How to Decorate a Hallway Console

Decorate a hallway console with a myriad of stylish designs.

Console tables come in all shapes and sizes and are used in a variety spaces, for example, behind a sofa table or at the end of a bed. Using a console table in a hallway is a way to add a beautiful accent to a home area that is functional at the same time. There are as many ways to accessorize a console table as there are different styles of tables. With a few decorative accents, it is possible to create a personalized hallway console decoration that adds style to any hallway space of the home.

Things You'll Need

• Silver-toned sunburst mirror
• Nail
• Hammer
• Two crystal-based lamps
• Two geometric-patterned, drum lampshades
• Colorful oblong bowl
• Large vintage map
• Distressed wood frame
• Tall, medium and small vintage world globes
• Wooden-based lamp
• Ethnic-inspired, fabric drum lampshade
• Six green-framed botanical prints
• Large green vase
• Faux or real flowers
• Medium-sized Tiffany lamp
• Small flower-shaped bowl
• Large folk art painting
• Tow candlestick-based lamps
• Two homespun lampshades
• Basket tray

Instructions

1. Make a contemporary design. Hang a sunburst mirror on the wall behind the console table. Choose a mirror with a silver-toned frame and a bold, chunky frame. Set a crystal-based lamp on either side of the console table surface. Top each lamp with a drum shade in a geometric-patterned fabric for an added touch of modern flair. Finish the hallway console decoration with a colorful, oblong bowl in the middle to hold keys and other items.

2. Create a Boho Chic console. Frame a large, vintage map in a distressed wood frame, and hang on the wall area behind the console. Place a tall, medium and small vintage world globe on the right-hand side of the table, as Boho Chic design often incorporates accessories from around the world. Complete the hallway console decoration with a tall wooden-based lamp on the left-hand side with a heavily-carved base and ethnic-inspired, fabric shade in a drum style.

3. Accent the console with a nature-inspired design. Hang a series of six green-framed botanical prints on the console wall, with three on the bottom row and three on the top row. Set a large, green vase on the right-hand side of the console table, and fill it with a real or faux arrangement of flowers. Further the design with a medium-sized Tiffany-style lamp on the left console side with a small flower-shaped bowl in front to serve as a catch-all for small items.

4. Accessorize a console with Country Cottage decor. Lean a large, wood framed folk art painting against the middle back of a console table for a casual look and feel. Flank the artwork with a medium-sized candlestick lamp with a homespun shade on either side. Place a basket tray in the middle to store mail and keys for a hallway console decoration with Country Cottage visual appeal.

Tips & Warnings

• Keep in mind the overall decorating scheme of the home when decorating a hallway console table to create cohesive decor.

• Vary heights of hallway console accessories to create a display with optimal visual interest.

References

• Shelterness: 33 Ideas To Use Console Tables In Interior Decorating
• Elle Decor: The Top 10 Console Tables
• Apartment Therapy: Furniture Focus: Classic Console Tables

Resources

• Country Home Decorating: Country Cottage Decorating