The first place you get when you return home is the entrance hall. Agree, it’s very nice to see already at the entrance that your apartment has a well-groomed and modern look. It’s good when in this small corner of the house there are comfortable places for shoes and street clothes, a mirror that you always need to look into when leaving your home, and an umbrella stand. It is wonderful when the entire design of the hallway in the apartment is made skillfully and taking into account individual wishes, intertwined with modern trends. This small room and for those who enter "for a moment" helps to get an idea of your taste preferences in interior design. If the hallway is tastefully furnished, your guests will immediately make you aware of you as the owner (hostess) of this property. Have you thought and wanted to fix some flaws in the interior in your hall? Fine! Then read about how you can perform an interesting and original update of the entrance zone.
The best materials for decoration
The entrance hall is the most polluted part of your home. From here, sand and moisture after rain and snow easily fall from the street, and you don’t have to remind of the ubiquitous dust. Therefore, for the entrance zone, it is necessary to choose finishing materials with wear resistance and resistance to pollution and dampness. In the design of the hallway in the apartment, it is better to use washable options for wallpaper and wall coverings for the subsequent application of paint on them. There are quite a lot of materials with these properties at retail outlets in any price category. For decoration, decorative plaster and wooden cork panels are well suited. Avoid the presence of textile textures in the design of the walls. A fabric is a material that can get dirty in a very short period. Do not use in the design of the walls of the hallway and panels of wood types of plates. This is not the wisest option, since the plates create an unnecessary "state" effect in this case.
Color and decoration for walls
Thinking of decorating the hallway in the style of timeless classics? To help you wallpaper plain checkered and striped. In the design of a long hallway, a wise decision is to place the print on the walls horizontally. This technique visually expands the room, but it is not suitable if the ceilings are not very high. When using horizontal elements, such ceilings will seem even lower. In this case, you can use a light palette of colors for furniture and walls. This will make the room visually spacious. The vertical direction of decoration and print on the wallpaper is acceptable in the design of a square hallway with not very high ceilings. This design technique is able to visually reduce the large distance between the walls.
Attention to the floor
From frequent contact with a large number of shoes, the floor in the hallway, lined with parquet, will quickly become unusable and lose its appearance. The most unprotected place, that is, a small area under the door, is most advantageously trimmed with porcelain tiles, laminate or the most budget option - linoleum.
For a small entrance area
Puzzled by the design of the hallway in an apartment in a panel house, it seems that it is almost impossible to refine such a tiny and uncomfortable corner. But even such a room (with proper selection of colors and furniture) is able to please everyone who comes in with its conciseness and practicality. In this case, the walls and floor require light decoration. Beige and noble light gray shades of furniture are also able to visually expand the space. Built-in wardrobes in the design of the hallway in this case will be very useful. Hang mirrors directly on the door of such a cabinet. It is better not to overload the furniture with decorative elements. The most convenient styles for a tiny entrance zone will be minimalism, hi-tech. When designing a hallway in an apartment in a panel house, you can also use every centimeter of your entrance area. You just need to get corner furniture: a cupboard or cabinet will save you precious meters. Use the entire usable area of such a hallway to the ceiling. At the top, place the mezzanine. In them, things that are not used constantly will calmly wait for their time.
Narrow hallway
Having a long entrance area is a moot point. But it’s better than none at all. Therefore, to give the hallway at least a visual width, you can use one cunning design trick. To balance all sides of such a room, make the ceiling and the top two tens of centimeters of the wall in one color. There is another option: close the excessive height with suspended ceilings. On the wide side, place a narrow chest of drawers, a wardrobe and a shoe shelf with a soft seat, hang a round or oval mirror on the wall. For more convenient use in the design of the length of the hallway, it is worth adding additional lighting. Leave small decorative elements, like large ones, for other rooms. Do not take up extra space in a small narrow room.
Square hallway
Such an entrance area should be concise and restrained. All modern stylish solutions will fit well into the design of the square hallway. For this form of space, trim in discreet options is important. Styles offer us this: minimalism, eco-style, modernism and high-tech. No whorls and ornate. Geometrically, strictly, not tense. The abundance of the right direction of light in the design of the hallway and the mirror. All this can be used if your home has such an entrance zone.
We make out a hall in a private house
In such buildings, the floor must be covered with moisture resistant materials. He and the walls in a private house are subject to more frequent and stronger action of water. The design of the wallpaper in the hallway in a private house has the right to be more diverse. The most important thing is the ability to reanimate a section of the wall if it is too dirty. Under the threshold, it is better to lay special carpets on the inside of the entrance zone that trap dust and water draining from clothes or an umbrella.
Provencal design
In a private house, the design of the hallway can be performed in all styles. Here, for example, Provence will look more harmonious than in an ordinary apartment. At the same time, it will be classic, and not banal, and modern. Provence in the design of the hallway in a private house will conquer at first glance anyone who enters. Furniture made from natural wood, natural textiles, accessories from wrought metal and good porcelain - is this not a sign of the refined taste of home owners? It’s good to return to such a hall after a long day and feel calm and comfort.
How to recognize provence?
This style is recognizable by such signs:
- Pastel color palette and a large amount of white.
- The peeling paint and not perfectly applied plaster in this design of the hallway are adjacent to the deliberately made “chalices” in furniture and decor elements.
- Simulated masonry.
- Interior decoration with natural materials or their good analogues.
- The presence of forged items among decorative items and accessories for furniture.
- A lot of space and light.
- Mirrors in carved frames.
Hallway in a modern style
For those who do not like excessive pomp, a modern, simple and functional design of the hallway will be very useful. Minimalism is a real salvation for people who are tired of the constant load on their emotional sphere of advertising billboards, bright window dressing of supermarkets and much more. After such an intrusive invasion of the subconscious, I want to give my nerves and eyes a rest. Traditionally, minimalism is created by natural color compositions. Often used brown, gray, white and black. Other shades, if desired, can also be used in this style. You should not take the entire palette of the rainbow in attempts to create a concise interior. Two or three shades will suffice.
Minimalist furniture
Furniture design can use chromed metal, natural wood and plastic. The main condition of this design of the hallway is the lack of excess decor. Here, every detail of the situation carries not only an aesthetic load, but also performs the functions provided for it. The curbstone bench at the same time helps to put on shoes with comfort and also hides shoes in the bowels of the earth. And sliding wardrobes simultaneously expand the surrounding space and protect the clothes entrusted to them. Such a laconic style emphasizes its originality with elements of competent lighting of the entire room and some pieces of furniture.
Decor Elements
This style does not tolerate unnecessary details in the interior, but a practical element in this case can simultaneously fulfill a decorative load. The peculiar design of an open coat hanger or shoe rack can greatly diversify the interior. If you want additional beauty and sophistication at the same time, you can hang one or more paintings on the wall. It is only better that the entire exposition is in the same frames and is located on the same level.
House without a hall
When your house or apartment does not have a classic hallway, but instead has a spacious hall, you can zon it, highlighting places that will carry different semantic and practical workloads. This technique is performed in several ways:
- Use a combination of different flooring. Separate the entrance area with tiles on the floor, and for a more comfortable placement while dressing, lay a floor covering or carpet near the cabinet.
- Translucent partitions are good ways to divide your room into different zones.
- Zonize the space with furniture and artificial light.
- Use "Japanese" stained glass partitions.
Often in the hallway of a private house there is a window. Do not force it with furniture! It is better to place a comfortable pouf for shoes or a bench in this place. The window itself can be decorated with stained glass painting or mosaic.
The staircase leading from the hallway to the second floor should fit in the overall style of the room in its design. In the space under the stairs, you can build a closet or place a chest of drawers there for different things. Here you can also place a cabinet for storing shoes.
The color palette is what catches your eye at first sight. Before you decide on a certain color or stylistic direction, make sure that your entrance does not dissonant with the view of the rest of the living rooms. If they all have a classic setting, then a high-tech hallway will seem a little inappropriate. If the rooms are decorated in a modern design, the baroque hallway will be ridiculous.