Don't know how to fit everything you need into youra narrow and uncomfortable hallway? We have the answer. We invited an expert who literally laid everything out on the shelves. A helpful porter, unfortunately, does not greet us every day at the door of the apartment, and the hallway is not as spacious as a hotel lobby. But you can realize your natural desire to live in comfort if you know how. Architect Galina Perevodnova, an interior design expert at the online hypermarket MebelVia, talks about the additional possibilities of a narrow hallway.
If the hallway is too narrow, then beforefurnish it, it is worth taking care of the visual expansion of the space. It is better not to use dark tones in the wall decoration, refuse suspended ceilings, large chandeliers. The ideal combination is a floor made of natural materials (marble or porcelain stoneware), which will retain a neat appearance longer, and light walls. You can use mirrors and mirror elements in the decor: reflecting light and walls, they will create the illusion of an enlarged corridor.
When filling the hallway with furniture, it is worthgive up bulky items and focus on the functionality of each of them. For example, fur coats and down jackets can be stored in the main closet in the bedroom during the off-season, and a narrow closet ("column") and a small console with a low cabinet and hooks-hangers can be left in the hallway. The "column" can be used to store clothes that require careful handling or are used less often. The hooks will allow you to hang the outerwear of the whole family, including on "hangers". The cabinet will serve as a place to store household chemicals, shoe care products, and as a bench for changing shoes.
Hallway MebelVia Provide additionalhooks: above the main row for hats and scarves and below for handbags. A large selection of hooks of different sizes, colors, materials is presented in construction markets and in stores for home and repair.
The absence of “heavy” furniture will give the overall"weightless" mood of the hallway. Shelves for shoes and hats can be made not from solid wood or chipboard, but, for example, from metal rods or tubes connected to each other. Thus, there will be more "air" in the hallway. And for convenient storage of gloves, jewelry and other small items on the shelves, use stylish containers, boxes, boxes.
Hallway MebelVia If not usedcustom built-in furniture "from floor to ceiling", choose narrow shoe racks, and install closed boxes on the surface of low "column" cabinets. You can store rarely used things and objects in them. And the surface of the shoe rack will become a shelf for small items, mail. I recommend attaching beautiful key holders or screwing in a couple of screws above it: the keys will not get lost if they have their own place.
Don't forget about the organizers - rectanglesmade of thick fabric with many pockets and sections, in which it is convenient to place combs, cosmetics, umbrellas, belts. The organizer, hanging on the wall, does not take up any extra space at all and will be a real salvation for owners of small hallways and a large number of things.
And finally.When filling the hallway, try to consider the multifunctionality of the furniture. For example, if you buy a bench, make sure that there is storage space inside, or that you can install wicker square boxes for slippers, bags, a broom and a dustpan under the seat. Or a free-standing mirror: it is better to choose models with "hangers" for clothes or a small shelf where perfume and cosmetics can fit.
Narrow hallway: tips and ideas for design
