Do-it-yourself corridor redecoration

The hallway is the place that first greets the guests, which is why it is so important that this room looks both cozy and stylish at the same time. In view of the fact that the corridors are very different, then the advice for its repair and arrangement, of course, differ from each other. The only and unchanging rule that owners of both small and large hallways must adhere to during the renovation is to define a clear and step-by-step procedure.

Since the corridor fulfills its specific function and is intended for getting rid of outer clothing, as well as storing shoes, hats and accessories, it must be functional and meet the following requirements:

• Good lighting
• Free space
• Multifunctional furniture
• Design that does not stand out from the general style of the apartment.

• Repair of the corridor should be done only after all other rooms have already been completed.
• In order for the repair work not to cause unnecessary trouble without that, it is worth worrying in advance and freeing the entire room from things and furniture.
• In order not to clutter up an already small room, you should think over everything in advance to the smallest detail and draw the room on a scale, taking into account all the necessary furniture. This will allow you to understand if there is enough free space or if something is worth revising.
• If the repair in the corridor is done by hand, it is necessary to consult with a specialist about the electrical wiring and clearly define the points of lighting, switches and sockets.
• The concept of finishing the hallway can be prompted by the technical characteristics of the room. To give spacious corridors a more unusual shape using non-standard solutions, and to beat small hallways and visually expand with the help of directional light and correct wall decoration techniques.
• Preparatory work in the form of thorough cleaning and leveling of surfaces is an important criterion for a successful repair.
• When choosing finishing materials for the corridor, you should focus on their practical and durable characteristics.

Overhaul of the corridor in the apartment should take place in stages in the following order:

• Dismantling work including floor slabs and ceilings.
• Replacement of doorways, and, if necessary, transfer of partitions.
• Removing wallpaper. To facilitate the process, you can use special fluids for dismantling.
• Complete cleaning of walls from plaster.
• If you plan to install a stretch ceiling, at this stage, the box is installed.
• Leveling walls with special plaster mixes.
• Replacement of electrical wiring, entrance doors, if necessary.
• Painting or gluing walls.
• Laying flooring and skirting boards.
• Installation of lighting devices.
• Installation of furniture mirrors and accessories.

Immediately I want to outline the basic rule of the color scheme, which looks most advantageous in the hallways, and which most designers try to adhere to.

The floor is dark, the walls are lighter, the ceiling is the lightest.

If we are talking about repairs in a small corridor, then the most correct solution is to decorate the room in light and warm colors, even better in combination with a barely noticeable strip, which allows you to visually increase the volume of the hallway.

If square meters allow, you can use the technique of "cutting surfaces", which will significantly expand the possibilities for the choice of finishing materials, because in this case it is possible not only to play with color, but also play with textures.

In order to avoid the effect of a gloomy labyrinth, it is worth avoiding finishing in too dark colors. This applies not only to the repair of a narrow corridor, but also to fairly free hallways, the design of which in dark shades can negatively affect the perception of the entire apartment as a whole.

High-quality lighting and its correct location is one of the key factors for a successful renovation. If in spacious halls the use of beautiful pendant chandeliers is completely allowed and even encouraged, then in narrow and small hallways this option is completely unacceptable. In this case, the central lighting can be replaced with many point suspensions around the entire perimeter and supplemented with decorative lamps near the mirror or chest of drawers. As lighting devices, it is worth choosing neat shades for multi-level point lighting.

To decorate the ceiling of the corridor, you can use several finishes. Naturally, the choice is influenced not only by the taste preferences of the apartment owners, but also by their financial capabilities.

• The most budgetary option for decorating the ceiling is painting, preferably in white or light colors. However, it is worth remembering that the acrylic enamel used for these types of work requires a perfect leveling of the surface, which in some cases turns out to be quite problematic.
• A stretch ceiling will be the ideal solution for severe irregularities or if you need to hide construction flaws and wiring. If the corridor has sufficiently small dimensions and a lowered ceiling, the designers suggest using a stretch ceiling made of mirror film for finishing it.
• A multi-level plasterboard ceiling will be a very good choice, both in terms of labor costs and cost. Curved lines will help to visually expand a narrow corridor if necessary and decorate any room.

The competent organization of the space, including the correct decoration of the walls, will help to make the interior of the hallway more harmonious. Following some design techniques and taking into account the technical characteristics of finishing materials, you can achieve:

• Visual increase in space. This effect is achieved by applying finishes in light shades. To avoid too "hospital" atmosphere, the interior is diluted with contrasting furniture.
• Division of the corridor into zones. With the help of the reception of wall decoration with materials of different colors or textures, the visual effect of zoning the room into small areas is achieved. This method is suitable for repairing large corridors and hallways with stairs.
• Harmonization of the “inconvenient” corridor. Wall decoration, made with the effect of a smooth transition in tone, will visually make a long corridor more comfortable and interesting.

• Wallpaper... The most common and budgetary way for wall decoration. Given the fact that the corridor is a rather dirty room and often used, it is worth giving preference to washing, vinyl or durable triplex wallpaper.
• Wall cladding with laminate or clapboard... Despite the fact that the method at first glance is quite practical, it should be remembered that such a finish is not suitable for sheathing walls in small corridors, as it eats up a lot of space.
• Painting... A very popular method of decorating walls in the hallway. A wide palette of colors allows you to choose the desired shade and transform the corridor beyond recognition.
• Porcelain stoneware... Using porcelain stoneware for cladding the lower half of the wall will help keep the hallway renovated for many years. A wide textured palette will allow porcelain stoneware tiles to fit perfectly into any interior.

Grains of sand and debris brought from the street put the flooring of the corridor to serious tests every day. Therefore, the choice of the favorite laminate in this situation is far from the most successful.

As for the tile, it is much more practical for tiling the floor in the hallway, however, it also has its drawbacks, namely, a rather slippery surface that can lead to injuries. To avoid such troubles, you should equip an anti-slip mat near the front door.

Experts, however, assure that the most suitable floor covering for the corridor is marmoleum, which can be laid even on the old floor. Available in both rolls and small planks, textured marmoleum is easy to install and requires no special skills, making it quite attractive for people on a budget.

The final stage of the renovation of the corridor is furnishing. Despite all the importance, this stage of the hallway's rebirth turns out to be quite pleasant, because the most difficult thing is already behind. The main thing to remember when choosing furniture for the hallway is that the number of cabinets and nightstands should not spoil everything that they fought for throughout the entire renovation. From this it follows that the furniture should be minimal, but its functionality should satisfy all the needs of the residents of the apartment.

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For the majority of owners who have started renovations in their apartment, the entrance hall is a kind of “dessert” that they always leave for later. It is easy to understand their logic: this room is a walk-through, which means that all construction waste from other rooms will inevitably settle right here. However, this does not mean at all that it does not deserve to be taken seriously. Make this room a real hallmark of your home - and we have proposed 40 photos with interesting ideas for repairing a hallway in a small apartment, I think they will help you a lot with this. Go!

There is no need to save on finishing materials for the hallway. Due to its small size, the consumption is already small. Therefore, it is better to focus on other qualities of materials, much more important than their price - durability and practicality. Wallpaper in this regard cannot give a head start to, say, decorative plaster or tiles, but this does not prevent people from actively using them for wall decoration.

Indeed, the popularity of wallpaper does not hold, and partly “to blame” for this is their amazing variety. In addition, with the help of a skillfully selected pattern, you can visually enlarge the space. For example, as is the case with the hallway in the photo below.

A big disadvantage of wallpapers is their relative fragility. Especially if you are often visited by guests or if your pets are especially active in sharpening their rapidly growing claws. However, it is difficult to deny wallpaper its amazing ability to give warmth to almost any room.

Don't feel like fiddling with stone in your hallway but in awe of contemplating its natural texture? Your option is wallpaper with imitation stone. They look more than natural, can be easily applied to the wall and help to give the room a solid noble look.

In the event that a compromise is not about you, you can use a decorative stone to decorate the walls of your hallway. Excessively dark shades should be avoided - they will inevitably turn your room into a kind of closet.

You should not dwell strictly on one finishing material: if there is a possibility of combination, then why not use it? Artificial stone looks fresh and unusual if you add a few remarkable details to the interior.

Slate is probably the most popular stone texture, widely used in modern small hallways and beyond.

If you want to finish the walls in the hallway with a minimum investment of time, then the choice of decorative plaster will be optimal.

In order to give the interior more visual appeal, you can try painting the walls after finishing with plaster in different colors. By the way, this is another reason why this particular material is increasingly chosen by the owners for decoration.

Of course, painted walls can - and even need to - be decorated with something. Photo frames, portraits, various drawings of an arbitrary nature are perfect for the role of an additional decorative tool.

Choose only light tones or as close to them as possible. This will allow you to intelligently diffuse the light throughout the lighting. The easiest way is to paint the ceilings with acrylic enamel, but before that it should be perfectly leveled. To make the ceiling more expressive, it is permissible to use drywall inserts, similar to how it is done in the example from the photo below.

The expressive relief of plasterboard ceilings captivates many owners.

In order to emphasize any element in your hallway, it is advisable to use additional lighting resources.

Not only spectacular, but also quite useful thing in any hallway - a plasterboard shelf just above the wardrobe with LED lamps. So you will always have a good view of what is hidden behind its doors.

Thinking about repairing a hallway in a small apartment, many for some reason push the issue of building the right lighting for later. However, it is important to think over all the nuances in advance, because good lighting is a powerful tool for creating a positive atmosphere in any room.

Sometimes you can incredibly successfully beat even such a seemingly banal element in the hallway as the front door. With the help of small lamps, of course.

If you have a matte stretch ceiling, then you can safely use additional lamps on the walls, especially when you have artificial stone as a finishing material. Be careful if there is a glossy canvas on the ceiling. There is a risk of oversaturation of space with different light sources.

Renovation always implies certain changes, and hallway renovation is no exception. Decided to change the dull wallpaper for an expressive stone texture? Indicate its volume correctly - with the help of well-focused lighting.

Another option that might interest you. Spotlight in the hallway - why not?

Repairing a hallway in a small apartment always runs into a shortage of square meters, and the owners successfully or unsuccessfully try to solve this problem by various means. Some get creative and duplicate texture on walls and floors, creating a cohesive design concept for a small yet cozy space. Did it work or not?

As long as there are small hallways, diagonal styling, which helps create a slight illusion of expanding space, will remain relevant.

The choice of flooring for the hallway is very important, if only for the reason that dirt, sand and everything else from the street will regularly settle on the floor. Linoleum sensitive to mechanical stress may not withstand, as well as laminate flooring. But ceramic tiles will pass all tests with flying colors. The photo shows an example of laying tiles in combination with linoleum.

A countless number of filling collections with a wide variety of decorative delights allows you to embody the most daring design imaginations on the floor. However, classic options with a carpet-type pattern seem to be more practical and viable.

Think carefully about the design of your future hallway, especially regarding the fit into the interior of the furniture. Remember that hallways in small apartments are not as large as you would like. Therefore, the option with built-in modular wardrobes at least deserves attention.

Placing a large enough wardrobe in a small hallway, use a little trick and place mirrors on its doors. This is not only a very functional and practical solution, but also a good way to create the pleasant illusion of a slightly expanded space.

The color of the furniture should be consistent with the overall color scheme of the room. Contrasting solutions are allowed, but if we are talking about a very small hallway, as in the photo, then it will be much more practical to continue the already selected color line.

And here is exactly what we talked about. Light contrast does not kill the spatial characteristics of the room, at least at the expense of the small headroom it has. For the rest - no revelations. A good example for those who are planning to renovate the hallway in their apartment, but do not know where to start and, in fact, where to come.

The next example fits perfectly into the general design trends regarding the renovation of hallways in small apartments: a minimum of furniture, cabinets with a shallow depth, warm color tones. There is no particular chic here and cannot be, because practicality and compactness are put forward in the first place.

Plasterboard partitions help to saturate the cramped hallway space with details. True, this powerful design resource should be used very competently. Payback for abuse is inevitable - the hallway will become simply stuffy. Of course, we are talking exclusively about the figurative use of this word.

If the layout of the hallway allows you to place a mirrored wardrobe directly opposite the front door, be sure to use this opportunity.

If there is furniture of this kind in your hallway, then be sure to focus on it with the help of competently implemented lighting. Specifically, this version of the black-and-white cabinet is notable for its thoughtful design and good compatibility with small-sized living quarters.

A very remarkable option for repairing a small hallway, made in a somewhat boring already, but still actual beige and brown color. No special artistic training is needed to note the successful combination of furniture set, door form factor, tone of floor tiles and glossy stretch ceilings. This is not a dream interior, oh no, but it looks more than decent for Khrushchev!

In the hallway, it is not at all necessary to imitate a real design revelation. But harmony and comfort will definitely not interfere. They are in the photo below. And you?

Perhaps the originality declared a little higher here will seem to someone too loud a word, but you cannot escape from the fact: floral motives tend to make even the most unattractive hallway more comfortable.

An excellent option for such a renovation of the hallway, which is equally well suited for both a small apartment and for rooms with a large amount of living space. Modest rooms acquire the necessary space and noble modern look, the rooms are more solid - synergy with the general design course.

An example of filigree design work. If you have started repairs in the hallway, but are still considering a bunch of different options, here is an almost ready-made solution without flaws.

A good example of how to raise the temperature in a hallway with various details. In this case, in the role of details - photo frames with various images. Pay attention to the monochrome solution of the photos. This leaves a slight vintage impression on the interior.

Not otherwise, as in an enviable creative impulse created a masterpiece of design thought, which is quite realizable even in the cramped conditions of small-sized city apartments. There would be a desire and courage to see your hallway after renovation in a completely different way.

An interesting design, in which, as befits any serious and professional project, every detail sacredly observes the main notes of the chosen concept.

And in conclusion - a typical example of how easy it is with the help of a small niche to give a hallway, even if it is thoroughly constrained in size, an original and spectacular look.

Summarize: repairing a hallway in a small apartment is difficult to call difficult, however, working carelessly, you are unlikely to get an interesting and satisfying result. You need to go through all the stages of repair with dignity, from the choice of finishing materials and ending with the selection of furniture in the room, in order to end up with something that will delight you and your guests literally from the very doorstep.

When it comes to renovation, a lot of questions arise, you need to choose the right materials, furniture and design. And this is where the problem arises, because our apartments are so small that most of the design solutions simply cannot be implemented. How to make repairs in the corridor when its size is very small, we will talk about it further.

Our apartments in most cases were built in the Soviet Union, and these are the well-known "Khrushchevs" with kitchens 5 by 5, and tiny rooms, what can we say about the corridors, there is usually not enough space in them even for two. At that time, it was customary to leave a small or narrow dark space for the corridor. You can look at the corridors in Khrushchev's real photos to understand what we are talking about:

Consider the diagram, something like this looks like a standard corridor in a small apartment, as you can see, there is almost no space.

But what if you would like a large and bright corridor. There are several ways to visually expand and enlarge the corridor without even breaking the walls. How to make repairs in the corridor, we will talk about these little tricks later in the article.

The corridor is quite an important component of the apartment, because whoever comes to you is the first thing I see in your apartment - the corridor. This is a kind of visiting card. The first impression will be formed due to how it will be designed. Therefore, when choosing an interior, think carefully about its components and design. And we will help you with the question of how to arrange a photo corridor:

In spacious apartments, you can do whatever you want, experiment as you wish. And what can be done in a narrow corridor. Such rooms generally look a little depressing, dark. If the design of a narrow room is unsuccessful, the effect of claustrophobia is created, as if the walls are squeezing you from all sides. In this article, we will look at some of the tricks on how to make the spaces in the corridor more comfortable. Repair in the corridor in Khrushchev, photos are presented below:

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The first thing to pay attention to is the color. If you choose the right color, then visually the room will seem larger, for this, light colors are better suited. How to arrange a corridor photo in light color, look at the photo:

White is perfect for a narrow corridor, besides the fact that it will increase the visual squaring, it will also add light to the room. The only drawback of this color is that the white color is very dirty, but if it scares you, then you can think of blue, yellow, cocoa with milk.

One of the rules is that the walls and corridor should differ slightly in color, at least by a couple of tones.
Alternatively, you can try glossy surfaces, which have become fashionable for a long time. The corridors in Khrushchev are real photos, we use gloss:

The method with mirrors is also perfect, since the walls will be reflected in the mirrors - this will add volume, it will also be brighter due to the reflection of light in the corridor.Elementary, you can place 2 mirrors on one wall, and put either a clay product or hang a picture in front of the mirror. How to arrange a corridor photo reception of increasing the hallway due to mirrors:

Furniture for a small corridor must be selected carefully so that it does not take up much space. You can buy a mirrored wardrobe, it will give more convenience and also visually increase the space. You can also use a multifunctional wardrobe and other furniture, they always save space.

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Another way to increase space in a small hallway is to remain without doors, that is, to leave arched openings, and sliding doors can also be an alternative to this. Thus, you can save space and give lightness. Let's look at the repairs in the corridor in the Khrushchev photo, options without doors:

In small and narrow corridors, you should not hang bulky chandeliers, they will only emphasize how small your hallway is. As a rule of thumb, the smaller the luminaire, the more space will appear. The best option is ceiling lamps in the form of a tablet, it can also be combined with wall lamps.

It is also better to use spot lighting not only on the ceiling, but also to highlight shelves and mirrors. To the question of how to make repairs in the corridor, if it is small, experts answer, create a lot of light.
If we take the option with gloss, then in this case it is better to install a point light along the corridor at floor level, so, due to the reflection of the glossy ceiling, the visual volume of the room will be added.

It is also worth paying attention to the finishing material, because this can also play a big role. Professionals recommend combining colors and highlighting a shade in the right places, you can also combine classic wallpaper with plaster or with a finishing stone. How to arrange a corridor photo of an unusual lining below:

In a small and narrow corridor, you can hang beautiful photos or pictures, this will make your home more comfortable and warm. You need to hang them horizontally so as not to clutter up the space. This technique will also make the corridor a little larger. It is worth using them for the purpose of not a big accent, and not as the main decor. Repair in the corridor in Khrushchev photo - design:

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I hope we answered your question on how to make repairs in the corridor, and helped solve the problem with a small square. Good luck with your renovation and bold design solutions.