Hallway design

In modern apartments under the hallway allottedvery little space - this area is not "habitable". Nevertheless, even with the most modest dimensions, the hallway design should be given maximum attention.

Design hallway, many seek to make "in Spartan" deserted and believe that the best furniture for the hallway islack of furniture. Of course, carved tables for different trifles and exquisite chairs, on beautiful carved legs can seem to you an unnecessary luxury, however the minimum set of furniture in the hallway is mandatory.

So, You need to determine the place for storing keys, umbrellas, shoes, outerwear. In order to make it easier for you to wear shoes, inthe design of the hallway should provide a place for a small chair, ottoman or even a sofa, if the size of the room allows. Also not interfere in the hallway mirror, preferably in full growth. Instead of a mirror, you can use a wardrobe with mirrored doors and thus "kill two birds with one stone."

The walls in the hallway are decorated in the same waymethods and using the same materials as for the rest of the rooms in the house. After all, however, dirt and dust from the street, moisture after rain or snow accumulate in the hallway. Therefore, you should remember that in the decoration of walls it is better to use materials that are easy to clean. It can be washable wallpaper, wallpaper for painting, decorative painting of walls.

In the design of a small hallway is not recommended to use dark colors of paint or wallpaper. In the decoration of walls with wallpaper, small patterns should be avoided - it makes the room visually even smaller.

With regard to flooring, then in the design of the hallway is not appropriate natural parquet - it requires very careful care and carefulrelations. Laminate, as a cheaper substitute for parquet, you can very accurately choose according to the floor covering of the remaining rooms. However, many problems remain unresolved. Laminate as well as parquet, you can not wet, you can not walk on his heels. In addition, the laminate flooring is very "noisy".

Outdoor ceramic tiles are often used in the design of hallways. It is easy to clean, resistant to external influences. However, it also has a number of drawbacks, among which its slipperiness, cold surface.

Lighting - perhaps the most important element in the design of the hallway. In the hallway there are no windows and properly selected andThe installed lighting will not allow your hallway to turn into a "dark kingdom". The ceiling in the hallway can be made multilevel, and in it "sew" a few halogen bulbs - for "top light". For "local" lighting, if desired, you can use beautiful lamps and lamps.

The style of furniture and accessories in the hallway design should be in harmony with the stylistics of the rest of the rooms in your house. Original hooks for clothes in the form of forest animals or beautiful snags, sticks-penechki - these accessories will decorate your "forest" interior.

In the hallway people usually do not spend a lot of time - five minutes in the morning before going to work and the same on the evening of their return. but from the functional and cozy design of the hallway depends on exactly how you spend these few minutes: in the bustle and crush or in the calm putting finishing touches in your image.