How to choose paintings in the hallway and corridor: types, themes, design, choice of placement

How to choose a picture for the hallway?

Tips for Choosing Hallway Art Products:

• First of all, you need to choose canvases that will correspond to the general style of the corridor in the apartment.
• Place canvases at eye level.
• For walls in nude and not flashy colors, a bright and saturated picture, and vice versa, will be the ideal solution.
• When choosing the size of the picture, you should take into account the dimensions of the room, for example, large images are more suitable for a spacious corridor.
• It is not recommended to choose too aggressive plots.

What picture to hang in the hallway?

Several options that you can use to decorate the room.

Modular

This view consists of several paintings that together represent one image. This design always looks very stylish and is distinguished by its uniqueness, which allows you to completely change the look at decorative objects.

The photo shows a modular diptych painting in the interior of a modern hallway.

Panel

Provides a great opportunity to create an interesting accent on one of the walls. Interior decorations such as panels can be used to achieve stunning indoor effects. Such decor will be an excellent solution for the classical trend or the Art Nouveau, Baroque or Rococo style.

Poster

It is a versatile decor that allows you to add bright colors to the interior. Posters with original graphic images, unusual art photographs or other drawings in a neutral frame will be an excellent decoration for a wall or niche.

Oil or pencil paintings

They look very impressive, unite and complete the design of the room and perfectly organize the space, creating a spiritual, ideological and rich atmosphere in it.

In the photo there is a hallway with a painting made in the technique of oil painting.

Embroidered

Large or small images, embroidered with a cross, with a correctly selected plot, are considered a rather original decorative element that can revive almost any setting.

Themes of paintings

Due to a certain theme, the canvases not only attract attention, but also set the room in a certain color and mood.

Flowers

Various images with peonies, poppies, roses, lilies and other flowers help to create a homely and peaceful atmosphere in the room. Floral delicate or bright, calm or dynamic compositions allow you to choose the most ideal option for your interior.

H photo of the interior of the hallway and a modular painting depicting poppies.

Abstract

Energetic, vibrant and expressive abstract designs are very popular for decorating modern hallway interiors.Various shapes and colors combined with each other evoke new associations and moods each time. In these free images, both the owner of the house and the guest will be able to see something close in spirit.

Reproductions

They fully convey all the technique, structure, color palette and subtle author's style of the artist. High-quality canvases imitating expensive originals will undoubtedly become the most worthy decoration of the entire hallway. For example, Japanese reproductions in the form of various landscapes, pagodas, national fans, sakura or geisha in traditional attire will add a special exoticism to the space.

In the photo there is a corridor and a reproduction from the painting by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai "The Great Wave off Kanagawa."

Panoramas

Wide-angle images of the city, with great depth and wide viewing angles, maximize the effect of being in the room.

Technics

With gorgeous, themed tech artwork and stunning high-speed-inspired traffic patterns, the designs are fashionable and incredibly stylish.

Nature

Canvases depicting animals, birds or canvases with waterfalls, rivers and mountain peaks fill the atmosphere with complete harmony and beauty, creating an atmosphere as close as possible to nature.

Zd canvases

They are the dominant feature of the entire interior, emphasize certain details of the room and set the general tone for it. Volumetric 3D drawings, thanks to the depth of perception, visually expand the boundaries of the hallway and add additional space to it.

Location and selection of paintings in Feng Shui

Following the philosophy of Feng Shui, in the hallway it would be best to hang paintings with quieter subjects, for example, with still lifes, landscapes or a depiction of a person. Drawings symbolizing powerful and unrestrained streams of water, such as waterfalls, mountain rivers or seas, will also be appropriate.

• To attract money and well-being into the house, you can place a canvas with a turtle or an elephant on the wall in front of the door.
• A picture with peonies is especially suitable for attracting love.

The choice of art items must be approached especially seriously, since it depends on the plot, location and meaning of the composition how much positive energy will prevail in space.

Interior painting design ideas

Interior paintings can completely change the visual perception of the entire corridor.

Narrow paintings

Horizontal or vertical narrow canvases will work best in a larger room with high ceilings.

The photo shows a narrow picture of horses in the interior of a modern hallway.

Vertical

They allow you to visually raise the ceilings and thereby make the corridor higher. Vertical canvases are great for placement on narrow walls.

Within the framework of

Framed canvases, harmoniously combined with the elements of the furniture in the hallway, will create a single style design and emphasize exquisite taste. When using more than one painting in the corridor, it is also advisable to choose frames of the same color and texture for them.

In the photo there is a canvas in a white frame, combined with light furniture in the corridor.

Black and white

Canvases in black and white are a separate unusual and original artistic solution. They are able to create an extraordinary and unique design of the corridor.

Backlit

Pictures, with wall lamps located above them, will fill the interior with a play of colors and shades. In addition, the backlight will create additional comfortable lighting for the eyes in the corridor and make its design truly original and attractive.

In the photo there is a corridor and black and white paintings with illumination in the form of wall lamps.

Placing the painting on the wall

Several, the most successful options for placing paintings on the wall:

• Opposite the front door. It is better to decorate an empty wall opposite the front door with an attractive, pleasing to the eye composition. It is not advisable to place canvases with aggressive images on this wall.
• Above the dresser. A small painting will look especially good over a dresser. Also, small canvases with a single semantic direction, hung in a row, look no less organic.
• Opposite the mirror. If there is a mirror in the corridor, it is undesirable to place more than one picture in front of it, since the effect of multiple reflection will lead to a visual decrease in the area.
• Above the door. By hanging the canvas over the door, you can visually lower the ceilings that are too high in the hallway.
• Into the corner. The corner composition allows you to revive the corridor space and emphasize its volumes favorably.
• Along the stairs. To decorate the wall along the stairs, you can use canvases of any size, the main thing is to observe a diagonal arrangement in order to achieve a harmonious look.

In the photo there is a hallway with a small painting located above the chest of drawers.

Correct placement of paintings will not only show the design of the room in the most advantageous light, but also correct the geometry of the space.

Tips for choosing paintings for corridors of various shapes

With the correct placement of the canvases, you can radically change the geometry of the space.

• Narrow. Medium or small canvases arranged horizontally on the walls will help visually expand a narrow corridor. You can also make this room shorter by placing one bright and large picture on one end wall.
• A long. The paintings, lined up in one horizontal line at the same height, will favorably emphasize the length of the corridor.
• Small hallway. In a small hallway, small canvases will look best; when using large paintings, you need to take into account that they are not too bright and variegated, but contain calm and neutral plots in light colors.

Photos in various interior styles

Paintings applied in various style concepts.

Classic

In a classic interior, paintings with various landscapes, portraits, animalistic and botanical sketches, as well as tapestries, frescoes or panels, will be especially appropriate. The canvases can be decorated with both thin and voluminous frames with silver or gold elements.

The photo shows a classic hallway with a wall decorated with canvas depicting birds.

Modern

This style assumes subject canvases or graphic panels with drawings of personal taste preferences. They will completely change the artistic perception of modern design, add even more aesthetics and creativity to it.

Scandinavian

Not too pretentious black and white products in strict frames or retro sketches with a snow-white mat will go well with the restrained Scandinavian style.

The photo shows a Scandinavian-style corridor with small black and white pictures on the wall.

Provence

Luxurious flower plots, marine motifs, beautiful still lifes in the form of old vases with fruits or grape bunches will make the atmosphere of the French style even more comfortable, pleasant and calm and bring a certain charm of country life to it.

Loft

In the loft-style hallway, bright and large posters with various inscriptions, abstractions, geometric patterns with strict lines or canvases with modern painting and graphics will be appropriate. Such a design will very harmoniously fit into this direction, which does not welcome unnecessary details.

Photo gallery

Pictures in the hallway can perform several functions at once. They allow you to decorate the room, create a favorable atmosphere in it, make the design of the space truly unique, fill the corridor with special energy and simply give it a very stylish look.