How to furnish a narrow entrance

How can you furnish a narrow entrance hall in a practical and functional way, without neglecting aesthetics and design? In this article, we will provide you with important tips and suggestions for furnishing a particularly small and narrow hallway.

Here are the best ideas for furnishing a modern hallway or an entrance hallway with small dimensions.

How to furnish a particularly small entrance hallway

Many people (singles, couples and families) today find themselves living in spaces that are not particularly large: this is especially the case in large Italian cities, where finding particularly large and spacious accommodation almost always means unaffordable costs. In these circumstances, many homes are characterised by the presence of a narrow and sometimes dark and cramped entrance.

So how can a particularly narrow entrance be furnished? For this purpose, it is very important to find space-saving solutions suitable for this situation. Don't forget that no matter how small and cramped the entrance to your home is, it is always a fundamental passageway to welcome and greet guests.

Let's start by defining the elements that must necessarily be present in an entrance hall:

• coat rack
• built-in wardrobe
• shoe rack: in the case of a small hallway, it is better to opt for a model of ultra-thin shoe rack with wall fixing and above the plinth
• mirror
• overhead lighting system (especially in the case of a particularly dark entrance or corridor with little natural light).

Small hallway furniture: choosing colours

The choice of the right colours represents a fundamental aspect in the furnishing of a particularly small, narrow and cramped entrance hall or corridor. In this regard, our advice is to focus on the colour white: this is in fact the ideal solution to dilate the spaces and promote the feeling of being in a larger environment. In a predominantly white hallway, you can also use black in small doses to create contrast and give character and personality to your hallway.

If you are lucky enough to have a window in your entrance, it should be enhanced by all means, to make the most of the natural light and also in this case promote the feeling of being in a larger space. For this purpose you can decide to place a small bench under the window, or you can also place parquet or tiles as a covering, so that the light passes through them lengthwise.

Narrow shelves and consoles are also perfect in a small hallway. If you like shelves, the best elements in a small hallway are certainly shelves with storage space.

If, despite the limited size of your hallway, you particularly want to create a classic and elegant ambience, you can play around with frames, skirting boards and mouldings. These white (baroque) elements will give a chic touch to your entrance.

For a classic entrance, you can also complete the décor with a Louis XVI console or coffee table. As far as wall colours are concerned, it is better in this case to opt for dove grey, a colour which has always been a symbol of great class and elegance. If your aim is to widen the width of a particularly narrow corridor as much as possible, in this case you can arrange the floor strips or tiles perpendicular to the entrance door: in this way you will enhance the short side of the room.

Using mirrors in a small hallway or corridor

Mirrors are a very important piece of furniture in a particularly small or narrow hallway or corridor. The presence of one or more mirrors will help you to visually enlarge the space, especially full-height spaces. If you have niches in your hallway or corridor, you can use them to insert small wall cabinets. Alternatively, you can embellish the spaces with the presence of tables and wall lamps.

Other tips and ideas for furnishing a small hallway

Lighting is always an extremely important aspect of furnishing a small hallway. In this regard, an extremely functional lighting idea could be to opt for the choice of hanging lamps, such as a chandelier. These elements are able to express themselves in a suggestive visual impact, making your entrance look not too narrow or cramped.

If your hallway is particularly long and narrow, but has a good height, you can decide to lower the ceiling with the help of a plasterboard structure (false ceiling). In the structure you can then install elegant recessed LED spotlights. If you decide to opt for this type of lighting, our advice is to choose spotlights with a sensor (which light up when people pass by).

With regard to the presence of pictures and decorations for a long and narrow corridor, we advise you to decorate only one wall. In this way you will avoid creating the unpleasant tunnel effect that characterises many narrow corridors. You can decorate the wall with the help of wallpaper with an optical pattern and a three-dimensional effect. On the undecorated wall you can simply place clothes hooks.

If the style of your house is modern or contemporary, the entrance hall should also be decorated in this style. Multifunctional furniture is perfect for a modern hallway or corridor: multifunctional furniture is able to perform multiple functions and for this reason it is particularly suitable as a space-saving solution (shoe rack, coat rack, mirror, chest).