Make an entrance: How to create an inviting hallway

One of the most overlooked spaces in the home doesn’t have to be a place to rush through dropping bags and baggage

Maximising hallway storage in a busy family home keeps discarded shoes off the floor and outdoor wear hung up (Omar shelving unit, €45 at Ikea).

The hallway: neglected, overlooked and too small to do anything special with, right?

Maybe it’s also waste of a good decorating budget that could be put to better use in a room where you actually spend time, abandoning the hall to be littered with detritus of family life; the dropped sports bags and discarded shoes and post piled on a radiator cover, and outdoor wear thrown over the stairs’ bannister.