Enlarging the hallway floor plan REH from 1921: Tips?

If you really need space (which I personally don't think), then build a nice niche immediately to the right after the entrance (where the table is now).

Yep. The line with the 2840 will be about the new wall. Below on the left comes the wardrobe, below on the right a pantry. However, a new window is still needed on the right side. How does that look?

Yep. The line with the 2840 will be the new wall. Below on the left will be the wardrobe, below on the right a pantry. However, a new window is still needed on the right side. How does that look?

I actually think the idea is great. In the kitchen, there used to be a second window on the long side. However, it was bricked up, and then insulated and plastered. Putting it back in would be quite a lot of work (connection to exterior insulation and exterior plaster).

I was thinking more of a niche by partially recessing the thin wall, which is probably what meant?

If you really need space (which I personally don't think), then build a nice niche immediately to the right after the entrance (where the table is now).

It is really not so pleasant in the long run. At the moment, the children's shoes and jackets are still small. But they do grow. We often have visitors. Sometimes the whole family shows up, and then I never know where to put the guests' jackets and shoes. So far, we stuff the jackets between the staircase railing and the shoes end up standing in the walkway in the hallway.

It really isn't very comfortable in the long run. At the moment, the children's shoes and jackets are still small. But they do grow. We often have visitors. Sometimes the whole family shows up, and then I never know where to put the guests' jackets and shoes. So far, we stuff the jackets between the stair railing and the shoes stand in the walkway in the hallway.

I would invite fewer people… :)

Isn't it almost normal that when you have a lot of visitors you have to spread jackets etc. somewhere!? A hallway is the least important room, and to enlarge it by carving out space from the much nicer room "kitchen" seems kind of odd to me. If you have a bigger hallway afterward, you'll be missing space in the kitchen again. An open kitchen to the hallway area would still be an option, but you don't want an open floor plan anyway.

I would invite fewer people ... :) Isn't it almost normal to have to spread jackets etc. somewhere when there is a high number of visitors!? A hallway is the least important room; enlarging it by taking away from the much nicer room "kitchen" seems odd to me. If you have the bigger hallway afterward, you lack space in the kitchen again. An open kitchen to the hallway area would be another option, but you don't want an open floor plan.

That is probably a matter of taste. I find our kitchen big enough, you can certainly take a little away without losing comfort. We like having guests and as I said, it’s already tight with just the four of us. The children are now 6 and 8, they are two girls. In a few years, the hallway will be bursting at the seams. And since we live in our own property, we can change something about it. We have had 5 years now to test it and can undoubtedly say: there is room for improvement here. In a rental apartment you would just have to live with it and later the children would have to take their jackets into their room. But that is not necessary.

This is what it looks like at my place (end-terrace house, built 1914):

Yellow = Demolished walls
Red = New walls


I am separating the space for the wardrobe (about 1.60m) from the living room. This provides space for jackets/shoes conveniently close to the door.