How do you fill empty hallways and walls?

Hi @whimreaper I see you're playing Sims 4. Somehow you got yourself into the Sims 3 Creative Corner instead of the one for 4. You might get more answers related to the content you have available if you moved your post over there.

I just play Sims 3, but generally speaking, in a lot of hallways, I think it does a lot to just have an interesting wallpaper, maybe something with wainscoting or a paneling, depending on your build's style, a wall light, maybe a painting or a mirror, and a rug runner. If there's room, sometimes I'll put in something like a sideboard or a narrow table and use decor items on top (and underneath, too, if it's a table),or in the same kind of space you could place a bench or loveseat. When I have a lot more wall space than I know how to fill up, I tend to put in more windows on the outside walls :p and concentrate my decor on the other walls then. Things like fireplaces and grandfather clocks, etc., would fill some places similarly to how a bookcase would.

@suzses Oops! Thanks for letting me know and for the suggestions! I'd never thought of using windows before.

if you use the gallery, you can find custom pictures that people have saved there. For ex. if you search lion in the gallery, under rooms, you should be able to find several custom paintings of lions.

It's where I put an extra desk with a computer, a chess table, some bookshelves. misc decor, workbench. art, statues and stuff like that. It's also where I have my stairs, elevators or tubes.

you could add a long table with a pot of flowers with a picture frame on it and maybe on the walls some of your sims paintings or different sizes of paintings

Hello @whimreaper. A fantastic way to fill empty walls is to put up some paintings. If you want some more interesting paintings you can get some cool prints at the observatory

@Cracker that's a great idea. If you get a long thin table and put it against a empty wall and put flowers and/or a fish bowl it would look fantastic

i use those side tables that are thin and put a statue or plant on it. also floor plants, wall hangings, and just nice decor like that that doesnt take up a lt of space

If I have more than one story to the house, I try to put the staircase there for one thing. Nice paintings, family snapshots, other wall decor, lights, a floor runner is a necessity in my opinion, a slim table with flowers, statues, perhaps the small pile of books, fishbowl, etc.

And if there is a door to the outside at the end of the hallway (which is usually the case in my Sims' homes), I like to put an end table there with a plant, a mirror above it, perhaps a backpack sitting next to it and/or the umbrella stand. If not an end table, I'll put the coat rack hangers under the mirror and shoe rack below.

It just depends on what rooms the hallway leads to as to what decor I'll use for it. If the hallway leads to children's rooms, and they're artistic, I like to put their drawings and holiday crafts on the wall next to their rooms. Depending on how wide the hallway happens to be, I've sometimes put the smaller aquarium from Spa Day (or maybe that was in Dine Out?) in a hallway. I've put a chess table and a couple chairs in a hallway as well.

EDIT: Wanted to add, that if you do have a staircase in the hallway, I like to knock out the wall part and put a desk, computer, chair, etc. under there. Sometimes you can even leave the wall part of the stairs and if it's tall enough, put a door on it and add a half bath with just a sink and a toilet or just the toilet in there. :)

Also a big fan of using surfaces with decorations in hallways. The narrow tables are good for exactly this. I like to sometimes use "end" versions of counters (the ones you have access to with auto turned off) that have little shelves with stuff on them under the cabinets. If you put the right clutter on, based on a nearby room, it can look like it has real purpose.

Oh, and a combination of house plants and one of those storage chests can be good too.