Bold hallway colour ideas you won't have thought of yet

27 October 2017

The hallway sets the tone of your home, and colour is the most effective tool in your armoury. From crisp apple green to bright lemon yellow, some bold and beautiful hallway colour ideas you might not have thought of yet.

Important things to consider

What kind of light does the room receive?
What colour are the rooms leading off the hallway and how will the colour you choose enhance or bind them?
What will you hang on the walls?

Jan Baldwin
1/17
Green Hallway
The hallway of Roald Dahl's home, Gipsy House, is painted a fresh green. Worn terracotta tiles line the floor.
Simon Brown
2/17
Red Hallway
Watercolours and architectural drawings - many reframed by Kings Farmers in Lewes - line the walls of the entrance hall at Ptolemy Dean's farmhouse-style newbuild. The walls have been painted a gorgeously warm and earthy red; covering the stairs is a runner from Roger Oates that picks out this colour.
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Rachael Smith
3/17
Pastel Blue Hallway
This blue entrance hall has flagstone floors and a very smart radiator cover. The Georgian mahogany chest of drawers was bought from Richmond Hill Antiques.
Taken from the March 2016 issue of House & Garden.
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Jake Curtis
4/17
Pink Hallway
This hallway is lined with pink 'Indian Tea Paper' from de Gournay. A 19th-century cherry-wood bench provides a space to dump bags or tie your shoelaces.
Taken from the February 2016 issue of House & Garden.
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Davide Lovatti
5/17
Picture Gallery Red Hallway
The gunroom in Tom Helme's Carskiey Estate has the original monogrammed game bags for James and Kate Boyd, the original owners of the house. These add to the warm and earthy colour scheme - the walls are painted in Farrow & Ball's 'Picture Gallery Red'.
Taken from the February 2016 issue of House & Garden.
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Simon Upton
6/17
Charcoal Grey Hallway
The owner of this 1830s London house wanted it to be restored to its original style, which interior designer Max Rollitt achieved by retaining its idiosyncrasies and, including the original dentilled cornicing in the hallway. The walls are painted a charcoal grey shade - 'Pewter' from Zoffany is a similar shade.
Taken from the October 2013 issue of House & Garden. Additional text: Anthony Gardner and Emily Tobin.
Greg Funnell
7/17
White Hallway
In food writer Mimi Thorisson's home in France, warmth and definition is added to a white minimal hallway with scrubbed wooden cornicing and chic antique chair.
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Rachel Whiting
8/17
Arsenic Turquoise Hallway
This hallway styled by Gabby Deeming has walls painted in Farrow & Ball's 'Arsenic' - a vibrant turquoise. The wall is decorated with a grid of ink drawings by Lucy Auge.
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Simon Brown
9/17
Jewel Blue Hallway
A series of large skylights were introduced into the main room and corridor of this 1880's London apartment. The owner decided to raise the height of the doors and instructed that the entrance to the corridor to be raised, converting what had been a dark, rather pinched entrance to the bedrooms into a wonderfully light and airy space filled with books.
Somewhat quixotically, the owner asked specialist painter Matthew Bray to copy the colour of a friend's faded T-shirt when painting the corridor, an unexpectedly perfect accompaniment to the saffron colour living area.
Taken from April 2015 issue of House & Garden
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Simon Brown
10/17
Pale Blue Hallway
Two late-eighteenth-century portraits stand out against the pale blue walls of the hall, which are painted in 'Sky Blue' from Edward Bulmer's Pots of Paint. The London flat was the work of antiques dealer and interior designer Max Rollitt.
Taken from the November 2014 issue of House & Garden. Additional text: Ros Byam Shaw.
Jefferson Smith
11/17
Warm Yellow Hallway
'I was inspired by the scenes with Tilda Swinton in the film I Am Love,' says the owner of this stucco-fronted house in west London. 'I wanted the same stillness, golden light and velvety textures.' The hallway is painted in a warm yellow - 'Catkin' from Zoffany is similar.
Taken from the May 2012 issue of House & Garden. Additional text: Lisa Freedman, Hatta Byng and Emily Tobin.
Simon Upton
12/17
Black and White Hallway
Architectural and interior designer John Minshaw has hidden two jib doors in the panelling of this hallway. The bottom dado panel is in white tongue-and-groove and the walls in a deep dark black.
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Bill Batten
13/17
Yellow and Green Hallway
Geometric prints can be soothing when teamed with the freshest of pastel colours. Don't be afraid to mix it up and use a variety of paint shades from the same colour family; similarly, the two-tone scheme can be carried throughout your home via decorative details - think bedspreads, lamps and cushions.
Small fabric panels at windows, 'Flower Cut-Out' (green on cream, and yellow on cream), linen, £104 a metre, at Vanderhurd. Wall paint: pale yellow, '4-053'; strong yellow, '4-055'; and green, 'HC92'. All £27.50 for 2.5 litres matt emulsion, at Papers and Paints.
Taken from the January 2009 issue of House & Garden. Styling: Wendy Harrop and Gabby Deeming.
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Luke Edward Hall
14/17
Folly Green Hallway
The hallway of Luke Edward Hall and Duncan Campbell's London flat is painted in Farrow & Ball's fresh 'Folly Green' colour, which brightens a potentially dark space. A colourful antique kilim from the Rug Store in Richmond sits on the floor beside a plaster ionic capital by Peter Hone. The walls are covered from floor to ceiling with framed prints, exhibition posters and maps. Luke and Duncan collect 20th century exhibition posters from the likes of Picasso, Hockney and Calder, with the yellow Matisse one in the hall being a favourite of theirs.
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Sharyn Cairns
15/17
Pale Blue Hallway
Ben Pentreath has chosen a pale blue for the landing in his Georgian parsonage. 'Bonton' from Sanderson is a similar sky blue shade. Framed prints hang neatly on the wall and the floor is lined with traditional seagrass squares.
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Jan Baldwin
16/17
Olive green hallway with twin armchairs
This hallway by House & Garden's Ruth Sleightholme is painted a rich olive green. This creates a gorgeous canvas for the Seventies inspired furniture and accessories she has chosen. Accents of gold pepper the scene refracting light and injecting some welcome glamour!
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Rachel Whiting
17/17
Leaf Green Hallway
In this London hallway interior decorator Louise Jones has used a green silk wallcovering from de Gournay with a natural-coloured jute stair runner.
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