Wardrobes for the hallway and corridor: types, contents, placement, palette, design style.

How to choose a wardrobe for the hallway?

Some recommendations for choosing:

• For a small hallway, you should choose compact designs with compartment or folding accordion doors that will not clutter the room and steal space.
• Since this room is characterized by increased pollution, it is not advisable to use light-colored models here, which are especially easily soiled.
• In a narrow and long corridor, it is better to place the wardrobe near the short wall.
• For a square hallway, it is more appropriate to install a structure across the entire wall.
• A walk-through hallway with a large number of doorways can be decorated with a small narrow cabinet placed in the area of the entrance door.
• When creating a wardrobe, the best option is to install louvered facades that promote free air circulation.

Types of wardrobes

There are several varieties that differ in their features and advantages.

Sliding wardrobe in the hallway

This sliding structure accommodates a sufficient number of things, provides their orderly storage and simplified search.

The photo shows a four-door wardrobe in the hallway interior, made in the high-tech style.

Hinged wardrobe

Is the most traditional and familiar version of a wardrobe, which can have any purpose, for example, be a storage room, a utility room, or even a bookcase. Before installing a hinged model, you should correctly calculate the area in the room, taking into account the opening of the doors.

Built-in

Easily fits into a niche, pantry or corner space, forming an entire dressing room in it. The built-in model consists of shelves, crossbars and other components that are attached to the walls, which gives the product special reliability and monumentality.

Modular

Due to the special placement of individual modules, it is possible to design a model that will organically fit into the interior and will be distinguished by high functionality.

Combined models

Quite a popular solution are products complemented by a mirror, hooks for clothes, an umbrella holder and other elements. For example, the most practical option is a model with a shoe rack, a bench, an ottoman or even a small sofa, which provide proper storage of shoes, and also facilitate the process of changing shoes.

No less functional are wardrobes with cabinet, fully meeting the requirements of the corridor. A well-planned design will provide convenient placement of things and space for hats or bags. Models with shelves on the side or in the middle, which can be filled with various necessary items, books, figurines or other accessories, have a very stylish and original design.

The photo shows a hallway with a swing wardrobe equipped with shelves and a seat.

Tall cabinet

It is distinguished by its rather modest dimensions, can have a wall hanging mount or be installed on the floor. Most often, a single-door shallow tall cabinet is equipped with numerous drawers and shelves with closed and open sections.

The photo shows a single-door tall cabinet with a mirrored façade in the hallway interior.

Internal filling of a sliding-door wardrobe in the hallway

The filling of a sliding-door wardrobe mainly includes the insides, in the form of a rod with hangers for outerwear, shelves, pull-out drawers or baskets, in which you can store various small items or place umbrellas. The design is also equipped with a special lower narrow compartment for storing shoes or even a separate place for household items.

Quite often, for more rational use of space, wardrobes are supplemented with various hooks for clothes, hat holders or corner shelves on which bags, keys, umbrellas and other small items can be easily placed.

How to arrange a wardrobe?

Several placement options:

• In a niche. A design built into a niche is a very convenient and unique solution that does not clutter up the space. Such designs look compact and neat, while facilitating the storage of a sufficient number of things.
• Above the door or around the door. Cabinets with a ceiling mezzanine, arranged around or above the doorway, not only beautifully frame the entrance, but also significantly save space, which is especially important in small corridors in Khrushchev-era buildings.
• On the entire wall. This option is more appropriate in spacious hallways. In order to further emphasize the dimensions of the room, you can choose solid rather than built-in products.
• In the corner. This arrangement has many advantages. The corner design takes up a minimum of useful space, does not clutter the room and does not restrict movement in it.
• Under the stairs. Quite a convenient, stylish, beautiful and practical solution that frees up additional square meters and makes the space as functional as possible.

The photo shows the interior of the hallway in light colors with a hinged mirrored wardrobe located along the entire wall.

In large corridors, high structures up to the ceiling are also very often installed. Such models sometimes feature built-in lighting, which makes them look especially impressive.

The photo shows a wooden wardrobe under the stairs in a country-style hallway.

In narrow and long hallways, structures are installed from wall to wall and decorated with a solid mirror or glossy surface, which creates the effect of depth of space.

The photo shows a modern hallway with a three-door wardrobe to the ceiling, decorated with spotlights.

Sizes and shapes of cabinets

An ideal option for almost any room, is a corner wardrobe. It can be L-shaped, triangular, diagonally located, be diagonal, made in the form of a trapezoid with a rounded or beveled corner, or have a radius design, which is especially suitable for decorating a square room.

Such corner products use the space of a hallway of any size in the most efficient way. The radius model has truly interesting outlines, making the surrounding interior more elegant. It can be semicircular, convex, concave or even non-standard curved wavy shape.

The photo shows a narrow double-door wardrobe in the hallway interior.

Large structures, which are usually installed across the entire width and height of the wall, have significant dimensions. These huge products are quite roomy.

The photo shows a spacious hallway with a large wardrobe made of wood.

Small hallways often feature narrow single-door, double-door or rotary models that not only use space rationally and correspond to the ergonomics of the space, but also look very stylish.

Color scheme

The classic color is brown, which is mainly typical for wood products. The designs in this color scheme can also be distinguished by a dark red, burgundy tint or a dark, sophisticated wenge shade, often found in classic or English interiors. White, beige or gray cabinets are considered the most neutral, they do not visually overload the space, do not attract unnecessary attention and do not violate the proportions of the room.

The photo shows the interior of the hallway with a wooden wardrobe of a brown shade.

Particularly effective compositions can be achieved using a black and white color scheme, and blue or light blue products help to form an unusual, memorable and bold design, due to which the atmosphere is filled with special freshness, airiness, volume and spaciousness.

The photo shows a blue swing wardrobe in the interior of the hallway in the fusion style.

In order to fill the atmosphere of the hallway with pleasant and cheerful emotions, colored yellow structures or products in accent or soft and gentle green tones are perfect.

The photo shows a hallway decorated with a yellow wardrobe combined with a hanger.

Photos of hallways in various styles

A well-chosen wardrobe can become an ideal addition to a hallway made in a specific style.

Modern

Modern interiors mainly feature rectangular structures, distinguished by clear geometry and matte, glossy or glass facades. Sliding wardrobes in this style have a unique sense of style and have an individual and presentable appearance.

The photo shows the interior of the hallway in a modern style with a mirrored wardrobe.

Classic

For classics or neoclassics, it is preferable to use wooden built-in models or massive solid structures decorated with carving or gold plating, which are an indicator of the solidity of the interior.

The photo shows a wardrobe with a beveled diamond-shaped mirror in the interior of the hallway in a classic style.

In the loft style

In the hallway in the loft style, large wardrobes with a combination of wood and metal, having strict forms and a rough appearance or antique products made of untreated boards or metal gratings. Such a design solution always looks quite creative and stylish.

The photo shows a loft-style hallway with a hinged wardrobe made of metal.

In the Provence style

This style is characterized by slatted facades, vintage furniture or structures with imitation of antiquity. Provence is mainly complemented by wooden models in pastel shades, which can be decorated with carved or painted patterns. Such decor can add lightness and weightlessness even to the largest multi-door wardrobe.

Minimalism

Furniture in the minimalist style is distinguished by its special multifunctionality. The facades most often have a natural texture or a smooth surface and do not have fittings, such as handles, which makes the cabinet invisible, integrated and visually hidden. In the manufacture of structures, wood, glass, chipboard or MDF are used, the colors are dominated by light, pastel white, milky or sand tones.

Scandinavian

For the Scandi interior, choose the most simple and modest cabinets with primitive decor, various transformable models or combined designs with a hanger, ottoman or shoe cabinet.

Ideas for the design of wardrobes in the interior

Facades with a mirror have a particularly attractive design; in addition to an aesthetic appearance, they provide a visual increase in space. The mirror plane with a bevel is distinguished by its special shimmer and volume. Models with transparent, matte, patterned glass or designs with a smooth glossy surface with a lacobel coating look no less original in the hallway, which, due to the reflective effect, add light to the space.

The photo shows a wooden compartment wardrobe with a mirrored facade with a bevel in the interior of the hallway.

A rather interesting solution is represented by products with an open part, made for a display case or ordinary open shelves, which can be radius, straight or angular.

The photo shows a hallway with a white cabinet with doors decorated with frosted glass.

A very popular option for decorating sliding wardrobes is the use of sandblasted patterns, engraving or photo printing, which provides the application of a wide variety of images suitable for any interior design.

To create an unusual design, elements with stained glass are used, and to give an atmosphere of antiquity, products with patina are perfect. Models with various inserts look especially presentable, for example, from rattan, pleasant to the touch leather, which has an elegant and expensive appearance, often made in the form of carriage coupler or bamboo, which gives the environment naturalness and organicity.

If a child lives in the house or apartment, you can buy a separate cabinet for him for things. Such designs are mainly distinguished by bright and colorful execution and creative design, making them the main interior element. In addition, children’s models must first of all be stable, safe and have a sufficient number of compartments.