How to decorate the entrance corridor if it is too long? Decoration design skills for long entrance corridor

We all know that every house has a different layout and layout. Some houses have a long corridor as soon as you enter the door. This is a very common house layout. Generally speaking, such a long corridor needs to be designed and decorated. So how to decorate the entrance corridor if it is too long? Let's take a closer look!

How to use the entrance corridor if it is too long

1. If the entrance corridor is long and there are doors on both sides of the corridor, it is best to use glass doors to allow better natural lighting in the corridor. Long corridors have poor lighting and poor aesthetics. Another thing is to do a good job of corridor lighting, with auxiliary lighting on the top or skirting, using light strips or spotlights.

2. Place the shoe cabinet properly. If the corridor is narrow, put an ultra-thin shoe cabinet. If the corridor is wide, put a 40-50 cm thick coat cabinet. Some lights can be placed on the cabinet to enhance the auxiliary lighting for the entrance.

3. Corridor wall decoration: one way is to use a color or decorative style to decorate the wall to give the wall a sense of rhythm, or to divide the wall to make the corridor feel shorter. You can do this by hanging paintings, installing wall decorations, partitioning the wall, or using striped wallpaper.

4. Installing mirrors on the wall can improve the problem of the corridor being long and narrow. Make a fake mirror decoration embedded in the wall to make the corridor less long and narrow. Or make a built-in shoe cabinet or wardrobe, and use mirror sliding doors as cabinet doors.

5. Make mosaics on the floor to attract visual attention when entering the house. Improve the dullness of the narrow corridor and beautify the corridor decoration.

Design plan for a long entrance corridor

Every time I open the door of my house, I have to walk through a very long corridor, which always makes me feel uncomfortable. The long corridor will also make it appear narrow. This is a perspective problem. Although the inherent rigid conditions of the corridor cannot be changed, I think if there is such a corridor at home, this problem can be solved by using wall decoration, ceiling shape, floor material, and lighting to divide the space design processing techniques.

Can be split by ground material

We can think about it, if the entrance corridor is long, it will feel even longer if the floor tiles are laid throughout. At this time, we need to do some work on the floor material.

Treatment method 1: If the floor is made of tiles, you can make wavy lines in sections. For example, a three-meter-long corridor can be divided into wavy lines of 1.5 meters each. This will shorten the visual narrowness of the corridor and enrich the details of the floor.

Solution 2: You can also replace the floor tiles at the entrance, in the middle of the corridor and at the end of the corridor with tiles that are different from those of the main floor. This can not only embellish the richness of the floor space, but also make the corridor floor look interesting visually and psychologically. In this way, people's psychological thinking will not focus on the length of the corridor.

Treatment method 3: You can also use a combination of flooring and tiles to lay the floor of the corridor. This is also to shorten the visual and psychological length of the corridor, thereby improving the psychological feeling of the corridor being narrow and long.

Can be divided by top surface shaping

The ceiling treatment of the corridor can also reduce the sense of narrowness of the corridor. If the ceiling is well treated, it can not only increase the richness of the space level, but also make the corridor comfortable and reduce the sense of narrowness of the corridor.

Solution 1: You can make the ceiling into sections according to the style. For example, if it is a Chinese style, you can make a hollow lattice + gypsum board ceiling on the ceiling of a long and narrow corridor. It can be divided into two or three sections. Control the proportion of the ceiling section so that the corridor does not appear long and narrow.

Solution 2: If you want to make a shape for the suspended ceiling, try to make it horizontal instead of vertical. The corridor is originally long and narrow, and the vertical shape will make it appear longer, so the shape must be horizontal, which can shorten the corridor distance visually and psychologically.

Can be divided by wall decoration

The wall decoration division method can not only reduce the narrowness of the corridor, but also increase the richness, storytelling, width and extensibility of the space.

Solution 1: If the long and narrow corridor can be semi-opened with other spaces to increase the connection, for example, open the walls of other spaces in the corridor and replace them with other materials. This will make the width of the corridor wider, reduce the feeling of narrow space caused by the long and narrow corridor, and have the effect of freeing up space.

Solution 2: The simplest and most common method is to make a family photo wall in the corridor. Hang photos of your family outings and your children's growth process on the corridor wall in a regular or irregular manner. This way, every time you come home and open the door, you will not see a long and narrow corridor, but the beautiful memories and precious moments of your family together. Your focus will not be on the corridor. This is a way to divert attention.

Treatment method 3: You can set corner flower treatments on the walls and ceiling of the corridor to form a semi-door state. This will not affect the ground space, but can also divide the corridor, making the corridor less visually narrow and long, and can also decorate a rich and unique space.

Segmentation by lighting

The lights are divided into virtual spaces by light beams. The spotlights in the corridor can be set to a distance of more than 1.2 meters. The distance of a person's step is about 60-80 centimeters. In this way, when people walk in the corridor divided by lights, they will not feel that it is narrow and long psychologically because of the lights.

What should I consider when decorating the entrance corridor if it is too long?

1. The degree of removability of the walls on both sides or one side of the entrance corridor

If you want to "decorate" the entrance corridor through "big fuss", the removability of the wall cannot be ignored. You need to inquire and report to the property management whether the wall can be demolished, whether it can be completely demolished or only partially demolished, etc., and then decide whether to adopt the desired decoration method based on the degree allowed by the property management and the decoration effect you want to achieve.

2. The purpose of the rooms adjacent to the entrance corridor

When using the "drastic" method to change the condition of the corridor, you should also consider the purpose of the rooms adjacent to the corridor. I think it is not suitable for more private rooms, such as bedrooms, because it will interfere with the privacy of the room; while more "public" spaces in the home, such as kitchens, study rooms, reception rooms, etc., are more suitable, and will also expand the area of ​​the space to a certain extent.

3. Width of entrance corridor

No matter how you want to decorate the entrance corridor, you must ensure that the corridor can be passed normally. When there are more family members, I think it is necessary to ensure that at least two people can pass through at the same time, which requires that the corridor should still have a width of about 1200mm after decoration; when there are fewer family members, the corridor can be kept about 1000mm wide after decoration, which is convenient for use and avoids the corridor having a narrow space feeling. Choose the decoration method according to the width of the corridor.

4. Functional needs of the family

In my opinion, except for the functional areas that require absolute quietness (such as study rooms) and the functional areas that will make the floor cluttered (such as children's entertainment areas), other functional areas can be set up in the entrance corridor. When there are functional needs in the home but there is no more suitable space setting, as long as the size is appropriate, I think you can consider "moving" the functional space to the entrance corridor.

5. Family members

If there are elders or children in the family, I think it would be more appropriate to "decorate" the corridor into a storage area and set up a shoe cabinet with a shoe-changing bench. This will greatly improve the comfort of the elders or children when changing shoes when entering and leaving the house.

6. Personal Preference

Your home is your own, and it is important that you like it. Decorate the entrance corridor according to your own preferences, so that you will feel happy every time you enter the house...

Design tips for long entrance corridors

It is recommended to make a reasonable design according to the on-site conditions to improve the narrowness of the entrance corridor. It can be designed through ceiling decoration, wall decoration, floor decoration, some soft decoration, carpet, and lighting decoration. The corridor is long and the decoration is more beautiful, but not too complicated, try to be simple.

It is recommended to make a shoe bench on the wall at the entrance and set up a clothes hanging area. The recessed wall can be decorated with mirrors, and lights can be set above the mirrors. Storage cabinets can be set in the inner position. The width should be at least 90 cm. Decorative lights can be installed on the skirting or under the shoe bench to facilitate shoe changing. At the same time, lighting can be increased. The top can be simply made into a suspended ceiling.