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Give Your Hallway High Style
Decorate your hallway to invite and delight along the way to other rooms
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Hallways are great places to integrate style into your home, but most people only think about wall color and art when considering how to decorate them. Instead of going for the standard gallery wall, try something different. Add interest through pattern and texture to draw you and your guests through the space in a wonderful way.
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Fabulous wallpaper and a striped runner transform a lackluster hallway into something extra special. I'd like to take a cup of tea right here on the stairs — wouldn't you?
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A subtle stripe on the wall makes for a sophisticated hallway. This tone-on-tone example is a no-brainer, but bold stripes would be an option for a more contemporary home.
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Don't be afraid of patterned wallpaper, especially in a hallway. You don't spend enough time there to tire of it, and it perks you up as you move along.
by Hull Historical
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A checkerboard floor pattern set on the diagonal is the key to making this hallway feel wider and more sophisticated.
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There's a lot of texture going on in this hallway: rough-hewn wood flooring, paneled wainscoting and a dimensional display of family photos. Yet, because of the neutral color palette, it doesn't look too busy.
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A beautiful wood flooring pattern graces this sophisticated hallway. If you're planning on remodeling, a herringbone-pattern hardwood or parquet floor is a nice change from classic hardwood throughout the rest of the house and visually signifies a transition between spaces.
Why not mimic the wood flooring with an unexpected wood ceiling? Applying the wood horizontally widens the hall; applying it vertically would make it feel longer.
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If you're wary of pattern in your home, try something less obvious. The very subtle pattern of the painted beams on this ceiling guides guests down this peaceful hallway.
Have you used pattern to decorate a hallway? Share your ideas below!
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Have you used pattern to decorate a hallway? Share your ideas below!
More:
Put a Narrow Hallway to Work
Life Happens in Hallways
Hallowed Hallways
Ideabook published on July 9, 2012.
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I would like to see hallways like mine from middle income homes. They are usually small and dark. You know the 99%!
Maybe you don't put any furniture on that wall, but a great mirror or piece of art on it instead. That would give it visual weight and balance with the other things you describe, but not make you feel crowded.