Choose a naturally advancing colour such as red or orange, which will square a room by making longer walls appear shorter. Keep internal doors open or even remove them so you ‘borrow’ space and light from neighbouring rooms.ĭistract attention by adding a dramatic colour or painting to one of the shorter walls. Blur boundaries by continuing both wall colour and neutral flooring into neighbouring rooms. Painting skirting boards the same colour as floors subtly suggests a larger surface by blurring the edges of the room. So whatever the shape of your hall, follow Jane’s tips to making an entrance you’ll be proud of.
“Working around a problem room often results in a space that’s far more cohesive and full of impact than a room where there’s been no necessity to try too hard.” She believes time and effort spent on hallways and passages brings rewards. This is a place where you can stamp your personality and afford to be bold and imaginative precisely because they’re not areas for sitting and relaxing, but places where you want to make an effect and set the scene for the rest of your home.”
Like the entrance to your home, use hallways and passages to make a statement about your style and set the scene for the rest of the home by choosing decor with impact.Īuthor Jane Burdon, whose book Room Rescues focuses on decorating solutions for awkward spaces, says: “Hallways are the core of the home, and provide a link to all the other rooms and yet they’re rarely considered rooms in their own right. “Hallways are the core of the home, and provide a link to all the other rooms and yet they’re rarely considered rooms in their own right”
They are the least thought of design element and all too often seem to be a problem area when it comes to decorating. There are many homes out there that suffer from hallways and passages that are long, thin, narrow, short or square.
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