10 Things I Hate About You (My House) No 2 - How to create the perfect entrance hall

Now on the one hand the fact that everyone has to stay at home might/should mean the hall is free from coats, shoes and schoolbags and the detritus of modern family life. On the other hand the fact that everyone has to stay at home probably/does mean the hall is full of all the stuff you cleared out in an attempt to declutter before you realised the tip/dump/charity shop was closed and the stuff that is just accumulating because no-one can quite summon up the energy to put things away or find a new home for them. Not looking at The Mad Husband at all. Well, maybe just the tiniest side eye.

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It goes without saying that the hall is the first thing you see when you come in. Now it’s not just about first impressions for visitors but crucially, it’s about you. How does your hall make you feel? Is it welcoming you in with a sympathetic smile? When you stagger in with plastic bag wrist (those deep red welts from where it has cut into your flesh), a d…