken into account in the design process as a separate project. In this case, designers take into account the colors of furniture and decoration.
Bright hallway in white.
Minimalism is considered the most acceptable style. To prevent the room from turning into a landfill, it is better to hide things on cabinets and not to overdo it with the decor. In this case, the lighting will function much better. In general, square meters do not always play a key role. It is only important to approach the matter of decorating the hallway correctly, and everything will fall into place.
Minimalism in the interior of the corridor.
Hallway design and decor
Before choosing decor, you need to consider the interior style of the apartment. Some directions are difficult to implement in small hallways (Brezhnev apartments). However, it is easy to introduce individual recognizable elements into the setting (for example, colors, decor):
- the corridor in the minimalist style looks extremely uncomplicated and functional. From furniture you can choose a bench, a couple of hanging shelves and a floor hanger. A mirror in a simple wooden frame is a suitable decor. Spot lighting will create an interesting play of light;
- a classic hallway will appeal to calm people who prefer a conservative, measured lifestyle. The interior looks great in rectangular or square rooms. Finishing in neutral light shades (golden, peach, white, beige, soft pink or light green) will emphasize the luxury of the decor. Moldings are used as decor for small rooms, small paintings in carved golden frames or a couple of neat figurines are selected;
- Scandinavian style or Provence is easy to implement in a compact hallway. Lavender fields and the sea coast are ideally associated with a setting in blurry lilac, sand, light blue, and white shades. The walls are decorated with rough plaster, wallpaper with small flowers or canvases imitating brickwork. Rough boards on the floor, forged elements of wall shelves, lamps, patinated handles on chest of drawers, photographs framed in wood, painted and artificially aged, will convey the rural atmosphere well;
- The hallways, decorated in national styles, look unusual. Common options: Indian, Turkish, Japanese, Arabic. The originality of the furnishings is manifested in contrasting combinations of shades (golden/red, black and white), special patterns and ornaments.
Before choosing the design of the hallway of an apartment in a panel house, you need to think carefully about the layout of the furniture and interior details in order to create a harmonious and functional environment.
To create a cozy and beautiful decoration in a small hallway, you just need to make a little effort. Designers offer many techniques to help visually expand space and save space. A light palette of colors and simple lines will bring an atmosphere of lightness and comfort to the decor of the room.
Choosing a style direction
Having crossed the threshold of the hallway, any guest, first of all, will show interest in the style of this room.
Based on this, his assumption that all other housing is furnished in a similar style would be quite justified. And this, in most cases, will be the correct conclusion.
However, some people prefer to act in an original manner. It is their habit to keep the vestibule, for example, in minimalism, and choose a classic design for the living room.
In other words, there are no strict rules regarding the style of a modern hallway.
But there are certain norms and standards used to make the room as ergonomic as possible. Usually it all depends on its area. For example, if the room is small, and even narrow, there is no need to make it dark.
Wall finishing options
In addition to the previously discussed methods of arranging walls, wooden and wood-shaving options are gaining popularity. You can’t do without wood decoration if you choose a style such as country.
In this case, any technology can be used:
- wallpapering, stylized as wood;
- paneling;
- clapboard cladding;
- covering with boards or MDF boards.
Lovers of the classics can take a closer look at decorative plasters or water-based paints. The latter have a number of advantages:
- low cost;
- maintainability;
- practicality.
The color scheme depends entirely on the taste of the home owner. But it is still preferable for the walls to be lighter than the floor and darker than the ceiling.
