How to Fit Everything in a Small Entrance Hall: 5 Ideas

We've selected projects where designers faced a complex task — creating a comfortable and functional interior in limited space.

Using unconventional solutions, re-planning, and well-organized storage systems, designers managed to make small entrance halls cozy and spacious.

Make the best use of your space

Feeling cramped and uncomfortable in your entrance hall? Learn how to maximize the potential of a small area and turn your entrance hall into a functional and stylish room, using a project from Cubiq Studio as an example. Read more

Design: Cubiq Studio

You will need:

• Foldable footstool with storage compartment
• Wall hanger for clothes with 2 hooks
• Sheffilton sideboard
• Wall hanger Charm with 3 hooks

Follow storage rules

Owners of studios and small apartments often encounter clutter in their entrance hall due to poorly planned storage systems. The article collects general rules and tips from professional designers that can easily solve this issue. Read more

You will need:

• Artmoon Labrador shoe cabinet
• Closed shoe cabinet
• "Charm" mirror
• Shoe cabinet with cover

Re-planning is the solution

In a small apartment, there's a desire to expand space and let in more light. To solve storage problems in a small entrance hall, designers from INT2 architecture installed a universal plywood and tongue-and-groove box that can also be used as shelving.

Design: INT2 architecture

Use minimal furniture

See how designers Living Art Design managed to do without re-planning and created a space that is both comfortable and pleasant to live in. In the entrance hall, they were able to fit just the essentials — a small cabinet and sideboard. Read more

Design: Natalia Suslyina

You will need:

• Sliding door cabinet "Turin"
• Corner cabinet frame "Lyon"
• 3-drawer console
• Cabinet frame "Lyon"

Combine the entrance hall with the room

In this small studio apartment, designers from "20:18" decided to change the standard layout and expand the kitchen space by incorporating part of the entrance hall.

A portion of the entrance hall was connected to the bedroom and turned into a wardrobe. The remaining island was used for a clothing rack, shoe cabinet, and even a built-in laundry area.

Design: "20:18"

Cover image: Design project by Olga Rudakova