Hallway runner - help please!!
Happy holidays everyone! I'm trying to complete bits and bobs before the end of the year and I need some help with my hallway. It looks bare! I feel it needs a runner.. Any design suggestions will be appreciated! It just need finishing touches
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Daisy England
5 years agoRelated Discussions
Hallway Help Please!!!
Comments (10)Goodie on the lamps! Don't get me wrong, I love a mirrored table, I just don't think it is doing all it can in that spot. They are great in a bedroom and also in a dark corner in a living room. I'm sure you can find the perfect place to show it off. I don't usually like radiator covers either, but sometimes, and in the right material, they can work well. Go with a shelf mounted above it if you are unsure, but because your front door (more on that later) has those wonderful vertical lines in it, you could have a radiator cover with the same long slats. I think your door is great - it has strong but simple features, that I thought fit with your clean line aesthetic, while letting in light. I may be against the grain here, but unless your house is incredibly drafty and it is a 16th Century cottage or a French chateau, I wouldn't dream of having a curtain across a door. Call me crazy, but our last house was a wonky Victorian with a beautiful, enormous front door with stained glass in it and around it and the wind used to come in so strong around the edges that I felt like I was in the Arctic Circle, but there wasn't a chance I was going to cover up such a beautiful piece of architecture. Yeah, that is a bit crazy.... You could paint it in a cream to match the rest of the house, but make the other changes to the entrance hall first, live with it for a while (next year, as you say) and then see if you still want to paint it. I'll go and look for something for the floor now while other people tell you I'm wrong on the door curtain idea!...See MoreNeed help in the hallway, please
Comments (3)If there is room then a console table with a big mirror above it and lamps or wall lights either side... a chandelier/ceiling lantern at base of stairs and on landing above on dimmers creates atmosphere.... a hall runner (natural rug company is good - you can custom make them) and a selection of pictures of your family in different sized frames and different quirky designs (ebay is good for this or antique markets) I think also looks fab randomly placed along the wall as you walk up the stairs... good luck and happy creating x...See MoreVictorian Hall Dilemma, please help.
Comments (7)Hi there, I agree with Daisy, paint the skirtings and banisters a nice fresh white and paint the walls in the darker colour. I like the colour you've started to paint the bannister in the last pic but think this should be on the walls, perhaps a shade or two lighter as well. I don't think you need a dado, keep the walls as one single colour. I think having a darker colour on the walls will absorb any dark shadows where as a white will accentuate them therefore making it look darker. Use a scrubbable paint so you can wipe any marks off. Add white framed mirrors/art, white furniture if you need any, to bring back the brighter feel that you're after. I will be interested in other comments as well, as I have very similar dark hallway which will be decorated in the distant future....See MoreHelp with carpet runners & colour scheme please
Comments (7)Steve, your entrance hallway is my hall envy- spectacular. I clearly wasn’t paying attention to your original post/query - apologies. If I had gone to bedrooms, I would defo have gone full width....See MoreJuby R
5 years agoDaisy England
5 years ago
A S
5 years agoHi, I think a runner will add some much needed colour, and as Daisy suggests, would like to go for something with a little more colour. I quite like the yellow/black/grey patterned one attached below (apologies for the poor photo-shop).
tamp75
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5 years agoI wondered about painting the front door black, the same as the outside. I think it's a little bland, but I don't think a runner.
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years ago 
Carolina
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Lena
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5 years agoIf you're going to have a runner, then i'd stick to the colours in the Hallway and not add another.
So, the colour that's in the doormat works best, it matches the shelf and the bannister / railings.
rachelmidlands
5 years ago
Anthony (Beano)
5 years agoI’d go for a few framed prints on the wall, b&w or colour, your choice and have no runner, as some of my roofs are off my hallway I’m limited to my print hanging but went with one large print, a runner I feel would ruin the feel of it
nchavda88
5 years ago
Juliet Docherty
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5 years agoZoe Hassall
5 years agominnie101
5 years agoI also wouldn't add a runner, we had one in our last house and was forever slipping on it! I would just accessorise the shelf with a large display of stems or flowers, it also looks as if you have a plug socket (?) so a candlestick lamp with a patterned shade and maybe add a photo frame. Maybe a rattan umbrella stand for texture and 2/3 faux antlers or whatever you like up the stairs (think you need to click on the picture). I'd also add art at the top of the stairs and budget permitting I personally would swap the downlighter in front of the kitchen door for a pendant to create a focal point.
Patrina