There are many different ways to make your home looks varied or exciting, but one of the most critical ways is to decorate the hallway of your house.
The corridor is a transportation hub that is considered to be the busiest place in the house. But, is your passage narrow, dark, and dim? It is the place that gives you relaxation and is first sawn by everyone who enters your house. So, this place must be lovely that it doesn’t make you feel depressed. It requires just a little change, and you can easily create a warm, safe corridor.
- Lightweight color neglects the narrow space
Always choose the color of the hallway wisely because it gives a bright impression to the person who passes it through. It should be painted with white, pearl, or any natural color that directly impact on the sight of a person and make him attracted towards it. The dark-tone hallway always seems to have a narrow appearance, and it makes the passage dim and dull.
- Choose Distinctive Decoration
The house that has a decorated hallway, it can either look bright and excellent or dim and dull, depending upon the choice you made for your entrance. It is vitally essential to decorate your hall as it gives a pleasant look. The best way is to add up a table that will contain a little vase of light color flowers, which will enhance your entrance and keeps it attractive.
Some might have the big hall at their home, so it will work great for them too as they can sit back there and relax as long as they want to.
- Art Wall can make your corridor look impressive rather than narrow spaced corridor
Art has a significant influence on people; in short, it makes the best memories. If you aren’t aware of the advantages of the art wall then it is to let you know that original art is more likely to grace your walls with posterity.
Now you don’t need to be worried, and if you have a confined space corridor, you can easily make it beautiful by adding up the art, wallpaper, and photo frames to your wall. It will make the person attracted to it without focusing on your narrow space corridor.
- Paste some wallpaper at the entrance
The wallpapers are the best way to make your hallway look broader and more extended. They improve the quality of our lives and personalizes our living and workspace.
Just think about what you feel when you enter your home with a bare wall entrance or a hallway full of wallpaper art. It can make the passage beautiful and unique plus make it more attractive.
Stripes are the best example of wallpaper art to make the hallway look opened space and a great way to create visual illusions. Horizontal stripes wallpaper can help you to make your corridor look longer and more spacious. Otherwise, you can also paste a wallpaper featuring plant elements that will make the whole space alive.
- Remove the corridor walls for more extensive space
If possible, then remove the corridor walls for a broader area to make your corridor more interesting. In case of any privacy, you can replace the walls with the glass door. The wider region and the more you can relax there.
Sometimes walls can be so annoying as they do not fit with the hallway, making the entrance more limited.
- Add up a piece of suitable furniture for your corridor
If you have a wider-spaced hall, then you should add up furniture like a small table. It will enhance the corridor look, and it will more improve by putting a vase on the table.
It is not necessary to purchase expensive furniture. You can use some traditional clay pots that are painted or polished to give a perfect look.
- Mirrors can be effective
Mirrors are perfect for a corridor. Mirrors are the best way to multiply the energy of the entrance. To make your passage looks interesting, then add a floor mirror or side walls mirror that can enhance your sense of sight. However, mirrors should not be placed at the end of the hallway, as this prevents the energetic moment.
Mirrors make the entrance look more beautiful. Sometimes lights may reflect from the mirror, which brightens the passage.
- Carpets can help to improve your dark tone corridor
Sometimes renovation can be very pricey. It doesn’t matter if you don’t have the money to renovate your hallway, you can spread the brighter tone carpet over the floor to make your entrance looks bright and clear.
- Manipulate the light source
The easiest way to give your corridor a beautiful look is to enlighten the corridor. Adding up different views of the hallway can make it attractive. Adding uplights does not only illuminate the space, but it also highlights the individuality.
With all these pure and natural touch, you can make your corridor brighter, more comprehensive, and sometimes allowing you to have a moment of rest after a busy day.
As we have seen above, the LED downlights from ENUOTEK installed on the ceiling easily beautify the small and dark hallway and make it brighter.
- Embedded or suspended shelves
If you are not satisfied with your hallway and you don’t have enough money to purchase the well-designed furniture for your hall, then the best option is to go for shelves. Embedded shelves make your space looks smoother plus you can easily consume that shelve as a storage purpose. If you want to add up some decorations then go for it, it will be unique, and it will look impressive. However, adding up different light sources can make up the shelve along with the hallway.
- Make your floor look interesting
Ugly and straightforward doesn’t give a perfect look to the entrance. Similarly, dark tone marbles or tiles can make your floor look irritating. Try to give your story a pattern design, which can make it interesting; otherwise, you can use different types of marble and tiles to provide it with a reflected look, but make sure not apply any dark-tone marbles and tiles as it will dull the passage and it looks.
- Plants can be productive for entrance
Furniture can be expensive to buy, but plants are not in comparison with furniture. Also, furniture occupies more space than plants, but plants occupy less space.
Try to add up some greenery to your hall; either it is artificial or natural both of them will give a pleasant and peaceful look. However, natural plants will also provide you with health benefits. You may have a limited budget or limited option for your cramped hallway. It’s up to you how you are mixing up your ideas and making it more beneficial to your home.
Lights with greenery and mirror can make your hallway more interesting.
- Simplicity is the best option
If you are unable to decorate your hallway with different types of furniture, shelves, greenery, wall art, and lighting then it is not the problem. Even with less money, you can make your hall looks pretty and exciting.
Don’t use the corridor as a utility room, especially when you have a small passage. Too much furniture can also cause your foyer to look narrower. A simple white wall with a brushed and neat carpet, along with a decent wall art can enhance your passageway.
- Clean and Tidy floor
Cleanliness and tidiness is the best way to keep anything loveable, whether it is a human being or a thing. It is vital to keep your home, your floor, your entrance neat and tidy, although is a difficult task to keep the floor clean. However, if you do this then you will find your corridor is not confined, limited, dull, and dim.
- Windows can make the hallway interesting
If windows can make the room look fascinating then why not a lobby? If it’s possible then to make the entry more enjoyable or loveable than try adding some floor-to-ceiling windows as it can brighten the corridor. A window can be spacious to your passageway as it allows more lights to pass through it making the hall more bright.
Decorating a house is an art. The most important thing is how to decorate by keeping yourself within the budget. The corridor is a very important place of action in life, and even a dim, narrow corridor can have a more beautiful and wider appearance. I believe that after introducing these fifteen points, you will make some modifications to your corridor. Slow down and enjoy the fun of gradually decorating your home, making it a “sweet home”!
About the Author：Christina is the marketing director of ENUOTEK. She is a designer specializing in interior decoration. In a rough article, she shared her insights into a range of interiors, decorative techniques, soft furniture, and building renovations. For more information, please visit https://www.enuotek.com/.
