Hallway ideas from the world's most stylish homes, your essential guide to choosing hallway furniture and hall decoration.
Hallway ideas from the world's most stylish homes, your essential guide to choosing hallway furniture and hall decoration. Too often, halls are relegated to thoroughfares, where coats and shoes are dumped and not enough thought is put into their decoration. The right paint colour or wallpaper can brighten and lift the darkest or smallest of spaces. Include elegant storage to cut down on clutter, enliven your floor with a vibrant rug or runner or use the walls to display an art collection. If your hallway receives a daily bashing from your kids, why not consider hardwearing tiles or wall panels? We've found the most enthralling halls and corridors from our archive for design ideas to inspire you…
Ben Pentreath has chosen a pale blue for the landing in his Georgian parsonage. Framed prints hang neatly on the wall and Ben's extensive collection of magazines have be turned into a neat design feature.
The upstairs landing at this country home designed by Veere Grenney has walls in one of his delicate fabric designs offset by yellow curtains.
The artist owners of this London house called on interior designer Beata Heuman to create a family home full of fun, distinctive design and punchy colours. A pink painted cupboard offers a chic storage solution in the entrance hall.
Maximising light and space was essential to show the owner's post-war art and sleek French art deco furniture to their best advantage in this elegant Pimlico flat. In the hall, a drawing by Emile Gilioli leans against a wall.
Hallways don't always benefit from lots of natural daylight, but you can make the most of what is available by going big with glazing on the door (see more door ideas). In this Gloucestershire house, the top two thirds of the door is glazed - a good idea for new-builds.
By combining a considered approach with individual touches, interior designer Sophie Ashby has ensured this large Chelsea flat has the key elements of a glamorous yet relaxed family home. Contemporary and traditional furniture meet in the entrance hall, where a 'Bolle' pendant light from Gallotti & Radice, a bespoke rug by Christopher Farr and a Reinhard Görner photograph combine harmoniously.
The curtains in the hall of this renovated Georgian farmhouse are made from embroidered fabric found at Sunbury Antiques Market. They work well with the kilim rug while the bare wooden floor grounds the whole look.
This hall, found in designer Ben Pentreath's Georgian parsonage, has original blue lias stone flags and a lunette window bringing light from the sitting room.
This eclectic hallway can be found Hannah Cecil Gurney's flat. An African tribal feathered headdress hangs above the doorway which leads to the dining room. The intricate grey toned wallpaper is from de Gournay - a company Hannah's father set up in 1986.
Susan Deliss is an textiles dealer; it only seems right that she have an antique Suzani hanging on the landing outside the main bedroom in her French country home. A motif from this piece of fabric inspired the decoration around the doorway, which was hand painted by Max. Make like Deliss and let pattern take over a space - let it jump off the fabric and onto walls, floors, ceilings and other furnishings.
This shot is from the conservatory of Lady Wakefield's Twickenham home does just as well for hallway inspiration: two columns found in Stockbridge, Hampshire, stand alongside a display of delftware on the chest of drawers.
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FRESH GREEN
The hallway of Luke Edward Hall and Duncan Campbell's London flat is painted in Farrow & Ball's fresh 'Folly Green' colour, which brightens a potentially dark space. A colourful antique kilim from the Rug Store in Richmond sits on the floor beside a plaster ionic capital by Peter Hone. The walls are covered from floor to ceiling with framed prints, exhibition posters and maps. Luke and Duncan collect 20th century exhibition posters from the likes of Picasso, Hockney and Calder, with the yellow Matisse one in the hall being a favourite of theirs. For framing, they use Circa 48 on Brecknock Road, which is just a stone's throw from their house. 'It's incredibly reasonable and they can supply just about any frame you wish,' says Luke.
In her flat - her home for the past 25 years - designer Jane Taylor has employed a number of clever space-saving devices, to turn a potentially awkward space into a smart, comfortable interior. Her home, which she shares with her husband Simon and their teenage son Henry is a typical Edwardian mansion block in Chelsea. Although they are purpose-designed, they're often an awkward shape and far deeper than they are wide. Her entrance door opens into a long, high and potentially rather gloomy corridor that connects the front rooms to the back. Jane has enlivened the it with pictures.
Green silk wallcovering from de Gournay has been used in this hallway by interior decorator Louise Jones, creating a bright and colourful scheme in this 'metropolitan luxe' home in Regent's Park, London. Iron gates separate the entrance from the staircase.
de Gournay specialises in handpainted wallpaper and fabrics, which are exceptional in their beauty and quality.
Taken from the January 2013 issue of House & Garden. Additional text: Natalia Rachlin.
KEITH MCNALLY'S NOTTING HILL HALLWAY
A linen cupboard is a useful addition to the first-floor hallway of Keith McNally's family home in Notting Hill. The owner of restaurants in New York and now London (most famously Balthazar) used an unusual technique to get the aged look on the walls. See how he did it here.
Taken from the February 2013 issue of House & Garden. Additional text: Liz Elliot.
The owner of this 1830s London house wanted it to be restored to its original style, which interior designer Max Rollitt achieved by retaining its idiosyncrasies and, including the original dentilled cornicing in the hallway illuminated by an 'Original Globe' lantern from Jamb (available in two sizes; the smallest measures 57.2 x 40.5cm diameter and costs £2,640).
Taken from the October 2013 issue of House & Garden. Additional text: Anthony Gardner and Emily Tobin.
This Victorian house in west London has been redesigned with Italian-inspired elements and specially commissioned pieces, by the architect Margherita Thumiger of Studio 29 (then a senior architect at Crawford and Gray). Margherita wanted to make a contemporary statement with the interior furnishings and insert some fun detailing. 'I've never really understood the Victorian attitude to hallways,' she says. 'You walk into every house and there's a pile of coats on the banister.' To fit the cupboard, commissioned from furniture designer Paul Kelley, Margherita had to push the stairs back and widen the hallway by taking a slice off the main sitting room. The mirror opposite is part of the piece, opening up the space and enabling a view from all angles.
From the June 2014 issue of House & Garden
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Suzy Hoodless has opted for a smart monochrome palatte in the hall of this Notting Hill town house. Alternating black and white paint is an easy trick for enlivening a wooden staircase. Reclaimed tiles have been used on the floor.
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