Top Tips For Styling Your Hallway

When it comes to home renovations and interior styling, the hallway often becomes a forgotten space, despite it being one of the areas that sees the most traffic. Although it is only a small part of the home, there are so many ways to add your own personal style to your hallway and make it a beautiful, homely and inviting space.

To give you some inspiration on what you can do to style your hallway, our Interior Designer, Amy has shared her top tips...

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Use a mirror

No matter how big or small your hallway is, a mirror is a must! Not only does it allow you to get a last minute glimpse of yourself as you're rushing out the door in the morning, but having a mirror also opens up the space by reflecting light.

Since the hallway is usually a narrow space in the home and doesn't have any windows, it can often feel quite dark and cramped. Having a mirror will help to reflect any light available to make the space appear bigger and brighter. And if you have space for a full length mirror, it can feel like it doubles the size of your hallway!

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Create a gallery

Using your hallway as a gallery space is a great way to express your personality and interior style. This space is the first impression to anyone that comes into your home and sets the scene for the whole house or apartment, acting as an introduction to each room.

The hallway is the perfect backdrop for hanging beautiful artwork, photographs and any personal objects that you love, to welcome people into your home and feel joy each time you walk through the door."

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Add storage space

Clever storage solutions are key to any home, and the hallway can be a great space for adding some hidden storage options that are both practical and stylish.

Ottomans are a great way to introduce a bit of upholstery and texture, while also hiding away bags and shoes. You could use this to create a "boot room"look by adding some stylish coat hooks above the ottoman with a section of wallpaper behind it.

Under the stairs is another area in the hallway that works really well at maximising your storage space. Whether you have bespoke shelving made, use a neat storage unit or a chest of drawers, you can never have too much storage!

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Update your front door

The front door is the smile to your house! Something as simple as changing the colour can make such a big difference to the way you feel when you arrive home. This doesn't have to mean getting a whole new door, painting the door you already have can do the trick. Changing the door furniture, such as the letterbox, knocker or door handle can also really have an impactful change, while being creative with the numbers, signage and lighting outside your house can add real character too.