Design a small hallway: the rules and ideas of interior decoration

In every home repair is an indication of a pleasant atmosphere, personality and style. Entrance hall - is the first thing that draws attention to a guest entering the apartment. Very often the owners is not easy to refine the tiny hallway. However, this is not a sentence to the interior of the apartment or house. Many people face a number of challenges in the design style in the standard Soviet-built. Soviet-era facilities are renowned for their small size. On such areas in one, two or three square meters would be desirable to put a roomy closet for clothes, hang a mirror, equipped with shelves for shoes, hats, and much more.

To create a functional and comfortable interior of a small hallway is a challenge. However, listening to the advice of experienced designers, taking into account their own fantasies and imagination is possible to obtain a unique, comfortable result.

stages of work

Design a small hall it is necessary to start with accurate planning of all subsequent activities:

1. To begin, we calculate the area. There are two options: leave the area untouched or expand by borrowing space from the next room.
2. The idea, the style of the room. It is important to define what is to their liking - either functional interior.
3. Subsequently, the designer or the superintendent of the estimate value of the primary work - increase in the area (the demolition of the wall), the alignment of walls, installation of plasterboard, installation of electrical wiring and so forth.
4. The selection and purchase of building materials, it is desirable to produce an average pricing. Firstly, you can choose good quality materials at affordable prices. Second, save money for the future purchase of furniture and interior elements.
5. During the repair or remodeling it is possible to face with certain difficulties arising in older homes. Some work may entail a number of follow-up, which can be great to hit the family budget. In buildings such as the consequences can be. It all depends on the layout of the room as a whole.
6. The final step - decoration. The choice of furniture and accessories for beauty and comfort.

Hallway in the Khrushchev

In each hallway mandatory elements are a wardrobe, shelves for shoes and hats and a mirror. In the absence of technical expansion of space, you can resort to the advice of designers:

• Color environment. Be sure to design in the light spectrum, with inserts of dark. For example, the ceiling and walls makes the light, the furniture and decor in dark colors. It is not recommended to insert the white shade. Otherwise, all the dirt and dust, brought from the street, will certainly be strongly evident.
• A lot of lighting sources. In addition to the usual chandeliers on the ceiling, it is sure to add a variety of minimalist light sources, such as spotlights in the attic or on the perimeter of the mirror. In special cases it is possible to place a mirror, looking at each other. This will give the effect of a significant expansion of the space will seem more spacious.
  

  To hallway did not seem grim, windowless, it is necessary to provide good lighting

• Smoothing corners. Another trick that allows you to visually increase the space. To smooth, rounded corners needed as the walls and corners of furniture. Yet another option - replacing the door entrance of the room to the arch. It visually connects the hall to the room. A great option for the critically small size.
• Minimalism. We abandon the huge amount of decor and other accessories. Put only the necessary furniture, small-sized accessories. Otherwise the excess items will overload the space.
  

  Open rack and shelves for small things - the most essential attributes of the hallway

• Rational use of space. It is necessary to put a corner wardrobe. Such cases quite roomy. If the corridor is too small, it is necessary to install the shelves with hooks, ottoman convertible shoe, a mezzanine with a soffit lighting.

An important tip. Keep out of the closet those things that are wearing. It is not necessary to load the place "nenosimoy" clothing and footwear. Firstly, space saving. Second, the aesthetic appearance.

Long and narrow hallway

Long and narrow hallway brings a lot of difficulties. This option does not fully realize their need for functionality. But even in these situations, designers have found a way to achieve the desired aesthetic appearance and great functionality.

Consider some of the techniques:

• Ceilings of different levels visually divide the corridor into zones.
• Adjustment forms visually changed by combining light and dark tones. Long walls form in bright colors (coloring or Wallpapering). The short ends of the wall or dark tones formed. If ceilings at different levels, it is possible to raise them, pokleit coating for walls with vertical band pattern.
• For such options is necessary wardrobe. The narrow openings sliding door cabinet can be very useful! Ottoman transformer for shoe storage, a mirror with a side or bottom shelf, a mezzanine with point assembly as defined illumination.
• It is worth noting that in a narrow space is too high ceiling, as an option, set the moldings. Are mounted at a distance of 25 cm from the ceiling. In this situation, the upper part is a continuation of the ceiling. Dyed in the same hue as the ceiling (preferably white). Down from the molding to the floor clearance should be a darker shade - beige or cream. In this combined ceiling visually fall, acquiring a rational form and position.
  

  The photo shows an example of such use of the moldings to decorate the ceiling in the hallway

Making small hallways

Design is not recommended strongly to allocate in total interior of the house or apartment setting. In the decision replacing the doors of adjacent rooms on a decorative arch, should perform similar to those premises design, in order to visually enlarge the hall, making a natural continuation of these rooms, in spite of the fact that in different rooms individually set functions.

In a situation where all the doors in the house are in the hallway, it is helpful to pick them up the same shape and pattern, with glass elements. If the door opens inward corridor and at the same time there is a chance that they will fight each other, the rational solution is to install a sliding door coupe. So you can save room for extra furniture and decor elements that perform certain useful functions.

It is necessary to pre-calculate and prepare the space for the meter, switches, sockets, etc. doorphone In the interior uncommon, when it simply forget to do. In the future, it may happen that you have to "sculpt" them, spoiling the aesthetic appearance.

Furniture for anteroom

The longish hallway when the end goes to the wall, it is possible to carry out a mini dressing room or closet. It is likely you will need to move a few doorways, but the room will get a square shape to be more active.

To narrow corridors fit a variant - the furniture is placed around one big wall. On the contrary it is recommended to hang a huge mirror, visually increase the space. Furniture selected light color with a shiny gloss finish. At the entrance it is recommended to put a cupboard for shoes or pouf with relevant departments. At the end is the main wardrobe or chest of drawers.

For sufficiently small hallway option placement of cabinets and drawers there. In this embodiment, a shelf is hung banal headgear, the hook for clothes. Set small shelves and ottoman convertible. At the same time near the front door is located just a hanger, and then poof, and more. This sequence is important for aesthetically very little hallway!

White hallway

White fits perfectly into the interior of the small hallways, as has the property to increase the visual volume of rooms. Recommended for gray and black accents or decorative elements for the perfect complement interior light. Other colored inserts with grace fit in white. But do not forget that for a color scheme needs constant care. Because we all know that the house begins with an entrance hall, exactly like the idea of ​​the hosts, to create comfort.

Gray tones hallway

Unflappable and neutral gray color is suitable for interior cool design. Properly decorated lighting, chrome insert will remove unnecessary monochrome and give a more lively style. Also, the presence of darkness to help remove the inserts and decorative elements in white tone.

Beige hallway

Creamy, milky coffee and almond shades of beige, many designers feel very cost-effective and practical. Furniture and decor elements in beige tones harmonize perfectly with any contemporary or retro style. Warm, friendly, unobtrusive colors give a comfortable atmosphere and at the same time will increase the space. Ideally combined with beige tones insert light green, maroon, dark brown tones.

Select a wallpaper

In this case it is necessary to choose the wall covering, based on the size and shape of the hallway. In any moment of individual effect is given different options. For example, a design registration for vestibules square shapes will look ridiculous in a long and narrow corridors. This is an important aspect when choosing interior.

Recommended

• Dull, muted tones. Leadership among the color schemes for small hallways have shades of beige. It can be ivory, cream, cappuccino, almond, flax, smoky snow and so on. Selection of cold tones - the next designer trick for visual increase space.
  

  You can paste over a wall of beige wallpaper, and another painted in a contrasting color

• Promising Mural. This type of wallpaper glue made on a solid wall of a long corridor for visual expansion. As an option, apply this coating on the end wall small hallway.
  

  With photo wallpaper with a prospect, you can create a feeling that you can get out into the garden at the end of the corridor

• Miniature figures. For example, a flower ornamental objects or geometry. These visually enhance the corridor. While huge and very voluminous figures in a narrow hallway or small crush and reduce hallway.
  

  An example of successful use wallpaper with fine geometric print

• Liquid and vinyl. Possess desired miniaturized pattern. The advantage of this wall covering is also the fact that they are easy to apply and suitable even for beginners.
  

  Vinyl wallpaper is quite easy to clean from pollution

We do not recommend

Too bright or dark wallpaper range. They will allocate a maximum of small size. At the same time all lockers and decor will have the effect of clutter. Also not recommended for large, pronounced patterns and ornaments. Such an embodiment creates an effect similar to that described above.

The list is not recommended wall covering:

1. Plastic panels. This coating is a solution, though at concealing unevenness of the walls, but also greatly reduces, in this case the small space after installation.
2. Imitation stone. This coating simply turn in a narrow hallway similarity cave passage to be ugly and extremely unhelpful.

conclusion

Any individual hall on his own. And some failures and shortcomings inherent in any room. It is important to know that in any situation you can find a particular solution. Based on the experience and design tips, you can make rational use of the available space and create a unique interior design.

Video on how to plan a small hallway

Photo Ideas hall arrangement