Notes from a small hallway

Bridging the space between the outside world and indoor rooms is well worth the effort, Kya deLongchamps writes.

WHEN I planned my house on paper, I let ego-led grandstanding overwhelm good sense. Calm decompression zones were scrubbed out for open plan hysteria.

Even with the heady tang of cut timber studs still fizzing in the air, something was clearly missing and a half-glazed front door didn’t help the unnerving omissions.