Trailer Décor – 5 Ways to Use Hallway Space to Enhance Your Home

If you live in a trailer, you probably have many items you’d like to display or store that don’t need a lot of space, but you STILL have no place to put them. We have solutions!

Hallways! Oh my gosh, have you seen the tunnels they put alongside the bedrooms in a trailer house with no visible access to living human existence? Well loose the domination and let’s get back to living. There are ways to use those vast dark mines of existence with a polish unknown to house dwellers. We have pizzazz!

Kids art – Young parents often find themselves using a trailer as their homestead of choice when children are small, and there’s truly no place to hang kids art, kids pictures, and kids “Clutter” so you trash it, store it in a box, or attempt to shove it all under the kids’ bed. STOP already!

Frame it and hang it on the wall. Much better solution and it doesn’t take a massive huge space. An easy way is get a poster size Plexiglas frame for each kid – put their stuff in there and arrange it for easy viewing then hang each one in a segment of wall space along the hall.

Shelve it – NARROW shelving along the side of the hall makes for easy storage of books, small NON-breakable treasures (baskets and bins of toys), and other hall necessities. These can even be located under the aforementioned art display frames for a great hallway décor. My favorite width of shelving is about 4 ½ inches. It’s easy to make yourself in 30 inch widths, with a light paneling or plywood back, and you can paint three to five units different colors for each kid, or stain to match your traditional hallway-dark paneling.

Hook something – Run a 1 X 4 along the wall at chair rail height and again at shoulder height and place pegs along the railings. You can then attach firmly to the wall with screws into the studs and hang almost anything on them. Hand bags, carry alls, library bags, coats, jackets, tennis shoes sports equipment, brief cases, back packs, laundry, or whatever your heart desires. Try hanging your hats there too…

Art/Photo Gallery – Similar to the first idea, this one springs up from being a family girl with a ton of photo albums. Just frame a collage of photos and hang them in the hallway. Either single frames or in multiples, arrange them on the wall with a few flowers or a wall ornament or two and you’ll find people stopping in the hall to check out the photos. Or simply a collection of a few treasured pieces of wall art will capture attention.

Track Lighting – Replace the single bulb in the middle of the hall with a long track of special lighting you can aim to enhance your choice of wall art. This increases your likelihood of using the hallway for something other than passage and maximizes your ability to use it. The best part is, you can set the level of lighting you prefer and nobody minds.

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