To solve many complex problems, the hallway is trying to make the most functional as possible. Having correctly selected furniture, you can not face the eternal problem of small space. In addition, you can easily hide everything that others should not see – shoes, clothes and much more.
The most important piece of furniture in the hallway is the cabinet. But before buying it, carefully study its insides. A beautiful and neat cabinet with one hanger will not be a great solution. More suitable wardrobe, which has several departments. Often there are two of them. You can store clothes that you don’t wear in the upper. Due to unique fittings, you will not need a staircase. A small movement of a special mechanism will lower the upper zone to the required height.
Many people have the habit of throwing outerwear on the doors and handles of the closet. It looks ugly, although it is convenient. It is important to remember that things that are on hooks inside the cabinet, and not outside, are more protected from they were, dirt and wear.
Often the cabinets are decorated with mirrors. A wardrobe with a built-in mirror is very functional. The mirror visually increases the space and allows you to evaluate your appearance from the crown to the toes.
Also, the mirror can be on the doors from the inside. Then you need to get the maximum of light on it.
The cabinet should have shelves for various shoes and, of course, for hats. This is quite practical. If the capacity of the selected piece of furniture suits you, you can safely buy.
Furniture for the hallway to divide into three groups. The first is auxiliary. She is not tall. They sit on it in the process of training and cleaning shoes.
The second includes furniture that is equipped with drawers and mirrors. It is used for small things. The height of this furniture does not exceed 2 meters.
The third group contains furniture in which outerwear and household items are stored. It is the most spacious and reaches the ceiling level. Such furniture is considered the most functional.
The importance of mirrors for the hallway
Everyone knows the magic of mirrors. And it will greatly help those who, after repairing in the apartment, decided to change the style of the hallway, or completely change the interior. Mirrors help to emphasize and highlight your most successful solutions and hide unsuccessful. The mirror is a very grateful material for the interior, and they cannot be too many, especially in the hallway.
The hallway without mirrors is the most unsuccessful solution, the rude mistake when calculating the design, therefore, probably, there is not a single hallway in the world without at least one mirror. Even in the smallest room, where every meter of space is worth its weight, there must certainly be at least one mirror that would allow a woman, to see herself in full height before leaving the apartment. With the help of mirrors and the correct choice of lamp, it is possible to visually change or increase the hallway.
If your hallway is too small, then any designer will advise you to hang a mirror on one of the walls, and then the space will expand as much as possible. If you have a wardrobe in your hallway, then the doors are recommended to be decorated with a mirror, this technique can almost double your hallway.
Also, the mirror always served as additional lighting, scattering opposite the rays of light, which made the main light much brighter.
In the hallway, the mirror in most cases has a business purpose. It is placed or hung closer to the exit, so that it is always convenient to correct this or that thing, hairstyle. The mirror is usually placed on the left or right, along the hallway. If the hallway is free from furniture, it would be very original to make one of the walls mirror. This solution will help create the illusion of large space.
If you decide to create a stylistic hallway, then you will need to choose a mirror of the corresponding design. For example, the mirror decorated with flowers is suitable for decoration in the style of romanticism.
If the size of the hallway allows, then the mirror in the baguette or stucco molding looks very extraordinary.
