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Repair of the corridor, its finishing, the final stage of the improvement of the entire apartment. But this does not mean at all that finishing the corridor or hallway is a secondary matter. This part of the apartment, which is the hallmark of your house, its threshold. Treat the design of the corridor as creatively as you do with the design of other rooms, let anyone who steps on its threshold immediately become cozy and comfortable.
Layout and design of the corridor
Of course, the choice of a particular design solution will be influenced by the layout of the corridor. It is one thing when these are spacious hallways in modern apartments, another thing when it is a narrow and small “dressing room” in Khrushchev. Design solutions that are suitable for decorating a long corridor can hardly be used in the case of a spacious room, and decorating a hallway in a private house will require a completely different concept than one that is suitable for decorating a corridor in an apartment. But, in any case, the most common option is when the corridor unites several rooms in the apartment and several doors open into it.
Evaluate the layout of your corridor, identify its flaws and use such design techniques in the design that will help you visually correct them. In the case when the corridor is long and narrow, it can be expanded by using finishing materials in light, pastel colors: blue, green, beige. Cross lines in the decoration of the walls, floor and ceiling will also make a cramped hallway visually wider.
Correctly selected lighting can visually expand even a very cramped corridor room with high ceilings, especially if you place the lamps on a suspended panel
A good solution is to use a monochromatic type of color combination in the interior, when a small room is decorated in one color of different shades. In this case, a small space will look like one whole, which will also cause a feeling of spaciousness. You should not divide it into parts, decorate with a large number of decorative elements, using bright color fragments in different gamuts. But panels of dark contrasting colors along the entire perimeter of a small hallway with high ceilings will visually expand it, as well as installing a chandelier on a long cord.
Mirrors are well suited for dark and narrow corridors, and if you hang them opposite each other, the space will noticeably increase
Decorating techniques used in the design of the corridor
Even if the corridor or hallway is spacious and light, you should not overload their space with unnecessary details and use many design techniques for one room. The main ideas that will make the corridor a full-fledged room in your stylish and beautiful apartment or house include: – an emphasis on a beautiful and original floor covering, its decorative qualities or unusual combinations of colors and textures; – the use of stretch or plasterboard multilevel ceilings and systems built-in lighting; – decorative niches and shelves, which can also be illuminated; – use in the design of a combination of different materials, including the fragmentary use of expensive finishing materials: decorative tiles of porcelain stoneware, natural stone, as well as decorative plaster; – decoration with mirror inserts, paintings, photographs, decorative panels.
Finishing materials for the decoration of the corridor
If the hallway is narrow, there is no point in hanging shelves or cabinets, so the walls must be carefully leveled for painting or wallpaper before starting to decorate them. For leveling the floors, bulk polymer compounds are used, on top of which you can already mount: – parquet; – parquet board; – tiles; – linoleum; – laminate. Since you will walk on the floor of the hallway in dirty shoes and in high-heeled shoes, the load on it will be elevated. Please note that floor coverings for corridors and hallways must be chosen so that they last a long time, so pay attention to the wear resistance class. So, for domestic use, a laminate for the hallway must be purchased at least 31-32 class.
For finishing the ceilings you can use: – paint; – whitewash; – special wallpapers; – plastic panels; – hanging materials; – modular surfaces with different finishing materials; – stretch ceiling.
What furniture to choose for the corridor
Even in the hallway of a small area, you will need to put a shelf for shoes and mount a hanging hanger. In those corridors where the area allows, you can install corner, built-in or wardrobe furniture. It should be as functional and compact as possible. Consider placing a stool or small bench in the hallway, near the front door, on which you can put your bags when you enter or sit down when you put on or take off your shoes. Of course, it’s good if such a seat fits into a furniture set.
Choose furniture for the hallway of light shades, its depth should not exceed 40 cm.If the wardrobe does not fit, install a column wardrobe, on the door of which or opposite to it, on the wall, you can hang a mirror. Open shelves and racks, although they can hold the same amount of shoes and things, do not “take” space as much as closed ones. Installing a corner cabinet will save space and use it more efficiently.
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