TOP-150 of the best hallway design photo in 2020 style. Find out how to choose materials and color, what type of decoration is at the peak of popularity and what furniture your hallway lacks so much. Learn the art of choosing the right lighting and decor.
The entrance hall of the apartment is designed to create a first impression of its owner, which means that neglecting its design is a crime! We will tell you what materials and colors are relevant in the 2020 season and show some simple tricks with which you can easily transform your hallway!
Content
- Modern entrance hall: 4 main rules
- Magic of color, or Trendy shades of 2020
- Proper finish is the basis of stylish design.
Modern entrance hall: 4 main rules
It is unlikely that you will argue with the fact that the entrance hall is the face of the apartment and its owner. After all, it is the entrance hall that is the first thing that appears before the guests at the entrance, and its design is able to tell a lot about the landlord.
Renewing the interior of the hallway is often much simpler than equipping a living room or bedroom, so no excuses should prevent you from doing this simple business!
The 2020 season dictates to us several basic rules that should be followed so that the “face” of your apartment looks fashionable and modern..
Here they are:
- Finishing materials and furniture should be as moisture resistant as possible. This is especially true for floor and bottom walls..
- Another requirement is ease of cleaning. I think it’s not necessary to clarify why this item is important..
- Resistance to mechanical influences. We take out and bring strollers, put bags and bags on the floor, put umbrellas against the walls – all this should not cause rapid wear of the materials used.
- And finally, environmental friendliness is a symbol and the main leitmotif of design ideas in the current season..
So, these are general trends that you should listen to if you started a repair in the hallway and want to create a stylish interior with your own hands..
Magic of color, or Trendy shades of 2020
As with the design of the apartment as a whole, the interior of the hallway is advised by professionals to perform in neutral colors.
The use of such colors as:
- white;
- Gray;
- the black;
- beige;
- sand;
allow you to create a canvas that you can decorate with interesting contrasts by choosing the right decor.
Hang a picture with a bright print, use sconces with colored lampshades, place unusual figurines … Contrasts – this is what the modern hallway interior is built on.
Colors relevant for creating interesting splashes:
- pink;
- lavender;
- scarlet;
- green;
- blue.
At the peak of popularity – black and white interiors. They are loved for restraint, grace and incredible style.!
Since naturalness and naturalness are in fashion, natural colors and decoration elements are also in use: wood, bamboo, stone – all this is reflected in the color schemes that are relevant this season.
Proper finish is the basis of stylish design.
As noted above, decoration is a kind of canvas for your design ideas and decorative touches.
Walls
This season, combining is a popular solution for decorating the walls of the hallway. You can and need to combine not only wallpapers of different colors, but also various decoration materials. For example, the option of finishing the lower part of the wall with wall panels is popular, and the upper with wallpaper.
In general, wallpaper for the hallway is still an extremely relevant option, unlike, for example, the design of modern living rooms, where designers recommend replacing the wallpaper with ordinary painted walls.
Among the variety offered by the modern market of finishing materials, opt for vinyl, non-woven, acrylic or glass. Such wallpapers have an important quality – the ability to clean them, which is not a luxury, but a necessity for a hallway with its level of pollution.!
The creation of an accent wall does not lose ground either. You can designate it using wallpaper of a different color, or by painting the wall or decorating with wall panels.
By the way, the use of wall panels imitating wood is another important trend. Equal to him is the popularity of wall decoration for unprocessed materials – stone, concrete and especially brick.
More interesting ideas – in the video and photo below:
Floor
All the requirements applicable to the finishing materials of the hallway – resistance to moisture, dirt and mechanical damage, are most fully manifested in the choice of flooring.
The best solution will be the choice in favor of tiles – ceramic or stone, it’s up to you. Such a floor covering not only looks great in the interior of almost any style, but also lasts for many years, and cleaning it does not require any special efforts..
Laminate has also gained popularity among designers – a practical and stylish option for flooring..
The combination principle is suitable for finishing not only walls but also floors. Lay out the most “dangerous” section at the front door with moisture resistant tiles, and the rest of the space with a laminate. With a good combination of textures and shades, your design will benefit from such a solution!
Designers do not let us forget about the use of flooring. Of course, using parquet directly in the hallway zone is impractical, but no one bothers you, as in the case of the laminate, to decorate the entrance zone with tiles, and actually lay the corridor space with parquet, which looks luxurious in any interior.
Another new and interesting trend is the use of floor coverings with 3D drawings. Such a decision is a bold step for an extraordinary person.!
For comparison, the table below shows the prices of various floor coverings (construction hypermarket Leroy Merlin):
| Material | Cost |
|---|---|
| laminate | from 160 rub / m2 |
| ceramic tiles | from 267 rub / m2 |
| porcelain tile | from 445 rub / m2 |
| parquet board | from 978 rub / m2 |
Ceiling
Recently, there has been one major trend in the design of ceilings – a move away from complex decorative designs in favor of simplicity and minimalism.
Choosing a simple white ceiling is the decision of a modern, practical person.
By and large, the choice between suspended and suspended structures dictates the type of lighting that you want to install in the hallway. If you prefer recessed lights, then your option is suspended ceiling. If you gravitate to chandeliers and pendant lights – tension.
For a small hallway, a glossy stretch ceiling will be an excellent solution, which, thanks to its ability to reflect light, will help in the matter of visual increase in space.
Design Features of Custom Hallways
Narrow hallway: decoration and furniture
For a narrow hallway of a rectangular shape in the decoration, it is worth giving preference to light colors – white, beige, sand, cream. Since this finishing option is quite easily soiled, do not forget about the basic rules – materials must be resistant to moisture, dirt and mechanical stress..
Another option is the use of combined wallpaper or other decorative materials. The lower part of the walls can be done in darker colors so that the pollution is not so striking.
Glossy surfaces – whether it be the ceiling surface or the facade of a sliding wardrobe – will play into your hands, visually expanding the corridor.
When choosing lighting, give preference to spotlight and do not forget about the important role of mirrors!
Square hallway: maximum functionality
The owners of square hallways were lucky, because this form allows you to maximize the use of available space.
Corner furniture is suitable for such a hall – a spacious corner wardrobe or a small corner sofa with a stand.
As the main lighting, it is better to choose a chandelier. Modern chandeliers with an original design and many decorative elements can in the most unexpected way change the space of your hallway. However, this option implies the presence of ceilings just above the standard..
Small Hallway: 5 Space Tips
A spacious entrance hall is rather a rarity than a regularity. However, despite the modest size, and in a tiny hallway you can place everything you need.
how?
Here are 5 main design rules of modern small hallway:
- Minimalism, fashionable for several seasons, is your choice! The absence of unnecessary decorative elements, protruding accessories, smooth facades of cabinets, simple shapes – all this will help you visually lighten the space, making it more spacious.
- Old as the world advice: give preference to light colors in the decoration. White or light gray are always good for small rooms, and in the 2020 season they are also at the peak of popularity.!
- Discard oversized furniture. The compact wardrobe for the hallway can completely cope with the storage task, without using all the space you have!
- Use mirrors. Such a solution will not only visually expand the boundaries of the miniature hallway, but will make its interior more interesting and expensive..
- And of course, don’t forget about the lighting. A good, thoughtful arrangement of fixtures can transform any room, and play into the hands of the design of a small hallway – he certainly can do it!
Hallway with a window: emphasize the merits
The presence of a window in the hallway is a rarity and no less luck.!
After all, the window in the hallway is:
- additional light source (natural!);
- Another place to store and / or decor;
- the opportunity to diversify the decor with stylish textiles – curtains.
The curtains on the window in the hallway are exclusively decorative, because it is unlikely that it would occur to us to darken the room, as we do in the living room or bedroom. Choose light fashionable curtains in bright colors, grab them from one side, creating an asymmetry …
… in general, experiment and rely on your taste!
Hallway furniture: beauty and practicality
Cupboard
For most of us, one of the first associations with the hallway is a large closet, which stores seasonal clothes of all family members, as well as other necessary things that could not find a place in the closets of other rooms.
Depending on your needs and dimensions of the hallway, you can place in it a huge built-in wardrobe up to the ceiling or a more compact wardrobe.
When choosing an overall cabinet, white will come to your aid again – this time as the color of the facade. By the way, you don’t have to worry about pollution – modern models are often pasted with PVC film, which greatly facilitates surface cleaning.
Very popular in the current season, modular systems that allow you to arrange the storage system in a way that is convenient for you. In small hallways, such structures, of course, may seem too large, but remember that there is always an option to simplify the design – alternate modules of open and closed type, experiment with lighting.
In a small hallway setting, opt for cabinets with smooth surfaces without intrusive fittings.
Additional storage
In addition to the main function – storage of clothes – the storage system in the hallway should be designed for the possible storage of other items – combs, cleaning products for shoes, umbrellas, cosmetics and other.
Can be used:
- little tables;
- bedside tables;
- hanging shelves;
- shelving;
- dressers.
If the corridor allows, then its small space can be used for additional storage. In order not to burden the space, it is worth paying attention to the low shelving open type.
An interesting solution would be to use a low chest of drawers in the interior of the hallway, especially in combination with an unusual shape mirror.
Cushioned furniture
Depending on the dimensions of the hallway, the following can be placed in it:
- small sofas;
- benches;
- armchairs;
- ottomans.
Upholstered furniture in the hallway is not a whim, but a matter of convenience. Agree, it’s much more convenient to take off your shoes when you come home from work, not hunched over in three deaths, but crouched on a comfortable chair. Or, for example, shod a child for a walk is much more convenient, after placing him on a small sofa.
In general, upholstered furniture in the hall – to be! But the type and shape will tell you the layout!
Lighting: underrated art
The vast majority of post-Soviet residents underestimate the power and role of lighting in creating the interior of a room. After all, how was it before? Chandelier in the center of the ceiling, a pair of sconces on the walls and a floor lamp near a cozy armchair.
Now, designers are not tired of repeating to us that correctly selected lighting is able to open a seemingly familiar room for you in a completely new way..
Do not forget, the entrance hall is a room, often devoid of natural light, and it needs high-quality lighting like air!
Properly built light is able to highlight the necessary zones, focus on design refinements, while concealing possible shortcomings.
In modern hallways, the central and auxiliary lighting system harmoniously coexist.
The central one is represented by built-in or pendant lights, the role of auxiliary is played by sconces, floor lamps, LED strip.
For owners of a square hallway, the option of installing one central chandelier is suitable, which, if necessary, can be supplemented with point inserts of LED strip or cute sconces. In a rectangular hallway, preference should be given to spotlights, built-in or suspended.
LED strip is a multifunctional solution for accent highlighting details in the interior. The mirror designed with its help looks great, and the use of a ribbon to highlight individual shelves in an open shelf will emphasize the decor placed on them.
Stylish decor: the final touch of your interior
There are several options for decorating the hallway space. Consider the most popular ones..
Architectural Details
With suitable dimensions of the hallway, you can use special moldings and false panels to decorate the walls. The choice in favor of imitation of natural materials is exactly what the current season requires of us.
In addition, architectural nuances will help emphasize the geometry of space, and the creation of pseudo-arches will emphasize the original taste of the landlord.
Carpets
Not everyone approves the use of carpets in the hallway for objective reasons: they get dirty quickly, cleaning takes a lot of time, and carpets quickly become unusable.
But wait!
We are not talking about the use of carpet from the front door and throughout the area!
A small carpet of interesting color is your chance to create another rich accent in your interior, and a carpet with transverse stripes can easily cope with the role of a “dilator” of space in a narrow corridor.
Decorative lighting
And again about him, darling. Sconce of interesting shapes and grotesque floor lamps – design hit of the season 2020!
Look at them not so much through the prism of practicality, but through the prism of their decorative function. For any style you are sure to find your interesting option that can make the design of your hallway unique.
Mirrors
We have already briefly mentioned the use of mirrors above. Naturally, the hallway is unthinkable without a mirror.
But nothing prevents you from using several mirrors, especially when it comes to a small hallway. In this case, they will become not only a decoration, but also help you visually expand the space.
In addition to games with an increase in space, a mirror will help you in terms of lighting, scattering light. A similar trick in the hallway is always relevant!
Wall decor
In the design of the halls, designers often refuse to floor decor. It is understandable: hallways are rarely distinguished by extra square meters, so cluttering them with non-functional items is not a good idea.
It’s the matter – the walls. There certainly is where to roam!
Pictures or reproductions of your favorite artists, photographs of professionals or your family archive – the choice is yours!
In addition, walls are a great option for hosting all kinds of collections. Perhaps you collect decorative plates from different countries? Post your collection and your hallway will be transformed.
Hallway design and overall apartment style
As we said at the beginning of the article, the hallway is the face of your home.
Designers recommend choosing one general direction for all rooms of the apartment, and the hallway should also be its regular part.
At the same time, the boundaries of modern design thought are very wide and you do not have to go in cycles in a single style, using it in the hallway, in the living room, or in the kitchen.
All the differences between the styles you have chosen for different rooms can be quite easily resolved with interior doors. Thanks to the wide choice and the possibility of custom execution, you can install doors made in a single concept on one side (hallway side) and differing on the inside of the rooms – depending on the prevailing style.
Thus, you will preserve the unified style of the apartment, while arranging unique rooms.
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