Your hall

I have laminate in my hall, and never had any problems with it.
One small (i tell myself!) area that has slightly lifted due to my daughters dog doing a wee on it whilst she was at mine in an emergency.
Its absolutely fine if spillages are mopped up soonish.

We have looked at laminate and real wood but DD3 suggested wool at wood effect lino. I scoffed and then looked at it in John Lewis and was very impressed. I think that's what we will go for.

Despite our house being an old school we have no traditional floor boards.

My hall is painted turquoise with fuschia pink doors. It's been like that for a long time and needs to change.

I wish I had gone for cushion floor instead of laminate.
Its a much warmer, more comfy feel.

Long hall with white panel doors to the kitchen, lounge and understair cupboard (the type you be bang your head on every time).

When we moved in it was like the black hole of Calcutta, due to dark green wallpaper.

So now it is painted white, the light is also helped by an upstair hall window.
At top of stairs is a large wooden elephant that belonged to my father.

Downstair hall also has a small window.
An oak floor, oak coloured radiator cover which doubles a shelf over which hangs a large mirror to reflect the light.
At he bottom of the stairs is tall plant stand with large peace lily and a painting that had once belonged to my Dad, it is of a mother giraffe and two young giraffes.

I find paint is the better option than wallpaper as we have a very high stairwell.

A porch with a slim shoe cupboard helps with shoes and boots etc.
But my bug bear is coats left on the end of the banister.

Oh and mustn't forget my owl door stop.

We do have a thick carpet in stairs and up stairs hall.

Or even on stairs and Upstairs!

Crikey. Kittylester. Your hall,sounds larger than my living room.
I don’t have a hallway, but wish I did.

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Our hall is average size these days. We have a tiled floor, which is easy to keep clean, and a hooked rug that my parents made, back in the days, and is still going strong. It leads straight into the kitchen, where there is a glazed door, but it is never closed. I’m glad you can’t actually see the kitchen, as I’m in the middle of making a fish pie for supper! Above the radiator, I have a couple of my embroideries, and a ‘butterfly’ picture, made by my big RAMC grandson, when he was about 2/3.
To keep shoes tidy, there is a big oak cupboard, inherited from in-laws. (There is a lamp on the top, but it’s used for DH’s hat repository). We also have a small wooden,Ercol chair, sourced from a charity shop. I fell in love with it, and had to bring it home.
The coats are hung in what used to be the housing for the boiler, now re-located upstairs, in the aring cupboard.

It's rather plain, very wide but not very deep, with lots of doors (6) and the staircase off, so there is no wall where we can put any furniture except for a rather handy little chest of drawers for hats, gloves, maps - and a hairbrush!

ps I like yours as it is kittylester!

janeainsworth I'm sure your lampshade is the same as the one in our dining room. I love the bookcase

kitty perhaps just change the wallpaper?

I also have serious clock
DH should have inherited a grandmother clock (a promise, rather than in a will) from a relative but somehow the whole place got emptied before we arrived.

Kitty
I would have Art Deco lincruster panels in that hall.

A bit untidy!
I can't see a thing out of place PECS!

You're all so stylish.

My hall just kind of happened.
I must start reading some of those house magazines.

When we moved in, our living room was open-plan with the stairs going up on one side of it. We had it partitioned off, so now we have an enclosed living-room and a separate small hall, with the entrance porch and front door leading off it. We managed to find two bookcases in the local antiques centre which perfectly fit in the hall and are full of books, so it's like a small library. We also have a large framed print by a Basque artist that we bought in St.Jean-de-Luz which adds colour. it has made a huge difference to have the hall and living-room separate and there is plenty of light, as both the doors leading into it are glazed, as is the front door.

Last week I counted 18 pairs of shoes in my hall - at least they took them off! Made the mistake of having a beige fitted carpet which shows everything. Should have had tiles or laminate. All these halls look lovely.

As well as the "lobby" when we come in the back door, we have the front door (hardly ever used) opening straight into the dining room. I am feeling like some serious DIY is needed now to our lobby, having seen all your lovely halls - no way would I take a photo.

Some years ago DH built a 2 storey extension, so now have an inner hall with the nice hand made ash wood staircase going up.

We previously had a tiny cupboard off the sitting room, and the stairs were in it. Very wonky too.

Our hall is currently being used for goalshooting practice by 2 dgs!

Like M0nica, we live in a 15th century house & I can only dream of a hall! Our main door opens straight into our beamed kitchen and the original front door, now blocked up, went straight into the similarly beamed dining room. I would really love a hall - both of our adult children have sustantial halls, of which I'm certainly jealous. I married a farmer & his house 37 years ago so had no choice of house style! I do love it though.

I don’t even have a hall. I live in a terraced cottage (am I allowed to call it that - remembering a previous thread?). The front door opens out into the living room with the stairs immediately opposite. I love my cottage!

This thread reminds me of the John Cleese and two Ronny’s sketch, I don’t know why, must be the ?.

Ebay the lot then paint it all white - that's what I'd do - spend the cash on a holiday

Ours has wooden flooring and taupe wallpaper with "sparkles" through it,chosen by 9 year old GD who loves spakly things.Theres a door to the right as you come in for an en suite bedroom,ideal for Great gran when she visits ,then a downstairs loo ,our living room and facing the front door the kitchen /dining/family room...all 34 feet of it .Thats where we spend most of our day ,usually me cooking and the GC doing art or crafts at the table,Granpa with his laptop in the sitting section and the kittens hanging off their huge climbing /scratching thing.I love my house,I didn't when my OH bought it while on a morning run and told me later in the day.That WAS 30 years ago so he's fogiven .