Halls
Clear the clutterFor a super-streamlined hallway, it can be worth the time and investment of building a coat and shoe cupboard into the wall with space for a hanging rail. The ideal depth for coat hangers is 60cm, but if you don’t have the space, try alternative ideas instead. You could fix a forward-facing rail to the back panel that can be pulled out to access coats more easily. Or use hooks to hang the coats, as they’ve done here. A good solution is to combine hangers and hooks – store the coats you use less often on the hangers and save the hooks for garments you need to grab quickly. Take a look for more brilliantly organised ways to sort your coat storage
Play with colourIf you’re clever with colour, you can change the way people perceive the size and shape of your hallway. In this home, one wall has been painted in a deep grey, while the opposite one has been kept white. The grey wall appears to recede, so it creates the illusion the room is wider than it is. Find more design and space hacks for your hallway
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