The most common long, narrow room that people complain about, is the hallway. It might be the hallway, but it doesn’t mean it has to look like a corridor. Learn some simple principles of interior design, and discover how to manipulate your space – and do away with the corridor syndrome. Many new homes, as well as older homes, have long and narrow living rooms. These rooms can become problematic to arrange. Often we find ourselves questioning what type of furniture to put in a room such as these. If we arrange it one way, the television seems too far away. If we arrange it another way, the sofa is on one side and the chairs are on the other.

For example, the house had an open plan living/dining room. A larger space should be better, right? It had a window only at one end, and was a long narrow space, where it often felt as if the long side walls were closing in on you.

What to do in such a situation?