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Too Close
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items When furniture starts crowding the walkway, a few inches can make all the difference. Explore smart, stylish ways to work with a tight passage—from shallow consoles and floating storage to vertical pieces, sculptural benches, and the finishing touche...
Sections
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Go Shallow
Go Floating
Go Vertical
Go Architectural
Finishing Touches
Go Shallow
When floor space is tight, depth matters. These three consoles prove you don't have to give up style just because a full-size table won't fit. From warm wood to elegant curves and a travertine-inspired finish, each offers a different way to make a na...
🌿 Solid Wood Console Table
This is the one for anyone who wants a shallow console but doesn't want it to look small. The warm wood, substantial shape, and traditional details give it the presence of a much larger piece, while its slimmer profile keeps the walkway open.
This is the one for anyone who wants a shallow console but doesn't want it to look small. The warm wood, substantial shape, and traditional details give it the presence of a much larger piece, while its slimmer profile keeps the walkway open.
Solid Wood Console Table
✨ Joss & Main Evelynn Console
We love the shape of this one. The soft curves keep it from feeling boxy or bulky, which is especially nice when furniture has to live close to a walking path. It has enough personality to make the space feel finished without taking over.
We love the shape of this one. The soft curves keep it from feeling boxy or bulky, which is especially nice when furniture has to live close to a walking path. It has enough personality to make the space feel finished without taking over.
Glass and Metal Console Table
🤍 Modern Fluted Console Table
The travertine-look top and fluted base make this feel like something you chose for its looks first—not simply because it would fit. That makes it a fun answer to a narrow-space problem when a little modern character is welcome.
The travertine-look top and fluted base make this feel like something you chose for its looks first—not simply because it would fit. That makes it a fun answer to a narrow-space problem when a little modern character is welcome.
Fluted Travertine Oval Console
Go Floating
When the floor is the problem, take the furniture off it. Floating consoles keep the walkway clear while still giving you a place for the things you want nearby. These three take that idea in very different directions, from handcrafted wood to modern...
🌿 Bespoke Wooden Floating Console Table
There is something especially appealing about a piece made to look like it belongs exactly where it is. This handmade wooden console brings warmth and useful storage to the wall without adding legs—or another obstacle—to a narrow passage.
There is something especially appealing about a piece made to look like it belongs exactly where it is. This handmade wooden console brings warmth and useful storage to the wall without adding legs—or another obstacle—to a narrow passage.
Wooden Floating Console Table,
🤍 Floating Travertine-Look Console Table
The stone-inspired finish gives this floating console a little more visual weight while the wall-mounted design keeps the floor completely open. A great option when you want something modern and substantial without giving up precious walking space.
The stone-inspired finish gives this floating console a little more visual weight while the wall-mounted design keeps the floor completely open. A great option when you want something modern and substantial without giving up precious walking space.
Floating Console Table Travertine Look
🖤 Rolf Black Floating Console Table
Clean lines, dark finish, and drawers for the things you don't want sitting out make this a particularly practical take on the floating-console idea. It adds useful storage without turning a tight passage into a furniture maze.
Clean lines, dark finish, and drawers for the things you don't want sitting out make this a particularly practical take on the floating-console idea. It adds useful storage without turning a tight passage into a furniture maze.
Black Floating Console with Drawers
Go Vertical
When floor space is limited, look up. Going vertical lets you add storage, display space, or both without pushing furniture farther into the walkway. These three take advantage of height in completely different ways, from open shelving to tall, close...
✨ Modern Brass Wire Bookcase For the narrow space that needs to feel lighter, this open bookcase makes height do the work. The slim brass framework gives you plenty of room to display books and favorite pieces without creating the visual bulk of a de...
Brass Wire Storage Cabinet
🌿 Tall Shoe Storage Cabinet Sometimes the best use of a narrow wall is simply hiding the things that tend to collect there. At 80 inches tall, this cabinet turns vertical space into substantial shoe storage while keeping the floor and walkway remark...
4-Door Tall Storage Cabinet
🤍 Tall Storage Cabinet
Three drawers, two doors, adjustable shelves, and a fluted front make this a surprisingly useful answer when storage is needed but floor space isn't available. Its height provides plenty of capacity without requiring a wide footprint.
Three drawers, two doors, adjustable shelves, and a fluted front make this a surprisingly useful answer when storage is needed but floor space isn't available. Its height provides plenty of capacity without requiring a wide footprint.
71" Tall Storage Cabinet
Go Architectural
Sometimes the answer isn't another console at all. A strong architectural piece can define the space, provide a useful surface or seat, and still stay visually contained. These three benches take that approach in very different ways, from tailored le...
🤎 Faux Leather Upholstered Bench
This has the presence of a much more substantial piece of furniture without needing to be a traditional console. The tailored faux-leather upholstery and structured shape give a narrow space a finished, almost built-in quality.
This has the presence of a much more substantial piece of furniture without needing to be a traditional console. The tailored faux-leather upholstery and structured shape give a narrow space a finished, almost built-in quality.
Faux Leather Upholstered Bench
✨ Upholstered Bench
A bench can be surprisingly effective when a passage needs something with personality rather than another hard-edged table. The upholstered form adds softness and visual interest while giving the space a useful place to sit or pause.
A bench can be surprisingly effective when a passage needs something with personality rather than another hard-edged table. The upholstered form adds softness and visual interest while giving the space a useful place to sit or pause.
Upholstered Bench
🖤 Upholstered Accent Bench Sometimes a simple, sculptural bench is all a narrow passage needs. This one offers a softer alternative to shelves and consoles, adding a defined piece of furniture without filling the walkway with drawers, doors, or bulk...
Skinny Wooden Entryway Long Bench
Finishing Touches
Once the big furniture decision is made, a narrow passage still needs a few details to make it feel finished. A runner, a wall light, and a basket can add color, light, texture, and usefulness without taking up the floor space you're trying so hard t...
🌿Hallway Runner
A runner can make a narrow passage feel intentional rather than simply tight. The soft abstract pattern and light green tones add a little color and movement underfoot without competing with whatever furniture you choose for the space.
A runner can make a narrow passage feel intentional rather than simply tight. The soft abstract pattern and light green tones add a little color and movement underfoot without competing with whatever furniture you choose for the space.
Geometric Runner
✨ LED Wall Sconce
When floor space is precious, the wall is where the light should go. This sculptural sconce adds illumination without another lamp taking up valuable inches, while the acrylic panel gives the passage a little extra visual interest.
When floor space is precious, the wall is where the light should go. This sculptural sconce adds illumination without another lamp taking up valuable inches, while the acrylic panel gives the passage a little extra visual interest.
LED Wall Sconce
🤎 Round Umbrella Basket
A basket is one of those small additions that can quietly earn its place. It brings texture and a natural element to the passage while giving you somewhere useful to tuck away the little things - like umbrellas - that otherwise end up on the floor.
A basket is one of those small additions that can quietly earn its place. It brings texture and a natural element to the passage while giving you somewhere useful to tuck away the little things - like umbrellas - that otherwise end up on the floor.
Umbrella Basket
🤍 Textured Neutral Wallpaper
For a narrow passage that doesn't need more furniture, the walls can do some of the decorating. This painted-plaster texture adds subtle dimension and character without competing with the pieces already doing the practical work.
For a narrow passage that doesn't need more furniture, the walls can do some of the decorating. This painted-plaster texture adds subtle dimension and character without competing with the pieces already doing the practical work.
Textured Wallpaper
🤎 Alpaca Throw
A beautiful throw can make a bench feel inviting instead of simply functional. This soft alpaca version adds warmth and texture while giving the passage that slightly layered, lived-in feeling that keeps a narrow space from feeling overly spare.
A beautiful throw can make a bench feel inviting instead of simply functional. This soft alpaca version adds warmth and texture while giving the passage that slightly layered, lived-in feeling that keeps a narrow space from feeling overly spare.
Alpaca Throw
📚 Books for Decoration - Set of 3
Sometimes a small stack of books is all it takes to make a cabinet top or shelf feel considered. These decorative books add height, interest, and a little personality without taking up the kind of space that real furniture requires.
Sometimes a small stack of books is all it takes to make a cabinet top or shelf feel considered. These decorative books add height, interest, and a little personality without taking up the kind of space that real furniture requires.
Set of 3 Decorative Books