Fall in love with your hallway once and for all!Make your guests fall in love with it. Enjoy its interior. Make it cozy. And today we will tell you how to achieve this. Just as a person is greeted by his clothes, so the first impression of an apartment is formed in the hallway. This room is the face of the home, although some consider it the dirtiest and leave the renovation in it until the last minute. Why dirty? Because all the rain splashes from umbrellas and traces of shoes and dog paws remain here. Today we will talk about how to decorate the hallway so that you can fall in love with it at first sight.
Color
First of all, update the wallpaper or repaintwalls. Say "no" to gloom! Pastel shades will help you create a feeling of cleanliness, lightness and spaciousness. These can be vanilla or mint colors: they give a feeling of freshness. Beige, coffee with milk and crème brulee shades will certainly make the hallway more cozy.
Our opinion Don't be afraid of white:It is universal and not at all easily soiled, as it may seem at first glance. You can play with it as your heart desires. It is a blank sheet on which you can draw your ideal hallway.
Accents
If you feel like a room painted inone color looks boring and monotonous, dilute the interior with bright accents. Accessories in rich shades always look advantageous against a calm background. Even your own shoes or hats, as well as paintings and cute vinyl stickers on the wall, can serve as decor.
Materials
Once the color scheme has been chosen, it is importantdecide on finishing materials. It would seem that you can glue any wallpaper in the hallway, cover its walls with any paint, but in fact, it needs wear-resistant and moisture-resistant materials. Moisture is a frequent guest here, although you may not even notice it. You got caught in the rain, came home, took off your shoes and outerwear and left them in the hallway. There are no windows in this room, no ventilation either, and after a while, the drops will begin to evaporate. Subsequently, condensation can negatively affect the condition of the wallpaper and become a source of mold. So, which wallpaper to choose? Paper, cork and non-woven are best put aside right away. Buy vinyl or propylene wallpaper. They are durable and resistant to various damages, moisture and dampness. Our opinion Choose linoleum or marmoleum for the floor, because they are least susceptible to abrasion (unlike parquet). But although tiles are a practical option, they are very traumatic.
Lighting
The next point that needs to be carefully considered isthink about - this is lighting. A single light bulb in the middle of the room can make the room gloomy and dark. In the hallway, it is necessary to use several sources and lighting scenarios. These can be spotlights or pendant lights, sconces, LED backlighting. The main thing is that the light from them is warm and fills the entire space of the room.
Furniture and storage systems
The furniture in the hallway should be as small as possiblefunctional and take up as little space as possible. If the room size allows, it is best to hide all your things in a wardrobe with a mirrored door. This way you will get rid of clutter, and the mirror will visually “push the walls apart”. If square meters are limited, think about a “compact” solution to the problem. For example, use hangers-hooks, corner shelves, hanging niches under the ceiling like those in buses. It is convenient to hide all sorts of things in them, especially if your apartment has high ceilings that allow you to organize such storage systems. Our opinion Don’t forget about the mirror. This, of course, is not a mandatory attribute in the hallway, but sometimes you need to look at yourself before going to work. A small ottoman or bench on which you can sit down to put on shoes or rest after returning from a long walk would not be superfluous.
Expert advice
Nina Romanyuk, designer Head of the Interior Design Ideas studio. Has a specialized higher education, more than 30 implemented and more than 100 developed projects in Ukraine and Russia.
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