What wallpaper to choose for a narrow and small hallway

The answer to the exciting question "what kind of wallpaper to choose for your hallway?" depends on a number of factors. Going through a lot of options in an online store or on supermarket shelves, do not be too lazy to think about what a hallway is and what its functional purpose is. After all, often after wallpapering and the first rain on the street, the owners think about how to clean their chic walls, finished with plain paper. The following characteristics of the room are important points:

• quadrature;
• the form;
• ceiling height;
• evenness of the walls;
• lack of natural light;
• the possibility of frequent pollution;
• the style of the rest of the rooms;
• the presence and appearance of furniture in the hallway;
• convenience.

The list is far from small, which once again emphasizes the importance of a deliberate, reasonable approach to choosing wallpaper for the hallway.

The hallway performs the following functions in the house:

1. Checkpoint - all guests, without exception, pass through this room, unlike, for example, from the bedroom, where they may not reach. Every day, all family members also do not pass the corridor, putting on or taking off outerwear, putting on or taking off their shoes. Almost all routes in the apartment usually pass through the corridor - to the kitchen, to the rooms, to the bathroom or bathroom.
2. The wardrobe function flows smoothly from the previous one. Having removed clothes and shoes, they need to be identified somewhere. For this, a wardrobe is equipped in the corridor. Everyday things are hung here, as well as those for which the season has not yet come.
3. The warehousing and storage function is often also associated with the corridor. In the case when there is a pantry in the hallway, they keep everything that could not be found in the apartment - from nails to conservation.
4. The representative role of the hallway is its comfort for those present and aesthetic, pleasing to the eye, interior.
5. The redistributive purpose of the corridor is possible if there is a pronounced hall, as an intermediate zone to the entrance to the hall. Here you can install a sofa or several armchairs, a small table, think over lighting and mirrors to make the room look cozy.

In addition to these main purposes, the hallway can be a place where they wash dogs' paws, dry umbrellas, watch through a video surveillance camera, talk on the phone, and relax after a long journey.

Wallpaper, taking into account the above features of the premises at the entrance to the apartment, should be:

• washable;
• durable;
• practical.

These types of coatings fully meet these requirements:
1) Paper wallpaper, covered with a special layer on top, which is not afraid of water and washing. This variety may have several markings on the package, indicating a different degree of resistance to friction and detergents:

• one wavy line indicates that the coating needs careful care, it is enough to wipe them with soft suede or a microfiber sponge;
• two waves one above the other - this is the average degree of moisture resistance, such wallpapers are not afraid of regular treatments with a damp sponge;
• three lines in the form of a wave, respectively, imply a variant of coatings resistant to chemical detergents.

The presence of an additional schematic brush icon indicates that the wallpaper will not tear even with regular intensive loads.

2) Paper or non-woven wallpaper with a vinyl top layer. A lot of advantages for an affordable price:

• practicality;
• the possibility of laying even on uneven walls and masking their shortcomings due to the relief texture;
• variety of colors, shades, decorative finishes.

Silk-screen printing, which is fashionable today, can be considered one of the varieties of vinyl coating with an additional layer of natural durable silk threads, which give the wallpaper an amazing internal shine and gloss.

3) Liquid wallpaper. Only a professional with experience in wall decoration can apply them correctly and aesthetically. Such wallpapers are laid according to the type of plaster, forming at the end a pleasant, smooth, even, monophonic texture on the wall. Their growing popularity is fully justified due to the following features:

• high sound insulation;
• good heat retention;
• antistatic properties;
• ease of care;
• easy replacement of a very heavily soiled or damaged area - an unnecessary element is simply removed with a sharp spatula, and the same layer is applied in its place, as a result - again a perfectly smooth, clean surface.

4) Wallpaper made from fiberglass - innovations on the walls of the hallway. Their advantage is that the owners of the apartment can change the style of the room by painting the walls with glass wallpaper whenever they want. Do this regularly, the old paint is simply washed off with a solvent. The coating perfectly withstands any mechanical stress.

5) For corridors in eco-styles, natural wall coverings are preferred, using bamboo, cork, palm leaves. The view from such a hallway is very cozy, warm. The walls seem to give a sense of life, nature, reliability, confidence in the future.

A little secret that can be done in the hallway is a combination, a combination of different types of wallpaper, for example, expensive natural ones with more economical vinyl or paper options.

It is also necessary to think over the places most prone to pollution in the corridor, usually the lower third of the wall near the entrance doors, this is where the strongest and most stable wallpaper will come in handy. Areas higher and further away from the entrance may differ in the type of wallpaper, the main thing is not to forget about the rules of style consistency.

Wallpaper for a narrow hallway

The principle of interior design in a narrow hallway, which is often also long, is a ban on the use of dark-colored wallpapers replete with large figures, otherwise entering the apartment, you will feel that the ceiling and walls are pressing on you.


The second “no” is to any striped patterns. Frequent horizontal lines will make your corridor even longer and smaller than it really is. A vertical strip will visually narrow the room.

When choosing a color scheme for a narrow hallway, stop at the wallpaper:

1) Light.

2) Without eye-catching drawings.

To expand a narrow corridor, designers sometimes resort to such a technique as covering opposite walls with wallpaper of various colors. In this case, the texture should be the same, and the tones should be contrasting or matching.

Lighting in such a corridor requires soft and plentiful. Lamps are used both on the ceiling and on the walls. The original version is illuminated plasterboard niches covered with wallpaper. An additional plus - shelves for various little things.

Large oval or rectangular mirrors on the walls will help expand the narrow hallway. It is also not recommended to clutter up such a corridor with massive furniture; elegant hangers and wardrobe cabinets with mirrored doors would be appropriate.

Wallpaper for a small hallway

A small hallway requires all sorts of tricks aimed at at least visually expanding the space. Wallpaper can easily cope with this task. What qualities should they have?

1) First, be practical and resilient to everything, as noted earlier.

2) Second, have an appropriate color. Having chosen white or very light solid colors for the walls of the hallway, you may soon notice that they need to be replaced with new ones. Dust, dirt, water splashes, sometimes the prints of not very clean hands - all this will sooner or later settle on your wallpaper. In a situation with choosing the color of wallpaper for a small hallway, consider the following options to make sure that dirty places are not conspicuous:

• light, but with a small pattern;
• original wall coverings interspersed with decorative vinyl chips;
• cullets painted with glossy paint will add chic to the corridor and expand the space;
• a combination of different types of coatings.

3) Thirdly, boldly optimize a small space with stripes. Vertically directed striped patterns will help to increase the height of the ceiling. In order to reduce too high ceilings in a small hallway, use wallpaper with a horizontal stripe.

In a small hallway, a special type of wallpaper is sometimes used, which has a smooth, shiny surface, like a mirror, with a metallic decor on top. Such elements reflect light and make the room full of elegance and luxury.