How To Bring Light into Your Hall

This came up in the comments last week and I thought it would be a good topic to write about as so many of us (in the UK at least) have small, dark, narrow halls and that's if we even have one at all. As the reader pointed out; when you Google hallways you often get those huge American spaces where the biggest problem is should your central table be round or square, whereas in my hall it's more about can I hang a second coat on this hook or is it going to stop me opening the door to the loo which is crammed in under the stairs and which, post too many lockdown cocktails and snacks, is feeling rather a tight squeeze at the moment.

So coming up are some general ideas that might work for you depending on your layout. For example, in my Victorian terrace the hall is the width of the front door - 106cm (3ft 5ins) give or take. There are stairs going up, a narrow radiator and it leads to the kitchen at the end. The loo and and an area for coats and shoes is under the stairs although, as I sa…