Illuminate the hallway of the house with practical and original ideas

The corridor is a very particular environment of the house. It is, in fact, a passage area where you stop for a short time. Often it has a long and narrow shape and there are no openings that allow external light to filter through. It is, therefore, a dark room, where the main problem is the lighting. Even if we consider it an unimportant place, in reality in most cases the corridor corresponds to the actual entrance of our house. For this reason, we must try to make it bright: good lighting, together with the right choice of colors, will help us welcome our guests with a warmer and more enveloping atmosphere.

To illuminate the corridor you can resort, where possible, to real changes to the walls. The most invasive solution is to break down a wall and join the corridor with a nearby room, so as to create a unique and therefore much brighter environment. Alternatively, only openings can be made to let natural light filter in from the outside. If you do not have the possibility or the desire to tackle demanding masonry work, you can simply study a lighting system suitable for your corridor. In this sense, the solutions are really many and for all tastes!

Ceiling lights, sconces and spotlights in the corridor: functional but stylish!

First you need to consider where the corridor is. If it is in the sleeping area it will be better to install a light that is not too intense, to avoid waking up those still in bed. If instead, the corridor is in the living area you will have to choose more powerful lamps.

For the ceiling, the best solution is the ceiling lights: they emit a diffused light and do not suffocate the environment. The suspension lamps are shown only if the hallway is large: a long, narrow corridor would be too bulky.

If you don't like ceiling lights, you can opt for recessed corridor spotlights: they adapt to any style and with a little imagination you can use them to create particular geometric designs or curved lines on the ceiling.

The sconces go very well with the often long and narrow shape of the corridor, because of they take up little space and illuminate the environment with a warm and soft light. You can decide to place them only on one side or on both walls, to create a more refined atmosphere.

4 original ideas to light up the corridor

Did the usual lamps tire you? Here are some original and simple ideas to make to personalize your corridor and get it out of anonymity! If the back wall of the corridor is free, you can transform it into a light installation: spotlights, LED strips, some mirrors and you're done! The light that comes from here will radiate throughout the environment making it much brighter.

To relieve the magic of a night sky, you can place many small LED lights on the ceiling: you will have the feeling of passing under a starry sky!

Another an ingenious solution to illuminate the corridor are the LED strips, to be placed on the ground or on the ceiling along the entire perimeter of the room, to create a sort of luminous path.

Are colors your passion? Then you can choose lamps with colored glass to create kaleidoscopic reflections on the walls.

Small tricks to save money!

If you have the possibility, we recommend installing a dimmer instead of the classic switch: in this way you can change the amount of light emitted by the lamps you have chosen, adjusting the intensity according to your tastes and your needs.

Remember that the corridor is a massage room, where you turn on and off the light many times during the day, often only for a few moments. We, therefore, advise you to choose halogen or LED bulbs: compact fluorescent lamps, in fact, are not suitable for short and frequent lighting.