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Hallway Floor Decorating Ideas
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The floor in your hallway is the largest visual space your
eye catches when glancing down the passage. For this reason,
hallway floor decorating can determine how you see the space
before you.
The floor can increase the visual length of your
corridor, making a narrow hallway feel even more closed in.
By the same token hallway floor decorating that seeks to
alter your perceptions of the space can create the illusion
that the hallway is longer or shorter, wider or narrower,
more elegant or simple. In short, how your hallway looks is
entirely up to the hallway floor decorating you choose.
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One way to use hallway floor decorating to alter the
perceived space is to use stripes in your carpeting or rugs.
Thin, long stripes will create the impression that your
hallway is long and thin. On the other hand, wide,
width-wise stripes will make your hallway seem wider and
shorter. Ideally, choose thin criss-crossing patterns in
your rugs or carpets. This will add elegance to your hallway
floor decorating.
If you have hardwood floors that you wish to leave
uncovered, you can still create hallway floor decorating
that will increase the beauty of the space. An inserted
pattern in the wood is expensive to commission, but your can
paint such a pattern onto your hardwood floor using a
stencil and wood stain. Be sure to apply several coats and a
sealer to make your hallway floor decorating long-lasting.
For linoleum hallway floor decorating patterns can be
drawn in the shape of squares as in the image below.
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Use glossy floor paint and create a lighter color at the
center of the square, surrounded by a dark border. This
sharp change in colors will give your hallway floor
decorating the prominence it needs to alter the perceived
shape of the corridor.
For narrow long corridors, create rectangles instead of
squares. For wide open hallways, consider painting an oval
and displaying a round table with flowers at its center.
Ideas for glamorous hallway floor decorating abound in
mansions and hotels, where hallways can be as large as rooms
in ordinary homes. Despite their size, the same decorating
rules apply in the hallways of mansions as in your home.
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