Lighting in the hallway: selection of lamps

First, let’s figure out what functional areas are in the hallway. They will need lighting in the first place:

1. Directly the front door and doorways to the rest of the rooms.
2. Sliding wardrobe or hanger;
3. Mirror, dressing table, stand for all sorts of little things like apartment keys and shoe spoon.

This is not all, of course, that can be located in the hallway. For example, there is often an electric meter at the entrance to the house, to take readings from which light is also needed. Therefore, even in a small hallway, due to the presence of areas with different functions, it is difficult to do with one single source of lighting. The minimum set, for example, can be a wall-mounted luminaire in the hallway, together with local illumination of the mirror and cabinet..

Now let’s consider the types of lamps that can take their place in the hallway:

• Chandeliers. A massive ceiling lamp often looks out of place in a small room, but this option has a right to exist. A chandelier on a long suspension, with hanging shades and decorative details, of course, can be used exclusively in a room with a sufficiently high ceiling. However, it will not be difficult to choose laconic ceiling lamps, usually intended specifically for walk-through rooms and rooms with low ceilings..

• Spotlights. Small spotlights fit perfectly into suspended and stretch ceilings. If the hallway has a square shape, they should be placed around the perimeter so as not to leave dark corners. If the room is long, elongated – along two walls. This way, spotlights can literally guide guests..

• Track lights. It is convenient that such spotlights on a wire, a special suspension system, can be directed in different directions so that the light is reflected, for example, in a mirror, hit the front door and cabinet shelves.

• Wall lamps, sconces. Such lighting devices not only allow you to highlight individual areas of the room, but also perform an important decorative function. The most common arrangement of wall lamps in the hallway is on the sides of the mirror. This allows you to comfortably tidy up before leaving the house, in addition – just beautiful. For a classic interior, sconces with a drawstring switch are well suited, they are convenient to use and have not gone out of fashion for a long time. For a modern style, you can choose laconic options, which manufacturers now offer many.

• Staircase lighting. An option for owners of private houses and two-story apartments, in which the staircase to the second floor can be located in the hallway. To make climbing the stairs more comfortable, safe, and the room itself a little brighter and more original, small soffits can be built directly into the risers.

• LED strips. You can use such economical lighting not only on a stretch ceiling, but also around the mirror, replacing the sconce, in the upper part of the wardrobe and even along the plinth for lighting the floor.

Be sure to pay attention to such an option as diffused hallway lighting. Choose not just a wall light, but throw light up and down. The diffused light from a matte luminaire or shade can also travel diagonally. As a result, the room will never seem dark..

Finally, a few more tips for proper lighting in the hallway:

1. When choosing a sconce with local illumination, remember that such a directional light will definitely highlight and accentuate all the irregularities that are on the wall. Therefore, the surface must be literally perfect, otherwise all the grooves, folds in the wallpaper and cracks in the plaster will be highlighted and displayed..
2. In corridors and hallways, it is convenient to use pass-through and toggle switches that allow you to control the light from at least two places.
3. When lighting the hallway, do not forget to maintain a balance – the lamps should be powerful enough to illuminate everything, not dim, but at the same time not blind your eyes, which is possible if you entered the house from a dark entrance or from the street.
4. Ideal hallway lighting is multi-level and somewhat redundant. Even if it seems to you that there are too many lighting fixtures, in the process of using the room it will turn out that this is not so, believe me! It is better to lay more sources of artificial light when planning the hallway than to be in the dark in a room where it is inconvenient to look for clothes and take off your shoes.