3 Hallway Decorating Ideas That Provide A Great First Impression
When we have guests coming to our house, we strive to make a great first impression. We want them to see our home and be amazed by how beautiful it looks. Do we also want them to be a little bit jealous? Of course, we do!
Funnily enough, the one place in our house that plays the biggest role in providing a good first impression often gets neglected; the hallway. As soon as that front door opens, your hallways if the first thing guests lay their eyes on. As such, you need to know some decorating ideas to boost the appearance of yours.
Playful Patterns
The reason a lot of us neglect our hallway is that we almost forget it exists. It’s such a bland area of the home that we rarely spend a lot of time in, other than briefly walking through it. So, you can liven it up a bit by using playful patterns. One great idea is to lay down a lovely chic rug on floor of your home to brighten the place up. You can mimic the pattern with a mat by the stairs or door too. Don’t forget about the hallway light either, the lampshade can be covered in the matching pattern as well.
This will really add some life to your hallway and help make a good impression from the moment someone opens your door. They’ll be taken aback by the colourful patterns and immediately think your house is beautiful.
Tasteful Family Photo Collage
There’s always a debate over whether or not you should hang lots of family photos in your home. Personally, I think it’s great to show off family photos, but it all depends on where they are and the photo frames. I believe the hallway is a great place to hang a couple, and I also believe that photo collages are the best. Or, multiple photos in one frame. You can see some of the photo frames from Best4Frames have space for three or four small little pictures. These are great in the hall, particularly long ones that run horizontally, so they make use of the wide wall space you probably have. Make sure the frames look nice too, they should match the wall and the colours in your hall.
Family photo collages are great because they stop your walls looking too bare and they also make your house feel more personal. Guests get the impression they’re in a loving family home, which is exactly what you’re looking for.
I’ve added a family wedding wall in our hallway, with our wedding picture, then our parents, and grandparents all around us.
Splash Some Colour On The Skirting Boards
I’ll keep my final idea brief as it’s incredibly simple. If you want to make your hallway more vibrant, you should add a splash of colour to the skirting boards. Give this otherwise dull feature a new lease of life, and it will illuminate the area.
A tiny little trick, but it won’t go unnoticed by your guests.
With these three hallway decorating ideas you’ll be wowing people as soon as they step through your door. Also, your home will feel a lot more lively too, a happy hallway really brings a home together.
Great tips. We need to declutter ours first mind. There’s usually loads of shoes all over the floor and stuff just piled on the shoe cabinet -it definitely doesn’t create the best first impression
I agree a photo collage is a great way of giving a lift to your hallway. I’ve never thought about adding colour to your skirting but I love that idea – fab tips!
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22 Comments
Wow, I love these photos and this is absolutely a great idea, perfect to redecorate our hallway, Glad you share this with us
Thanks!
Fab ideas! Our hallway is small but we recently laid new carpet and painted it white for a fresh look! Going to add some accessories now!
Oh lovely and fresh, good job done!
Totally agree that hallways often get neglected. We’ve put effort into ours as well and have a nice splash of colour 🙂
Hallways get so much wear and tear don’t they too
I need to redecorate my hallway. I love the photo ideas. I would love to create a nice collage 🙂
Gives a lovely personal touch doesn’t it
Love the idea of putting colour on the skirting boards – we need to change our doors first
I would to change all the doors in the house, some lovey oak ones would be nice.
Ahh I love photo walls! We are making one on our landing and it makes me smile every time I walk past it!
Yes mine greets me every time I walk up the stairs too!
Great ideas – I love family photo walls, we have one on our stairs wall as you go up 🙂 x
Great place to have them, lovely to look at as you are going up and down the stairs.
Great tips. We need to declutter ours first mind. There’s usually loads of shoes all over the floor and stuff just piled on the shoe cabinet -it definitely doesn’t create the best first impression
Oh yes I have put some storage under the stairs for this, as we were always trip over shoes!
I love the family wedding wall, such a lovely idea and a beautiful sight as you walk in to the house x
I love it too, my visitors to the house love it too.
I agree a photo collage is a great way of giving a lift to your hallway. I’ve never thought about adding colour to your skirting but I love that idea – fab tips!
Adds a bit of personality too doesn’t it
I like the idea of adding a patterned rug – such an affordable way of transforming the area!
Stops all the dirt getting dragged around the house too!