Hallway paneling: design options

Repair is always a troublesome business, and even more so interior decoration. A person is greeted by clothes, and an apartment by a hallway. After all, this is the first room of our house, so you need to be careful about its arrangement.

Often in a family, when deciding to start a repair, the question of choosing a finishing material is very acute. Wallpaper, plaster with decor or other types of coatings require considerable costs, not only material, but also physical, since the surface under them must be carefully prepared - remove the old coating, remove dents, cracks or resort to wall putty.

All these troubles will not only increase the final price, but also add dust and dirt to our already not perfectly clean life. Therefore, many residents opt for wall panels. You don't have to level the walls or even remove the previous coating. Behind such panels, you can very advantageously hide all kinds of communications, and sometimes add insulation, which also has a soundproof function.

Hallway panels are a great idea for interior renovation. The prevalence of low cost in combination with the elegance and practicality of panel materials give undeniable advantages in choosing this product.

Their main advantages:

• Easy to install. In order to save money, you can decorate the entire room without outside help and specially trained personnel.
• There is no need to smooth out irregularities, remove old wallpaper.
• No special tools are needed either. All you need is bars, nails, panels. And if you do not build a crate, then only glue.
• Wall panels are easy to clean by simply wiping with a damp cloth.
• If a small area of ​​the coating is damaged, you can easily replace it with a new one.
• The huge choice of material from which the panels for the walls are made will not leave you indifferent to the chosen method of decoration. Color, texture, additional accessories and many other "tricks" will delight buyers.
• And finally, this material is not only practical and environmentally friendly, but also just looks beautiful in the hallway.

Another of the advantages of the panels are the fastening methods:

• Directly to the wall using special glue or decorative nails (bolts). But for this you need to prepare the wall - align, prime.
• Using a construction stapler, fastening to a wooden lathing is carried out.
• On an iron or wooden frame with self-tapping screws.
• On a plastic crate with clamps for mounting.

The building materials market in today's market is so diverse that "eyes run wide." It can be difficult to choose something suitable, but you can still. You should definitely pay attention to the decorative panels. They come in several varieties:

• Rack type. Panels in the form of long planks up to 30 cm wide, up to 370 cm long, up to 1.2 cm thick. Installation can be carried out both horizontally and vertically. The addition of built-in LED lamps will only decorate the decoration of the front door and add light to the room.
• Tiled type. These are square or rectangular panels. Fixation is carried out using a tongue-and-groove locking connection. Pattern and texture can be very different.Suitable for drawing up a colorful and unique panel for your interior.
• Sheet type. Such panels, as a rule, are large in size, unlike the previous ones. Reach 1.2 x 2.4 m with a thickness of 0.3 cm. The size minimizes the number of seams.

The wall panels of the hallway should not only fit into the interior, but also meet the necessary properties (illumination, humidity, air temperature) of the room. Outwardly, they are also chosen taking into account the characteristic features of the hallway, so that the result of the decoration pleases the owners, and not vice versa.

There is an opinion that wall decoration with panels is a sign of minimalism and cheap repairs, but this is a misconception. The market offers us a huge number of colors and materials for their production:

• Plastic. PVC panels are considered a relatively inexpensive finishing material. But they are easy to clean, not subject to water, and also have a variety of decor - from imitation wood to tiles.
• MDF. These are compressed wood chip boards. They are considerably lighter than wood. This material is a good sound insulator, and if you buy MDF panels with a special impregnation, they will not be afraid of moisture. They can be textured or even more beautiful thanks to the milling on the front side.
• Wooden. This material is environmentally friendly, always gives the interior solidity, but at the same time requires a balance with other parts of the decoration. The panels are made multi-layer and are highly resistant to heat, humidity, mechanical stress, ultraviolet light. You can often find wood of walnut, oak, birch and other valuable species. There are models with threads, interspersed with other materials.

Whether your wall panels will be purple or light green with a black star, wood or stone look - it depends on you and your choice. Only your invention can tell you or the household, who will most likely be against the black walls with hearts. You can always agree and find a common color scheme that everyone will like. Of course, color greatly influences the appearance of a room. Everyone knows that in small or narrow rooms it is advantageous to use the light colors of the panels, then immediately from the threshold the hallway will seem a little larger.

It is customary to use more restrained colors in the corridor, but bright and saturated colors are becoming more and more popular. You can often find panels with drawings that can be made according to your sketch. Pictures are applied using modern printing technologies using full-color digital printing.

In city apartments of the old layout, there is usually very little space left for the corridor or hallway, but private houses, which most often give the opportunity to show imagination in their open spaces, are another matter. It becomes possible to decorate the walls with panels with voluminous moldings, cornices or stucco moldings, thus obtaining an excellent interior in the classicism style.

Embossed wall panels (also called 3D panels) will help you recreate an interesting design with an accent on the wall. Such surfaces do not need additional decoration in the form of paintings or mirrors, they are already an object of close attention in themselves. Those who prefer originality and rigor at the same time with a minimum amount of jewelry will like this option. Imitation of masonry or brick walls, wooden slabs or ceramic tiles, mosaics or frescoes - all these modifications are limited only by your financial capabilities.

No one can answer this question clearly, only the owners of the dwelling themselves. And of course, the choice depends on the general concept of the interior, your financial capabilities, the characteristics of the hallway.

The main advantages of MDF in the decoration of the hallway are:

• Simple installation that does not require excessive time investment.
• Small amount of debris during installation.
• Depending on the class, there are several options for wall mounting.
• There is no need to use special tools to cut the panels, a hacksaw or jigsaw is enough.

• A part of the panel that has become unusable can always be replaced with a new one.
• Sound and heat insulation.
• Decent quality, durability, resistance to external influences, as well as decorative effect.
• In addition, the smooth and even surface can be laminated and painted well.
• And last but not least quality is an acceptable price-quality ratio.

But you can't do without flaws. These are a change in appearance with a high degree of humidity and the impossibility of using abrasive substances when cleaning. However, the hallway is not a room where daily cleaning with abrasive detergents is required.

The use of PVC panels has no less positive qualities, including:

• Harmlessness. It is known that nothing is perfect, but plastic can be considered close to ideal in this sense. Thanks to modern technologies and components, we can confidently assert that modern panels are harmless to humans, they do not emit any smell or chemical compounds, in addition, they are practically non-combustible.
• Ease of installation. You don't have to look for specialists to install the panels.
• Tightness, which consists in the smallest distance between the panels, in which the hated dirt will not accumulate.
• Leaving will not burden any hostess.
• Longevity, which will still depend on the lifestyle and tidiness of the household.
• In case of damage to the finish, you can always update it with a certain decor, stickers, stickers.

Wood cladding is rightfully considered one of the high-quality and rather popular types of finishes, albeit expensive. Wood has been and will always be popular with homeowners.

All this thanks to the following characteristics:

• In the case of timely and regular maintenance, such panels will delight you for a long time with their quality and appearance. There is also a specialized impregnation (antibacterial, antifungal, water-repellent) or varnishing of wood, which reduces all risks of damage to the material.
• Separately, it is necessary to add about the periodic updating of this type of finish - with the help of special tools, you can emphasize the texture of the wood or even change the color.

A significant disadvantage of wood panels is the increased cost.

Most often, homeowners make repairs to the hallway last, but this approach is erroneous. The entrance hall is visible from all the rooms of the apartment, and the neighbors can accidentally contemplate it from the landing, for example.

Paneling the entire wall is possible when you intend to emphasize your position. In this case, for finishing ceilings and walls, they resort to solid wood coffered models. Of course, such a technique of the classics is considered a little overweight for contemplation, especially in small and low rooms, but for the classic stylistics of design - that's it.

There are many advantages to using wall panels only to decorate some part of the wall. There is no need to measure the height of ceilings and choose furniture or interior items according to certain dimensions. The decorated area will not clutter up the space of your room in any way.

The combination of airy white and cream gives an inspired lightness and grace to the space. Decorative elements bring a qualitatively new sophistication to the interior and emphasize the excellent taste of the owners.

The use of panels on the lower part of the wall is practical and aesthetic. A single-color solution with an entrance door adds a touch of solidity and wealth to the simplicity of execution.

In a private house, we often come across spacious hallways and well-lit corridors. Sometimes they house a staircase to the second floor, which gives even more room for creativity. The richness and restraint of this room attracts with its laconicism and distinct lines.

Summing up, it remains only to add the well-known saying "measure seven times, cut once" - having thought over the interior decoration of the hallway to the smallest detail, you will never be upset with the result. Good luck with the repair!

For information on how to make repairs in the hallway of the Khrushchev, see the next video.