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The hallway is the calling card of your home—8 ideas for a neat entrance

In the hallway, every corner counts. You’ll be surprised at how light even substantial storage solutions can look!

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January 7, 2025Lue suomeksi

1. A built-in closet is a practical solution

The hallway stays neatest when clothes are stored out of sight in a closet. A built-in hallway closet can conceal a large amount of belongings. The beautiful doors are painted in shade Y487 Piazza by Tikkurila.

In this apartment hallway, tall built-in closets and a chest of drawers provide ample storage space.

2. Shoes often clutter the hallway, so find a smart way to store them

A slim shoe rack is a great solution when you need to fit a large number of shoes into a small space.

In this 1950s home, shoes are tucked away in an almost unnoticeable shoe cabinet.

In this hallway, garden shoes and ski boots are stored in the built-in bench. Hiding seasonal items helps keep the hallway organized. The bench also offers a place to sit.

In this family home, a sleek chest of drawers adds storage space to the hallway.

3. A hanging rail or rack is convenient and keeps the hallway feeling spacious

In this interior designer’s hallway, a handy rail provides space for hanging items.

4. Hide clutter out of sight behind sliding doors

Families often need heavy-duty storage—provided the hallway is spacious enough. Sliding doors can conceal clothes and shoes, making it easy to get the hallway tidier in an instant. In this family’s Porvoo home, a floor-to-ceiling, four-meter-wide Inaria sliding door cabinet offers ample storage space.

Look how much storage space can fit into one sliding door cabinet!

Do it yourself! Outdoor clothes are stored behind these barn-style sliding doors.

5. If you can’t find suitable furniture for your hallway, have it custom-made

This family’s hallway was awkwardly shaped, making it difficult to find suitable storage furniture. A radiator running under the windows added to the complexity. Eventually, they had a carpenter build a custom fixed bench with storage inside and air circulation ensured by grilles in the lid of the bench. The solid, sleek, and handleless design adds to the simplicity of the bench. Photo: Timo Pyykkö

A couple designed a bench for their apartment hallway to fit shoes and boots. It was custom-made to measure.

6. Build storage under the stairs

What a beautiful staircase—and so much storage space! Under the ash wood staircase, there are handy cabinets for outdoor clothes.

You can even build a closet under steep stairs.

In this home, a fun little secret closet has been built under the stairs. The rack is low enough for children to grab their own overalls. And that’s not all—the stair steps double as hidden shoe boxes.

In this home, the stairs expand into a handy platform with storage space underneath. Here, the space under the stairs is used for the cats’ litter box, but the idea could be adapted for shoe storage, for instance.

7. Could you fit a wardrobe in your hallway?

In the hallway of this old log house, a vintage locker room cabinet serves as a wardrobe, holding coats and shoes inside.

An old, sturdy cabinet adds storage space to this farmhouse hallway.

8. Design and build a solution that suits your needs

These hallway cabinets were self-designed and made from raised dish-drying cabinets.

The hallway of this family is functional as each of their five children has a designated place for their clothes. The family built the furniture themselves. The glued laminated boards were purchased from a hardware store, and the cabinets from a furniture supplier.

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