Open up your hallways to give a proper welcome to your home

Hallways are typically narrow features in most Irish houses that serve as thoroughfares, but

I LOVE the idea of a wide hallway filled with light that filters into all the downstairs rooms, with enough space for at least some furniture, to give the hall a purpose other than simply being a thoroughfare.

We’ve been limited, of course, by what have been typically narrow halls as a standard feature in Irish houses, seen only as a way of accessing the stairs and ground floor rooms, so there’s been limited scope to do anything special with the space.