Narrow corridor/hallway
Aby
5 years ago
Hi :) I need your help to decide how many paintings should I go for in this narrow corridor, which is as wide as the door straight ahead.
The dimensions of the wall are:
1: 108cm/42.50in
2: 219cm/86.2in. On the side where there is only 1 door, I think I should put paintings in the same dimension for symmetry.
As for ceiling lights, I would love to put 2 white turkish lights and would therefore also use white frames to use little colour so that perhaps I could use more colour in the paintings.
All throughout the apartment, above the bed is the only other space where I have for a painting, so I would like to maximise the use of the corridor for paintings without it looking messy.
In which spots and sizes of paintings would you use? Thank you
The dimensions of the wall are:
1: 108cm/42.50in
2: 219cm/86.2in. On the side where there is only 1 door, I think I should put paintings in the same dimension for symmetry.
As for ceiling lights, I would love to put 2 white turkish lights and would therefore also use white frames to use little colour so that perhaps I could use more colour in the paintings.
All throughout the apartment, above the bed is the only other space where I have for a painting, so I would like to maximise the use of the corridor for paintings without it looking messy.
In which spots and sizes of paintings would you use? Thank you
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Comments (37)we have a similar hallway, although there is bend between the front and back room and then a back extension kitchen; the front door faces north. We have been through several incarnations regarding light. starting outside, we have a porch light, which helps to light the hall at night (if we use the override switch). the colours are portland pale above dado, and their darker shade below. woodwork Portland Pale too (eggshell)I would recommend leaving the dado in , it breaks up the tall wall and I am always hitting the walls with shopping and stuff and it is easier to paint over anglypta and it doesn't show the scuffs. All the paint is matt or eggshell, including skirtings/dado, so nothing jumps out at you it all recedes. we have a long mirror on the front part wall and a squarer one of the back so we get bounced light. Mirrors match and come from habitat. The door at the end of the hall is small glass pannelled to get the south light coming to the front of the house. The lighting is recessed into the ceiling and supplemented with pendant. We had the attic done and had a dome put in the top floor which floods light down into the first and ground floor. BTW it has taken us 20 years or so of trial and error..................... top photo from front, bottom photo from centre to back of hall...See MoreHow to decorate narrow corridor to mitigate dirt/damage on the walls?
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Ellie
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5 years agoIt's hard to tell how wide the lanterns are but I wouldn't go for something too skinny. I'd have art just on the left. The middle of the art should be eye level and mimic the shape of the wall it's on. So wall 1 something portrait. Wall 2, why not hang a narrow shelf as in the first pic and have a group of 4 art hung over the top? I'd probably also keep the art below the height of the door frames but I'd just try it out as Jules said and tack bits of paper etc to the wall. Personally I'd paint the ceiling a darker tone to bring the height down, I'd also add a runner for some texture. If you did want anything on the rhs I'd go for a mirror
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