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Furniture in a small hallway (corridor)

Not everyone in our country can boast of large housing space. Basically, the apartments are small and it is not easy to find the environment in them. Many problems arise when equipping a corridor. With a normal layout, there should be at least a small entrance hall, but in serial houses of the old type there is no such concept. Therefore, many people decide to put small-sized hallways in the corridor. You will get a multifunctional room.

The content of the article

1 How to find furniture in a small hallway in the corridor
2 What are they made of
3 What furniture is needed in the hallway
4 How to match the color
5 Tricks
6 Small hallways in the economy class corridor: photo

How to find furniture in a small hallway in the corridor

One of the most "exploited" places in the apartment is the entrance hall. This is the place that a person who gets into an apartment or house first sees. The hallway gives the first impression of your home. Therefore, attention must be paid to the design. In the apartments of the old layout, there is even no such concept - an entrance hall. There is only a corridor. Here it is used as a room in which to undress and dress. Only small-sized specially selected furniture will fit into such a space.

Small hallways in the corridor - convenience and functionality

In this usually small room, seasonal clothing is stored, and sometimes non-seasonal clothing, shoes and outerwear are left here. And that's why you need to take care of functionality and convenience as well. Considering that the area of the hallway in standard apartments is far from inflating, it becomes clear that the task is not easy. There are three possibilities to equip small hallways to the corridor. Let's talk about each in more detail.

Custom hallway

Ordering the manufacture of furniture in the hallway according to your size, requirements is a wonderful option, which, if ordered correctly, will allow you to make optimal use of the available space. You can order the style that you need - Japanese, loft with craquelure, versailles, etc.

Ordering a hallway is a good option, but it costs money

The downside is that the cost of such furniture is far from small and it takes several weeks, or maybe several months, to wait until the furniture is made. There is another pitfall - the choice of the company. If you have experience - there has already been an order and the quality suits you, or there are recommendations from friends / acquaintances, everything is easier. Otherwise, you have to hope that your instinct will not let you down.

Ready set

This is a budget option - small hallways in the corridor sometimes cost more than eight thousand (but there are also much more expensive, it all depends on the size and composition of the furniture included). Factories produce a number of ready-made sets / sets of cabinet furniture for small hallways. They usually include a cabinet with a mirror, a hanger, a wardrobe with swing or sliding doors can be added. They are assembled on the windows of furniture stores, they will bring you exactly the same, but in the form of boards. You can also pay for the assembly or assemble yourself.

Ready-made small-sized hallways in the corridor

The plus is that you can get such furniture during the day. They saw, paid, bought. The kit will be delivered to you the same day or the next. Cons - standard design, fixed color, design, impossibility to change anything to suit your tastes.

Modular hallway

This is also ready-made furniture, the only difference is that the factory produces a line of furniture in the same style. All elements are combined with each other in size, style, color. For example, several open hangers of different widths / heights, with slightly different designs. To them there are several pedestals of different sizes, with one or two doors, with and without drawers, with mirrors of different shapes.Several cabinets, straight and corner, differing in size, type of door opening, presence / absence of a mirror on the facade. Several bedside tables, shoe racks, dressers, benches. And all this is combined with each other.

Sample set of modular hallway

From these elements, as from a designer, a hallway of the size and composition you need is typed. Without any restrictions. If you want two hangers - your right. All you need is a wardrobe and a bench - also please. From such a set, small hallways can be assembled into the corridor for any size and desires. All this is ready-made (packed boards) in the warehouse. Several of these packages with the selected fragments will be delivered to you.

Not a bad option and inexpensive. Furniture is manufactured at the factory, consists of blanks of one shape and size, which reduces the cost of its production. Therefore, modular hallways are inexpensive. In addition, popular lines can be in several colors. You can even take elements of different colors. If you so want….

What are they made of

Hallway furniture is made from laminated chipboard... This is the most common and least expensive option. In terms of performance, it is excellent for dry rooms. If you are worried about the possible emission of formaldehyde, ask for a certificate, if the mission class E1 is indicated, then the substance is released with the same intensity as from wood. So such a small hallway to the corridor is absolutely safe.

Small hallways in the corridor are usually made of chipboard

Does not emit formaldehyde in dangerous amounts of MDF. If desired, you can find a parish for a small apartment from this material. It will no longer be budgetary, since the material is much more expensive. And keep in mind that "MDF hallways" are only facades, that is, doors, front panels of drawers. All other body parts are made of the same chipboard. And here it is necessary to ask for a hygienic certificate for sure, since cheap chipboard with a high emission class is often used to reduce the cost.

What furniture is needed in the hallway

We are talking about small hallways or corridors. There is a section of the wall where you can put something, maybe only a meter with a small width. If this is your option, you need a mini hallway. A hanger with a small bedside table and a chest of drawers with a mirror. Mini-hallway models are straight and angular. Some take up very little space - 45 cm from the corner.

Mini hallways for the corridor

If the place for storing things in the apartment is very bad, you can use the space above the door by making something like a mezzanine there. Feeling at the entrance will be strange, but there is no time for subtleties.

If the area is slightly larger, you can add a cabinet. It will not be superfluous at all. And it's also nice to have a bench on which you can sit down and put on / off your shoes. An open shelf is desirable for hats, a spacious drawer is desirable for gloves, scarves and other similar things. Moreover, so that things do not get confused and mixed in the box, it is better to divide it into sections.

A wardrobe can still become a slightly larger corridor

If there is still room left, place a shoe rack. It can be in the form of a narrow chest of drawers with folding drawers or in the form of a bedside table with inclined wire shelves. Both options are not bad. This layout can hardly be called compact hallways in the corridor, but it is not a super large headset either.

Also note that the furniture in the hallway can be corner. There is usually a wardrobe in the corner, but you can put a hanger or chest of drawers there, and hang a mirror over them. This option - with a corner chest of drawers - is exactly for modular hallways. You will not find this in ready-made versions.

Corner hallway rationally uses the area

Please note that the corner hallway can also be of the "mini" category. If you only have a free corner between two doorways and the dimensions of the free walls are no more than a meter, consider installing a radial corner hallway. They are made only with sliding / sliding doors or without them at all.

Radial hallways from the category of mini

Radial hallways from the category "mini"

The bad news is that radial furniture is not an economy option. It is made to order. You won't find it in ready-made or modular categories.

How to match the color

To make the small hallway visually appear larger, it is advisable to buy light furniture. It can be white and its shades, light beige, light gray, slightly pinkish, bluish. There are variants in which some parts are painted in a dark color. Such furniture, even with a standard, in general, design is more interesting in appearance.

It is desirable that the color of the doors and furniture matches, or there are at least elements with a similar color

When choosing a headset for the hallway, it makes sense to find such furniture in which at least some of the details will be the same color as the doors leading into this room. Then everything will look like a single ensemble. If your doors are dark, look for light furniture with door-colored elements.

A small hallway will look larger if the furniture has a light gloss. Facades finished with plastic fit perfectly into a modern style, modern or high-tech. If you don't like such directions, choose a classic design in one of the light colors. In general, when choosing a color, one must keep in mind that furniture in a small hallway should have a light shade.

Tricks

The design and selection of furniture in small rooms is akin to art. We need to make sure that everything fits in the minimum space, it is comfortable, and even looks good. Hallways are even more difficult, since the place is a walk-through and this must be taken into account. Here are some tricks you can use:

If you plan to install a cabinet in the hallway, its doors can be made with a mirrored longitudinal insert, which, as it were, crosses it into two parts. This mirrored strip will visually make a narrow room wider, and the cabinet will not seem so bulky.
The cabinet doors can be completely made of a mirror. Even a cabinet of solid size with such doors does not look bulky. Due to reflection, it improves illumination, visually enlarges the space.
Corner hallway makes optimal use of even a small space at the door
If the corridor is narrow, it is better to take sliding doors. So even in the open position they do not block the passage.
If you plan to put furniture at the front door, you can use corner furniture. So it will be possible to rationally use even a small piece of the wall adjacent to the door. There you can put corner options for a wardrobe, shelf for shoes or a chest of drawers. The choice is yours.