The Best Paint Colours For Small Hallways

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you have a small hallway that you're struggling with, then let me tell you that you are by no means alone. And, better than that, there's hope! By choosing the perfect paint for your small hall, you can create a stylish, welcoming first impression: here are the top ten Modern Country paint colours for small hallways....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2010/10/case-study-farrow-and-ball-pigeon.html" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball Pigeon</a></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This soft grey green has, according to Farrow and Ball, an unparallelled softness.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Pigeon small hall" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/72/1c/ca/721cca4862d0fc18150601936b805470.jpg" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="479" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Pigeon in a small Victorian hall</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/case-study-farrow-and-ball-down-pipe.html" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball Down Pipe</a></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">For a white hall, Down Pipe shows off period detailing, such as high skirting boards, and substantial door frames...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Down Pipe in small hallway" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/38/30/dd/3830dd3c73594d1dff30c787adff1c4e.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="433" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Down Pipe in small hallway</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Farrow and Ball Manor House Gray</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">When paired with lots of crisp white woodwork, this Farrow and Ball paint has a sophisticated, calming effect.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Manor House Gray small hall" src="http://search.struttandparker.com/assets/pictures/SLN110060_13.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Manor House Gray would give a similar look</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Dulux Chalky Downs</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2014/04/swedishfrench-style-victorian-house-tour.html" target="_blank">Remember this house tour top-to-toe in Chalky Downs</a>? Dulux paints are really worth a look for some of their graduated colour schemes (Dusted Moss is another favourite) as a</span> perfect starting palette for a whole house (for the rest of the incredible house tour, click <a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2014/04/swedishfrench-style-victorian-house-tour.html" target="_blank">here</a>).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Dulux Chalky Downs in small hall " src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/03/12/ce/0312ceab1b752ed3cc547c8205189c88.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dulux Chalky Downs in small hall on panelling and walls and stairs!</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Little Greene French Grey </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This version of the classic French Grey is a colour that looks delicious in different lighting conditions. Small hallways that twist and turn need paint colour that are thoroughly adaptable, and Little Greene's French Grey looks great by starker daylight, as well as in warm artificial light.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Little Greene French Grey would give a similar look" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/76/d6/8a/76d68a69fad5787e4edf5e82d637d840.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="425" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little Greene French Grey would give a similar look</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Little Greene Lead</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is a really smart Little Greene paint that, when pared with rustic accessories, creates a gorgeous Modern Country hall.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="The white company...amazing Modern Country hallway Little Green Lead will give a similar look" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/b3/e4/0b/b3e40b11f2b6d17a83c76f95400b8d5d.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="426" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little Green Lead will give a similar look</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Farrow and Ball Railings</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This Victorian hall has been given the wow-factor with woodwork and front door in Farrow and Ball Railings, a soft inky-black.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Railings front door and woodwork" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjimx1Xb3PsimJMXibCdnXP0vFaRskd0q7vbnkukEQ3-lgA41T1DW0vfGNRUJRaHv8v3S-qP_ReGWOndhswdbrT537gBtCyRMlKfyl5UHrEeKTGM8xGAzeNlZ1m_xGxUtlUUkgSRRHM0jTc/s640/farrow+and+ball+downpipe+painted+door+3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="480" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Railings front door and woodwork</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Farrow and Ball Brinjal</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">For a strong colour below dado rails, like this deep aubergine, make sure you cut right back on the strength of colour above; Here Farrow and Ball Cornforth White is used to great calming effect.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Brinjal and Farrow and Ball Cornforth White in small hallway" height="640" src="http://inspiration.farrow-ball.com/ImageHandler.ashx?id=377&hires=true" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="426" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Brinjal below dado and Farrow and Ball Cornforth White above, in small hallway</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: xx-large;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/colour-study-farrow-and-ball-lamp-room.html" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball Lamp Room Grey</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The slight blue undertones of this classic grey Farrow and Ball paint give an elegant feel to a period hallway.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: xx-large;"><br /></b></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Lamp Room Gray will give a similar feel" src="http://cdni.condenast.co.uk/426x639/g_j/Hallway4-easy-living-6aug13_pr_b.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Farrow and Ball Lamp Room Gray will give a similar feel</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Fired Earth Pier Point</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A cool greige that gives a contemporary chic feel to a period backdrop.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Try Fired Earth Pier Point for a similar look" src="http://housetohome.media.ipcdigital.co.uk/96/00000b248/5fdd_orh550w550/hallway39.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Try Fired Earth Pier Point for a similar look</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Fired Earth Carbon Blue</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">For a period feel, keep the stronger colour below the chair rail. Alternatively, for a more contemporary take, reverse the two, perhaps adding tongue and groove beneath.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Fired Earth Carbon Blue will give a similar feel" src="http://housetohome.media.ipcdigital.co.uk/96/00000c120/8e53_orh550w550/hallway54.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fired Earth Carbon Blue will give a similar feel</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">See? Is that a smile I see as you drift off into decorating-land? Imagining a whole new hallway for you and your home, that you never even dreamed was possible?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Enjoy every second!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEishdyCk6ObcKba86AmGFXP8ZzlWNLaNUxY1YUf5fZgrAuub43PCTanFzHQIWZaHPxWWEyGo27f0dmV6LlJVoivf2FfJI6bW-2vZuJ37vNTL_rqXDcTQ0gCMjkXzyiu81CunQfWH1y3_ZU/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEqUyRhCg66gPfNQHh81rGOfvP_VywWXZqmmtMCjkwk_8h3tp2giJzjabWtNCTfsCfeGInxUcrjS5f4hN-9ni-WpudY16p2jrQvLG77TNFiylmGDVHlNlhiZJunob4YyRG5n7m46U703I/s1600/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Images via: <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/modcountrystyle/" target="_blank">here</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

The Best Paint Colours For Small Hallways

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Ten Effective Decorating Ideas For Small, Narrow Hallways

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Entrance halls and hallways in Edwardian and Victorian homes are a notorious nightmare. Usually narrow, often dark and always high-traffic, many a heartache has been had over decorating dilemmas. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">But no longer! </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Here are ten solutions for small, narrow halls.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> These are from Victorian hallways but could easily be applied to homes of any age.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>1. Architectural Features</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you're lucky enough to live in a house that has a deluge of architectural features, use them! Decorate in such a way that the eye focuses on the bones of the house, rather than its weaker points. If your narrow hall is devoid of such loveliness then do not fear! It's not hard to add appropriate features in. Dado rails, cornices, and higher skirting boards will all give that longed-for period wow-factor.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Long, thin hallway" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/4a/e4/d9/4ae4d9fff4b910266dc8d002e0eeba42.jpg" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="404" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Long, thin Victorian hallway with architectural features in abundance.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>2. Quality</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Small hallways needn't be shabby. In fact, quite the opposite is true. Narrow hallways mean that you can really go to town on materials that might otherwise be beyond your budget. Buy the best you can and the whole diminutive space will daintily whisper luxury.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Very narrow hallway" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/6b/d1/00/6bd1003fa74c1b604af2d3634aa612f1.jpg" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="480" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Very narrow  hallway with high-end fittings.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>3. Mirrors</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Add mirrors. Huge ones. Make a mirror-statement that swirls the mind away from that small space of yours. Big mirrors can bring an astonishing amount of extra light into small hallways.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Glamorous small, narrow Victorian hallway! " height="426" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/10/b8/90/10b89031f4254112bbebd71a1ded6243.jpg" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Glamorous small, narrow Victorian hallway! </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>4. Quirky Accessories</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">You want your first thought when you walk through the door of your home to be happy and uplifting. It should be a space where you are reassured that you are home and dry, away from the cares of the world. A great way to do that is to introduce pieces into your hallways that wholly reflect you, and your family.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Entrance hall and living room in Victorian house" height="460" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/5f/8e/c6/5f8ec6c5e642aa500f2f6e05b7759d5a.jpg" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quirky, pale grey entrance hall and living room in Victorian house</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>5. Open Up</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">If it's possible, enlarge the doorway between the narrow hallway and the first room of the house (usually the living room), thereby deceiving the eye into the notion that the hall is larger than it is by borrowing space form the adjoining room.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="Victorian Hall Opening Into Living Room" src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/57/71/f2/5771f2fd87792a021c7fe4fdd2418c6a.jpg" title="" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>6. Lighting</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Drawing gazes upwards with the use of great lighting adds an extra dimension of space. This is particularly effective with higher ceilings, typical of Victorian and Edwardian properties.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Long, narrow hallway with chandeliers" height="640" src="http://cdn3.welke.nl/photo/scale-700xauto-wit/Prachtige-kleuren-combinatie-van-cementtegels-en-wanden.1336485258-van-designtegels.jpeg" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="467" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Long, narrow hallway with chandeliers</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">7. Flooring</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here's an area where a little budget can go a long way. If you have no original flooring, consider splashing out on classic-style encasutic tiles, or a beautiful wooden floor. High priorities here should be good looks and hard-wearing qualities.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="black and white narrow hall with parquet flooring" src="http://www.ouremptynest.net/wp-content/uploads/black2a.jpg" title="" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">8. Flow Into Other Rooms</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you keep in mind the decor of the rooms leading off your narrow hall, it's easy to trick the eye into believing that the hallway extends further than its boundaries. Choose harmonising colours and textures for a deceptively seamless link.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Beautiful stairs in grey and pale oak flooring" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/3d/98/07/3d9807f53993ce33b93341cd2decf6ee.jpg" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="426" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful decor in grey and white, and pale oak flooring</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">9. Pictures</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Careful use of pictures can serve to break the space up so there is less of a feeling of a long, dark corridor. Keep it simple, with a collection of themed pictures, using one type of frame.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Narrow hallway with feature picture wall" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/26/cf/6f/26cf6ff1449ba3cbe878661605c63282.jpg" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="458" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Narrow hallway with feature picture wall</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">10. Paint Colours</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">With right paint colour, you can lift your hallway from drab to fab...but which to choose from the thousands of paint colours out there for your hall? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">What you need is someone to present you with some kind of Modern Country Best Of....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Don't you?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">;-)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For all the details on these delicious Modern Country Hallways, follow along on Pinterest:</div><br /><center><a data-pin-board-width="400" data-pin-do="embedBoard" data-pin-scale-height="320" data-pin-scale-width="80" href="http://www.pinterest.com/modcountrystyle/hall-modern-country/">Follow Modern Country Style by Sarah's board Hall: Modern Country on Pinterest.</a><br /><script async="" src="//assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js" type="text/javascript"></script></center><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEqUyRhCg66gPfNQHh81rGOfvP_VywWXZqmmtMCjkwk_8h3tp2giJzjabWtNCTfsCfeGInxUcrjS5f4hN-9ni-WpudY16p2jrQvLG77TNFiylmGDVHlNlhiZJunob4YyRG5n7m46U703I/s1600/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

Ten Effective Decorating Ideas For Small, Narrow Hallways

Entrance halls and hallways in Edwardian and Victorian homes are a notorious nightmare. Usually narrow, often dark and always high-traffic, ...

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Modern Country Hallway

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/Modern%20Country%20Hallway" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyAOddX-JHGSFhHo5Tw_-Vf5W-nSreTnjdJtoHaNlZ8CEOXsW4f9gs9yzsU6O29qvnLQ3KscuDJcElPYcDlc-Epk7rQV-D7XhhyphenhyphenKQrhMFCNZRCUouPYgnuhh7IyPM_szy3u1X8ViybjpZV/s320/personalised-hallway.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This picture is so Modern Country. I love it. If you look beyond the details, it is possible to notice that the staircase is rather dated, the walls aren't smooth and are those plasterboard lines on the ceiling?</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">But you don't see that, do you? You see the <span style="font-size: large;">Modern Country</span> <span style="font-size: large;">STYLE</span>: </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">the mix of photos, cohered by the black frames and consistently black and white photography;</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> the industrial vintage touch of the casually-placed printing block;</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">a tight colour palette:  black, white and the hint of gentle winter-seas on the tongue and groove door;</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">the use of the scrolled  metal on the mirror brings a little softness, making this hallway firmly Country....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Scrumdiddlyumptious.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">image via Ideal Home</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Modern Country Hallway

This picture is so Modern Country. I love it. If you look beyond the details, it is possible to notice that the staircase is rather dated, t...

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