Good Housekeeping
Hallway – Good advice by Azaz
A living wage or not do something without
We often with the head covers the temptation to release as much space to do a minimum of furniture and throw the most useless things. And then, finally, is spartan hallway is deserted. Yield of dreams? But then begins a harsh reality, and with it the problem. Suddenly it turns out that, coming home, we must put somewhere keys, umbrella, bag, gloves, hat, coat hanging. At the very least. Another good idea to put the phone somewhere, stick boots and slippers, as if the house is found a hairy beast – even with a muzzle and leash. Summary: Before you make a mad design project hall-style “counter-perestroika shop” think it over and sign that you actually need for a comfortable life. If the hallway chaos of randomly dumped “household items” then, perhaps, every artistic idea would be buried under a pile of junk. But this does not want to admit.
Here is a list of useful things and not just little things for the hall.
Console in the hallway, though small, is always needed. Excellent, if the device provides more and shelf or drawer. Indispensable attribute – hanger and / or wardrobe, and should include individual and hooks for bags. Small housekeeper, fastened to the wall, and fashionable zontnitsa gazetnitsa can be interesting additions to the style of your hallway. No galoshnitsy not do – unless, of course, you do not like long jump through many boots and shoes. You can put in the hallway ottoman, sofa, or stool (depending on how much space is available) to make it easier to put on one’s shoes.
Required hallway – full-length mirror. Of course, you can do and the mirror above the console, which is visible only in your bright face and fur collar, but it is good to think: Do not you want to see a full length every time before you leave home? It is very convenient in this sense, mirrored cabinet doors, but many believe that it is too hackneyed solution, and the desire for originality reject it. But experience shows that many who initially decided to do without a large mirror in the hallway, then re-buy it. So the full-length mirror – is a recognized need.
What’s under your feet?
By covering the floor in the hallway – their demands. Indeed, such abuse is not exposed to sex is no other premises in the apartment: the traces of dirty shoes, pools, hard sole outdoor shoes.
Parquet and hallway – two incompatible things. Parquet require special care and careful treatment, and in the hallway at all desire can not always maintain a sterile clean, except that if you make each guest’s in the stairwell of the museum to put on slippers. In addition, this floor absorbs the liquid, and thus very quickly lose its original appearance.
Tiles – a practical option, it is resistant to external influences and easy to clean. But many do not like tiles, explaining that it was slippery, cold and generally “in the hospital.” The assertion about “in hospital” very, very controversial, since it is possible to pick up tiles of different types, even the most avant-garde and “antibolnichnuyu.” The problem is solved as cold, enough to install the floor heating. But in the hallway that is hardly worth the money: still on the floor of this room rarely go barefoot, his boots and a heater is not felt.
Laminate flooring. If the coverage in your home you have selected the flooring and do not want to have sex in the hallway clash with the rest of “life territory” can cheat and pick up the laminate, as if imitating the pattern of your flooring. Then the overall style does not hurt. The main disadvantage of laminate – it refers to the “noisy” covers. Simply put, he knocks. If you happen to sneak into the apartment late at night, trying not to disturb anyone, you understand, what’s the problem.
Stopper with a special coating – a very strong and water-resistant, will withstand even the “Grinders” your daughter, with the soles of each of which flows down a glass of dirty water. The appearance of a cork floor lovers will enjoy the home comfort.
And the last. No need to fear that the flooring in the hallway will contrast with the floor in a residential area. This is an interesting way to visually separate the area, especially if you’re not a fan screens and extra walls.
Administrative division
Our man, tired of narrow corridors and walls of the eternal, I want space and freedom. This desire many successfully implemented in their home – combining the room, carrying the wall. In particular, often combined living and entrance area, killing two birds with this: and the living room seem more spacious, and in the hallway do not feel “Trapped” walls. There is only one question: how without walls visually distinguish two zones?
The most simple, obvious way – different floor coverings. For example, the floor tiled entrance hall and living room – wooden floors. With a skillful combination of different coatings harmony of contrasts highlight the merits and that, and more.
You can arrange the gap between the hallway and living room in an arch. The passage will remain free, and the arch will undoubtedly become one of the most exciting parts that make up the style of your home.
The original course – special modules installed in the spacers between the ceiling and the floor, so that small gaps remain at the bottom and top of the structure. Such modules may include through-the shelf – at your discretion whether they will “work” for the living room or hallway on – hangers, galoshnitsy, frosted glass, mirrors.
You do not need to install the modules on the entire boundary between the hallway and living room. After eye mentally connects two points in a straight line. So, if you install two such modules in the walls, leaving a wide passage between them, in imagination will occur “invisible wall” that connects them. As a result, you save the integrity of the room and divide it into two separate parts. The same modules can be attached directly to the walls.
Air!
If the lobby is small in size, it makes sense to think about how to visually expand the space. First, on what not to do. First, do not bind the wall tree: it visually narrows the room, and instead of a small hallway you get tiny. Second, do not paint the walls in dark colors (or their dark wallpaper paste) – this room will also be smaller. Avoid small picture wallpapers – this is another “reducing factor”. Of those “not” easy to deduce what must be done to the walls of your hallway just a little parted. So, the first and main board – bright colors and big picture wallpaper. Another clever device – the mirror. Large mirrors significantly “boost” your humble hall and add light. If you are not afraid of the original decision, pay attention to the decorative design of the mirrors, for example, a few small squares of mirror from different angles, mounted on a rack. You will not regret!
How not to make the hallway dark kingdom
In the hallway there are usually no windows, so lighting should be given special attention. Hall optimally reflected light: a great place to hang a gilded chandelier should not be better to install More Than one halogen bulbs in a slightly dropped ceiling or along walls, if you wish – the local light. As already stated, in all types of mirrors, light walls and ceiling also make the room brighter.
As for the style – there are no axioms can not be. Style must fit in the hallway style apartments – that’s all the rules. For example, if the apartment is decorated by “Forest Kingdom” – natural materials, wood and stone – this theme can still start in the hallway, instead of setting a colorful coat hangers snag.
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