Edwardian houses had wider frontages than their Victorian counterparts and this allowed extra space to be used in the hallway. Halls commonly had fireplaces and a square hallway that allowed some kind of receiving of guests was aspiring The Arts & Crafts movement furthered this idea, creating less formal households and inventing the hallway as a space for a guest could arrive, be removed of his outer layers and sit comfortably in an upholstered chair and warm his feet by the fire. Hallways were often sheltered from outside drafts by a vestibule. The stairs were still likely to rise out of the hallway, and there would be doors leading to the sitting rooms, kitchen and dining room too.
Hall furniture for an Edwardian dolls house might include: -
Walls would be wood panelled or covered with lincrusta (an embossed wallpaper painted a dark colour)
Rugs and runners over floorboards, tiles or stone floors
Ceiling light on chains
Small cupboard
Chair
Side table
Telephone
Fireplace
Hat or umbrella stand (in larger houses hats and coats would be kept out of sight)
Mirror (with hooks or a small shelf for storing clothes brushes)
Knick knacks including plants, animal heads, souvenirs from abroad, military artefacts
Edwardian houses had wider frontages than their Victorian counterparts and this allowed extra space to be used in the hallway. Halls commonly had fireplaces and a square hallway that allowed some kind of receiving of guests was aspiring The Arts & Crafts movement furthered this idea, creating less formal households and inventing the hallway as a space for a guest could arrive, be removed of his outer layers and sit comfortably in an upholstered chair and warm his feet by the fire. Hallways were often sheltered from outside drafts by a vestibule. The stairs were still likely to rise out of the hallway, and there would be doors leading to the sitting rooms, kitchen and dining room too.