Hallway

Design of an entrance hall in a private house - arrangement and photo ideas

Private entrance hall design

Entrance - the first room of a private cottage, a private territory, which enters incoming from the street. From its correct layout, convenience, interior appeal, a general impression of the living space is formed. As far as the design of the hallway in a private house is reasonably, functionally, qualitatively thought out, it is so cozy and comfortable to be inside the owners and guests.

Technical features of the design and design of the hallway

  1. When designing the entrance space, it is necessary to provide a reliable floor heating system. Even if a personal janitor cleans the driveway daily, removing snow or foliage, and from the garage, residents immediately get inside the living room, bypassing the porch, street shoes absorb the smallest particles of water. Thanks to the warm floor, they instantly evaporate, but dry for a long time at normal room temperature.
    For flooring, it is better to use abrasion and slip resistant types of tiles (porcelain stoneware) of high strength class. Remember, the entrance zone is a place with one of the highest permeability coefficients, which is constantly exposed to aggressive environmental conditions (dirt, sand, dust, snow, rainwater).
  2. In addition to the lighting system, the top and side lights, place a conventional electrical outlet below the switch. Believe me, constantly looking for the nearest power source for a vacuum cleaner that was not originally designed here, or the hostess will soon get tired of using the device through an extension cord. Annoyance from domestic inconvenience guaranteed.
  3. The walls of the hallway depend on the material from which the country house is composed. If it is assembled from whole logs, then to close with something similar to natural beauty - sacrilege and crime, the design of the hallway is best done in the appropriate style, additionally ennobling the structure of the tree with protective glazing means. When brick, blocks, frame technologies were used in the construction of the external walls, the hallway can be plastered, painted, wallpapered, decorated with wooden panels. But, first of all, finishing materials should be practical. Wooden panels painted in the main color of the walls or in contrast - an option suitable for families with children. By attaching children's drawings to the surface, it is easy to arrange a real exhibition, incoming guests will have a great reason to start a pleasant conversation.
  4. When ordering a wardrobe, it is better to prefer an individual project, filling the whole wall with a structure. The shoulders of outerwear (especially when the inhabitants are sufficiently dimensional) occupy more space in depth than the 60 centimeters provided for by the standards. In addition, sliding doors reduce the interior space of the cabinet, which reduces its capacity.An additional decimeter of internal space will somewhat narrow the entrance part of the entrance hall, but it will provide free placement of things.
  5. The first step in the design of the interior of the entrance hall is to divide the entrance zone into two parts: a technological platform and the entrance hall itself. A similar step is dictated by living in a country with a cold climate, so a vestibule (at least a double door with an air gap between the sheets), a room that prevents the direct penetration of street frosty air, is an urgent need.

Natural lighting in the hallway of the house

Technical rooms quite often go into the vestibule - pantry, boiler room, garage. Its additional role is to block the path into the living rooms to the very unpleasant smell of a running car engine, to reduce the noise effects of a working gas boiler, water pump, and filtering equipment.

Entrance to the vestibule from the hallway of the house

Making a vestibule small is pointless. Here it is necessary to place wall cabinets (it is better to use the full height of the walls: this forms more useful volume, dust does not accumulate on top of the cabinets), where it is advisable to store garden shoes, galoshes, rubber boots, felt boots, seasonal clothes used when working on the garden site. Even after a short walk in the garden, soles remain pieces of earth, sand, blades of grass. It is better to leave these shoes inside the vestibule, so as not to carry dirt into a clean house.

Large hallway of a private house - a spectacular door

Hallway size and filling

The usable volume of the corridor is planned by the architectural project, the main interior decoration depends on the customer’s desire, financial capabilities and the following factors:

  1. In what style is the house designed: does it look like a hunting hut, a strict glass cube, a Gothic castle or a luxurious marble villa? Following the chosen style direction, the entrance space is filled with appropriate pieces of furniture, the number of used interior details is outlined.
  2. Frequency of visit: is the house intended for permanent residence, weekly visits, very rare arrivals? If the owners are only interested in the summer season, there is no need to plan indoor accommodation for winter things, you can do with open hangers.
  3. How many people live, what are their individual characteristics, who are the owners - a respectable married couple of about 50 or a young family with five children? It is desirable for a large family to provide for a significant number of storage places of a large volume, because a small cabinet is not able to hide ten permanently used sets of outerwear.

The original door to the hallway

There are times when a family acquires (inherits) a finished building, where the size of the hallway cannot be changed. Then it’s worth using decorating techniques to identify the advantages of the premises and veil the shortcomings.

Furniture and decor for the hallway of the cottage

Small cramped entrywayLarge uncomfortable hallway
  • Use mirrors (place them opposite each other to create the illusion of a mirror enfilade - the space will expand, it will begin to seem larger)
  • Plan small cabinets for small depths, and for shoes - vertical loading systems equipped with hinged doors
  • Provide bright overhead light (dim light reduces room size). Properly designed lighting is an important part of a successful design.
  • Place closed shelves (mezzanines) of greater depth along the perimeter of the upper part of the walls than other storage systems. They will not make the space heavier, the construction is much higher than the line of human sight.
  • Select any corner of the room by placing a hard chair there. Visually, it will make the technologically advanced space comfortable, while sitting is more convenient for shoes.
  • Provide horizontal surfaces (mirror-mounted consoles, freestanding tables) where you can put your bag, throw gloves, put keys, then you do not have to look for them in the morning before going to work
  • The central art object around which the interior is being built can become the original umbrella holder. With an individual order of this item from a talented master, you can get a real work of art

Hallway in the classical style in the house

Varieties of the layout of the hallway - how to beat them

The interior designer’s nightmare is a hallway with many doors. With regard to private housing construction, this is rare, but there are some cases. How to overcome a serious problem by improving the overall impression of an unsuccessfully planned room by design means? In order to reduce the number of door leafs, leave, where possible, open apertures decorated with the same platbands as other internal doors. Use the piers between them to place mirrors or closed racks up to the ceiling. Given the optical effects, the room will appear more voluminous, and the presence of a significant number of storage systems will add functionality.

Small hallway of a private house

The design of the hallway bordering the kitchen or passing into it is not the most successful version of the layout of a private house, because street dirt present in one room (even fanatical neat people have it) instantly gets to where the food is being prepared. From the point of view of sanitation and hygiene - a violation of all possible norms.

Classic hallway design

The entrance hall, the vestibule of the hall - the center of the house, where other rooms converge in rays - is made out as an abstract of the picture that the guest will see, taking the next step. Use the same decorating techniques, decoration materials, colors for two rooms, use the same floor covering, creating the illusion of the flow of one space into another. In order to emphasize the significance of the hall, the crossroads of all home routes, add it with interesting details (paintings, ceiling shades, lamps, parquet panels, carpet).

The door with glass will fill the hall with bright light.

The entrance hall, where there is a window, is a rarity.It is individual construction that provides such an opportunity for planning, the main thing is to make the right decision, developing the project with your own hands. Windows can frame a doorway, be above a door, cut through walls. The presence of a light opening is a plus for the family budget: you can slightly reduce the consumption of electric energy using natural light. Decorative living plants will decorate wide window sills or special whatnots, make the room joyful, warm, cozy.

Convenient open hanger and shelves in the hallway

What style to choose for the hallway?

You can figure out the variety of styles by calling for the help of a professional interior designer by looking at specialized magazines and television programs, analyzing the practical advice of friends who have built their own “fortress”, or following an inner flair. For example, it is quite possible to realize the following ideas:

  1. A brutal wooden entrance hall in the hunting-old Russian style is suitable for a wooden house: forged lamps, massive benches, chests, visible fixtures, rough leather, stained brushed wood, flooring made of thick wooden blocks (simulating them when connecting a water or electric heated floor).
  2. Italian classic style: the floor is made of marble slabs or porcelain tiles recreating natural stone, light plastered walls, mirrors expanding the space, bringing it closer to the square, the use of columns, wide ceiling cornices. On the floor, it is possible to arrange a centrally oriented symmetrical pattern, complex mosaics that bring the atmosphere of a genuine Roman atrium.

Loft style in the hallway of a private house

Caution: It is especially important to provide for saturated lighting that fills the space, as an analogue of the bright Italian sunlight.

Very bright hallway lighting

  1. Modern style: simple lines, calm forms of furniture, no frills, elaborate elements that make it difficult to clean, neutral colors of finishing materials, closed cabinets, clearly defined mirrors, graphic lamps.

Comfortable hallway furniture

Hallway: Feng Shui Secrets

Feng Shui - the Chinese doctrine of the improvement of the hearth, attracting positive vital energy, maintaining family happiness, maintaining material well-being, recommends refusing to place a mirror in the corridor opposite the front door. This is because favorable energy, getting inside the hallway, is immediately reflected from the mirror surface and goes back, not lingering inside your home. Believe this principle or not - everyone decides for himself, but suddenly it works? For the same reason, an entrance door with a staircase leading to the upper floors should not be placed on the same line. When designing a cottage, move it a little to the side or turn it differently, then the positive energy will stop running higher, it can fill the lower rooms first.

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