I decided it would be perfect to use victorian style panelling in my hallway to hide my dodgy wall which got me sulking every time i walked out the back door.
How to make hallway panelling. It is a shaker or wainscot type style consisting of a raised frame with a trim moulding skirting and top rail. How do you make a narrow hallway look wider. Track lighting is a particularly good solution for this style problem because it will allow you to custom target the deepest and darkest corners of the space. Wall panelling is a desirable decorative feature not just in period homes but in contemporary spaces too.
In this video we look at how we designed and built the paneling in the dining room. Generally speaking the more light there is the bigger a space looks so use it with abandon. The top and bottom pieces should be cut the same length as should the two sides so if you are making a panel a metre wide and two metres tall you should have 2 x pieces of decorative moulding cut at 1 metre and 2 x pieces cut at 2 metres. Measure how tall and how wide your panels are to be then cut four pieces of moulding to size.
While painting helped make our hallway feel larger and brighter there are a few other ways you can make your hallway look wider. Curtains hung ceiling to floor can also mask a wall of paneling and soften up the room in the process 7. Fitting new wall panelling be it wood wall panels or another type can be a good way to return character to a home that has been stripped back to fill in gaps in an existing scheme or to help a new extension to blend in. Mirrors are great for making any space look and feel larger and if your hallway is by your front door it can be used as double duty.
I love classic period features and one of my favourite features in period properties is wall panelling which makes a room look so sophisticated and full of character. Lighting can make or break any room but especially a narrow hallway. Again you will need to figure out how the panelling will fit between the existing features in the room.