It's a bit wild for my taste, but I can see where you are going with this. Yes, it does add interest, I will agree about that.

Wallpaper, yes, but maybe not that one...

I was on a home tour recently and wallpaper was in abundance. The light-and-airy wallpapers were my favorite, for giving life to the walls without overpowering or taking attention away from the room as a whole.

Y to wallpaper, but not that one.

I'd be hanging art on those walls, and having watched my mom hang wallpaper it seems pretty labor-intensive. Taking it off is even worse. Since you only live once, I wouldn't spend that much time and energy on something that I might tire of after a while. Art you can always change. I'm obviously not clued into what's fashionable nowadays since I thought wallpaper had been out for years, unless you lived in a quaint English cottage. Good thing I'm not the trendy type, although I have to admit that the word "dated" does scare me a bit.

Here's a different wallpaper design in a hallway:

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If one is planning to stay in his home long term, why not?

Also, you don't always have to remove the old wallpaper. You can put new wallpaper over the old or cover it with a paintable wallpaper.

I'm not the kind who's likely to get tired of a nice decor. More like a "do-it-once-and-don't-bother-anymore" type, but, of course, people are different.

Another wallpaper solution:

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Lana, I love wallpaper and had a long hallway papered. It was a pale paper with a lovely paisley design. It didn't overwhelm because it was so neutral. I love the second pattern you posted much more than the first but I think you should wallpaper. I have an alcove in the hall bath that I talked to my painter about papering.

I couldn't look at any of those without my eyes hurting! Some of those wallpapers are gorgeous, but I couldn't handle it in a narrow space.

I think wallpaper in a hallway can be quite nice.

..,but everything you've pictured are nice, generous, well lit hallways

they're not the "long dark hallways in split levels and ranches ".

Imho the very busy wallpaper would not be good at all in a narrow dark hallway.

As is typically the case, the design magazines start with good bones and good rooms anyway. They're hard to mess up.

That's art? I thought it was a bathroom at the end of the hallway.

My mom liked to paper her hallways.

I agree a very busy wallpaper could be too much for a narrow hallway.

I do think there's more to it than just the wallpaper. In order to showcase the wallpaper and brighten up the hallway you'd need plenty of lighting. A single boob light just doesn't cut it. Table lamps on console tables aren't going to fit in a narrow hallway.

Looks like a good solution would be multiple sconces, pendants, recessed lights or even chandeliers. Sort of a house "jewelry" with wallpaper as a background?

A few examples:

Recessed lights along the hallway. I like how clean and uncluttered it looks:

Multiple sconces. I'm not thrilled about this particular wallpaper choice, but the idea is interesting:

This hallway has an exposed brick wall which could make the space feel dark and cramped. Apparently, they used chandeliers and white paint on other surfaces to brighten up the space:

I don't know what that is at the end of the hallway (first picture) but it's partly mirror. You can see the reflection of the light fixtures and some wallpaper at the top and the floor towards the bottom. Weird. I love wallpaper and glad to see it making a come-back. We have no hallways in our house but if we did, I wouldn't be opposed to wallpapering it. It would have to be a lighter color and more of a tone on tone. Love the grayish beige paper with the oak floor.

Several years ago (2004) we redid our daughter's bedroom. One wall had wallpaper on it. The 70something year old texture guy said he could probably just texture over the wallpaper :o What??? After he inspected it he said not to bother trying to remove it, he could go over it. I don't know how much I had gotten off. Maybe all the top decorative layer (the easy part). Well he went right over it and NO one but NO one can tell there is wallpaper under that texture. No issues what so ever and it's been 12 years.

I really like two of the hall wallpapers because they're subtle and elegant and actually make the hallways more attractive. However, the hallways are already very nice, and the workmanship is impeccable.

I grew up in a 1956 ranch house, with, yes, a long narrow hallway to the bedrooms. The wallpaper was textured, and my sibs and I would do "rubbings" on it in our coloring books. The wall at the end of the hall, where you made a jog to the foyer, that 4'-wide piece was papered with "bookcase" wallpaper. Kitschy, maybe, but as a kid I loved it. Nice accent.

After my little sib strolled down the hall with a brand-new, bright red magic marker, the textured paper was replaced with grass cloth, which I've always liked in small doses.

I think it's a good idea but not with a bold paper. You would likely tire of it fairly quickly too. The sconce lined hallways remind me of a hotel. Even the one with multiple chandeliers makes it look more like a commercial space.

Removing paper and repairing the wall for paint afterwards is no fun. I might stencil instead.

I actually like it, but not an entire hallway of it. How about above a chair rail with solid color below? Or put some in a frame as art?

The first picture is way over the top for me, but I like those later pictures, especially the one with the green leaves & floating shelves. I'm not a green person, but I like the concept.

As for removing wallpaper, it doesn't have to be a nightmare -- really! When I moved into this house, the two bathrooms had old, nasty wallpaper. I removed the paper in one bathroom in 15 minutes. The other bathroom took me three days (with long breaks -- it was hard work). I investigated and learned that the difference is PRIMER. If you take time to put a layer of primer under the wallpaper, you create a good "base". Hanging the paper is easier, and when you're ready to remove it, it just comes off with a pull. I replaced the wallpaper in both bathrooms, but first I brushed on a layer of primer. I consider it a gift to future me.

How about removing the wallpaper paste? That can leave an uneven surface.