Please help - awkward Hallway
9 years ago
We have a really big hallway, it is the size of another lounge but we don't know what to do with it. We don't know how to furnish it, where to put furniture, what type of furniture etc.
It's really bare/empty so we use it for daughters toys but it's the first thing any one sees when they come in front door so want it to look nice! We don't need it to be anything else but a hallway, we have plenty of space in the rest of the house.
What would you do with it? Any ideas?
Thank you!
It's really bare/empty so we use it for daughters toys but it's the first thing any one sees when they come in front door so want it to look nice! We don't need it to be anything else but a hallway, we have plenty of space in the rest of the house.
What would you do with it? Any ideas?
Thank you!
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9 years agoI like nadine's idea of making the space feel smaller using a storage solution as a room divider. I'd be tempted to explore the feasibility/cost of moving some of the partition walls. This would enable you to reclaim the kitchen corner, or some of it and increase the size of the snug/study. The attached picture gives an idea of where the new walls could be, with the gap showing where the door to the snug could be. If possible, I'd open up the other side of the fireplace so that it opens into the snug/study, and then close the hallway side up. This would give you a uninterrupted run of wall to put pictures and coat racks on.
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I would consider a settle where the small table is by the door for coats etc
if space permits, you can get narrower ones.
I think the way it is decorated makes it look more like a room, neutralising the walls might remove that and perhaps flagstones or similar look or wooden floor from the front door through the whole room rather than having the black and white tiled section at the foot of the stairs. A Large coir mat area sunk down in front of the front door.
How about a small sofa in front of the fireplace with a console table behind to act as the walk way through.
Have you considered closing up half of the double opening into the lounge? As that would give you a bit more wall space.
Under the window is there space for seated storage? Great Little Trading Company do some with storage boxes underneath so toys could be placed there when not in use.
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