Home decorator Ammarah Hasham is one of Ideal Home's new Open House contributors, sharing her thoughts infusing her rental house with plenty of personality. See the rest of her articles here.
Let's talk about our narrow hallway, a feature that I have seen a lot in my rental journey. They are often designed this way because it gives more room to the areas that matter, such as the bedrooms and living quarters. When my children were young, my focus always sat heavily on keeping this area under control, but our current hallway was far more petite than any of my previous homes. The struggle felt fairly intense. It became such a practical corner that I rarely put any energy into decorating it, because a narrow hallway needs more thought than people realise.
You know what they say, first impressions matter. A hallway sets the mood of the home long before you reach the main rooms. Almost like a trailer for a film, it gives a small preview of the life lived inside.
As the children grew older, I knew I had to relaunch this space in a way that worked for our family, with colour and clever tricks.
