| The decorative scheme of a hall and entrance | | | | cream walls and woodwork will do much to create an |
| passage should not clash with the color schemes of | | | | attractive effect and if the floor is covered with |
| rooms that can be seen through doors opening off. | | | | linoleum of a light color and carpet. This will also help |
| As a general rule, the scheme for hall and entrance | | | | to give the entrance good proportions. |
| should be bright and welcoming, but it should not be | | | | A large piece of unique metal wall art can be hung |
| too vivid or too resting. | | | | near the door. Cold rolled steel wall art (a favored |
| If the entrance hall faces north choose ivory, | | | | type is honey pinion steel wall art) will reflect light and |
| primrose or beige for the main colors. If the front | | | | give an appearance of greater breadth to a narrow |
| door opens to the south choose green, buff or | | | | passage. When a hall is being decorated in one color |
| stone for the entrance hall. If the hall is on the small | | | | only, different shades of that color should be used |
| side it would be found best to use iron art, metal wall | | | | where possible to add variety to the scheme, and |
| art and metal art sculptures of the same shades. | | | | the walls may be textured by using special plaster |
| A suitable color scheme for a small square hall in a | | | | preparation that can be "combed" and textured in |
| modern house would be pale primrose for walls and | | | | many ways. |
| woodwork with a floor stained in a light color and | | | | An alternative suggestion for halls is the use of |
| covered with a dark brown carpet or rug. The ceiling | | | | wallpapers with small pattern or one with stripes. The |
| in such a hall should be a shade lighter than the color | | | | skillful use of the pattern directions and designs can |
| of the walls and the curtains. | | | | do much to change the appearance of rooms that |
| A small square hall would be attractive with hangings | | | | may appear to be disproportionate, either being too |
| of rough textured cut sheet metal dyed yellow or | | | | long or too wide. |
| gold; laser cut metal or metal etching can achieve this. | | | | Striped wallpaper or one in which the predominating |
| Many attractive entrance hall decorative schemes | | | | trend of the pattern is vertical will make a room with |
| may be planned with the use of wood grain | | | | a low ceiling look very much taller. If it is necessary |
| wallpapers, which are available in a good variety of | | | | to make the walls of a room appear to be wider |
| finishes and color. | | | | than they are, then the predominating trend of the |
| A polished pine would be the most suitable one to | | | | pattern design should run horizontally across the walls. |
| use for a small hall. A problem encountered in planning | | | | If it is not required to change the appearance or |
| a decorative scheme for old houses is where a front | | | | depth or width of walls the pattern of the wallpaper |
| door opens into a long narrow passage. Usually dark | | | | should have no definite direction. |