Hall Furniture Storage Ideas That Keeps The Path Wide Open

In most houses, the hall is a passageway. Any number of other rooms will open off the hallway. Once, when houses were built to catch the wind through open windows, wide halls would dissect entire floors. Times, however, have changed. Houses are built compactly and since we want larger rooms with more closet space, halls have been downsized. Additionally, due to the nature of halls, they often tend to be long, narrow spaces with little light and no real decorative potential, or so it might seem. The right hall furniture and a few decorative tricks, believe it or not, can perk up even the most dismal of these corridors.

Lighting is essential to pulling off a hall makeover. If you can’t afford or it is not physically possible to install skylights, then install recessed cam lighting. It won’t hang down and make the space seem smaller, but will flood the area with warm light. If you angle the light towards the walls that you’ve already painted in soft, light colors, the area will seem larger. Do avoid dark carpet or darkly stained wooden floors in the hall, and make sure any hall furniture is narrow and tall, so it seems almost built into the wall space.

Narrow console tables, a few very shallow bookshelves and, suddenly your hall contains something besides a walkway to the other rooms. Add a few carefully selected pieces of art, and you’ve got a hall gallery. Use those lights to show off your art, and it will look like it was planned just for that purpose.

Whether its adding art, changing your lighting or buying a few unique pieces of decorative hall furniture , you can take a space that is essentially utilitarian and make it into just one more well-decorated area of your home. It just takes a little imagination, some effort and great taste.