Interior Design: Hallway Ideas (1)

Hallway Ideas

Need some hallway ideas? Your corridor deserves to be a stylish room of its own and we have over 100 hallway pictures to help you make the most of the space. From ingenious storage solutions to stylish furniture and lighting, our hallway decorating ideas will show you how to make yours so much more than just an entryway. So get inspired by these amazing hallway design ideas. Your home will thank you for it...

Gloss Finish

Facing fitted wardrobes are the perfect way to use hallway space efficiently. These were painted in a blue-green gloss mixed by interior designer Adam Bray. 'I love gloss walls they really do bounce the light about,' says Adam. 'But it is rare to get a client who will agree to them.' The carpet, designed to look like antelope hide, is from Capitol Carpets of Chelsea.

Smooth Landing

The black doors and the neutral palette used for the walls create a contemporary contrast with the reclaimed wood floor. On the right, pocket sliding doors open up to a seating area-cum-spare room while the stairs opposite lead down to the kitchen.

Classic connection

Ed and Polly Nicholson's Georgian house opens into a wide entrance hall featuring Michael Bennett oils, which hang above an eighteenth century table. A chair from Edward Hurst and a rug from Edward Marnier decorate the rear of this space, which leads out to the garden.

Graphic Design

Ruth Sleightholme has created a graphic scheme in this area with clay vases by Rosario Ratti matched with a striking cream and black table.

Walls

Paint, '45S05', £37 for 2.5 litres matt emulsion, from Little Greene. Curtain, 'Brera Lino' (from top: chalk and noir), linen, £65 a metre, from Designers Guild. Graphic artwork printed on cotton paper with handmade, painted plywood open frame, by Federico Pepe, 30 x 20cm, €200, from Spazio Pontaccio.

Floor

Cement tiles, 'Piano', in two-, four-, eight- or sixteen-stripe versions, 20cm square, £105 a square metre, from Afroditi Krassa.

Furniture

Inlaid-resin table, 'The Metropolis', by Matteo Cibic, 76 x 120cm diameter, €16,359, from Scarlet Splendour. Nineteenth-century Ethiopian chair, 110 x 60 x 50cm, £3,500, from Bryan Reeves Tribal Gathering London.

Accessories

Vases, 'Pacay', from left: (black), clay, €550; (white), clay, €360; and (black), blackened ash, €530; all by Rosaria Ratti, from Kose.