We advise how to visually increase the space of a small corridor, which furniture to choose and what should be avoided in the design.
1 Think about redevelopment
Before planning an arrangement of a narrow corridor, think about: maybe this room will be logical to attach to residential space? Or, say, expand? Or maybe it will be possible to highlight it part under the mini-dressing room?
2 Decide with the functions of the corridor
Think what kind of functional load will be your corridor. Do you need additional storage? Will you place electrical appliances here? Or maybe there will be a pet corner or a compact homemade mini-office? Decide in advance with the functions of the corridor in Khrushchev - and you will have more chances to squeeze the maximum from it.
3 Consider zoning options.
If the corridor adjoins the hallway or combines several functions at once, it will be logical to use zoning techniques. Visually divided the narrow room on the part can be, for example, with the help of light, colors, finishing materials, placement of furniture.
4 Place the floor covering correctly
For example, transversely or diagonally. So visually you will slide the walls a little.
5 Light well
No dark corners eating space in a narrow corrider should not be.
6 Refuse the styles overloaded
Do not choose the style for a narrow space, requiring many details (say, Country or Shebbi-Chic). Refuse from styles that suggest a lot of free space (for example, classic, loft).
7 Do not dilute with flowers and shades
Do not choose a complex gamut for a small room with a variety of colors and halftone.
8 Do not limit yourself white
Yes, the white color expands the space, however, it requires many additions (contrast parts, shades, numerous textures). In the corridors of Khrushchev for this, there is simply no place, which means that your snow-white corridor risks becoming boring and flat.
9 Set accents
Accent surfaces (bright wall, motley floor, colorful ceiling) or point colored accents distract attention from room dimensions.
10 Displace the "center of gravity"
Place the furniture, decor and light sources on one side of the narrow corridor of Khrushchev: So you will shift the visual "center of gravity" - and the room will seem spacious.
11 Pick the furniture with the mind
Choose compact furniture, if necessary, make it to order (so you can use the benefit literally every centimeter). So that a narrow corrider does not seem cluttered, you can pick up furniture in the color of the walls. Or stop the choice on mirror or transparent models.
12 Do not forget about the mirrors
Mirror, glossy, metal surfaces - proven helpers in the expansion of space.
13 Discard excessive decoration
Do not cease with decorative accessories, otherwise you will get a visual noise and a feeling of interior overload. It is better to choose a more practical, functional decor.
14 Use diamonds, zigzags, stripes
In the design of the walls of a narrow room, you can use rhombus, zigzags and vertical stripes: so you visually raise the ceiling. And the transverse strips on the floor (for example, on the carpet or track) visually spread the walls of the corridor.
15 make out free surfaces
Free surfaces of consoles, chests, shelves and bedside tables literally attract different little things. Such a mess is especially striking in the small place and creates a visual noise, visually clutching the already narrow corridor. Exit - make up all free surfaces with stylish compositions. They can be both decorative and functional (say, lamp, box and a plant in a beautiful cass).
16 Do not forget about functionality
Typical Khrushchev does not boast of a decent area, so its narrow corridor must first of all be functional. And if you need to organize a place for shoes and outerwear here, it makes no sense to abandon the desired furniture in favor of styling. In the end, you draw your apartment for life, and not for beautiful photos.
