hallway to heaven

What does one do with a tiny hall? It's actually very hard to find nice unique furniture that small! My hall is about a metre & a half long by under a metre wide with 3 (yes THREE) doorways off it. At the moment it's a nothing space and i need to make it into a something space... and so gorgeous small hall inspiration below....

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via desire to inspire & flickr

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small hall - ikea hack or faff?

pic via jennica at i'm just saying

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I've been here before - i really want something VERY similar to this two tone retro cupboard above for my hall, but it's a very narrow space, maybe not even 1 metre wide. No room for a even a little sideboard.... so of course i'm having the usual trouble finding something suitable that i like and within budget. When don't i have this problem!!!! Is it just me? I have the same problem every single time!

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I'm currently thinking of buying the shallow nyland shoe rack from Ikea (below) and painting the front white/staining the frame darker myself?? Might even have to shorten it to just 2 sections??

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Thing is, as i'm typing this i'm wondering if it's too much faffing....? or it could just be an ikea hack....?

hallway hassles

My brains have been working overtime to try and resolve my tiny hall storage issue....

Problem: Hall size is approx 1m x 2m (if that!) with THREE doors leading off it. Currently i have a dark brown Ikea Lack storage unit stood upright in the corner backed with 60's wallpaper displaying pretty things - all very nice but now i need hidden real storage.

Obsession: I have become obsessed with 2 tone retro units with tiny round handles like these below, but need to find one small enough for my hallway. No luck on eBay so will have to customise my own, needs to be taller than it is wide - HELP!!

Solution #1: Thinking about using the single brown/black Expedit from Ikea (below left) with the white door insert fitted sideways (below right) and maybe reduce the height. I have seen the dark brown with white insert in the store and it looked really good, but is the Expedit too big/deep??

Solution #2: Or instead of the Expedit, i could use the Bissa or Nyland shoe storage which are shallower and then paint/add handles??