My hallway is long and narrow like this one.  I’ve painted it and love the color, but it still needs something.  The above picture is the result of a hallway makeover on The Devine Home.  I’m not sure it is exactly what I want, but I do love how it really gives the hallway style.  We plan to replace the carpet in the hallway with laminate flooring when we do the living room. 

Just the other day I was thinking of adding a small shelf under the cabinet between the stove and fridge (possibly for trays, etc). This is similar to what I’m thinking of: 

I saw this and just. love. it.  I’d love to replace our stove exhaust with something like this (though it may prove to be more than I’m currently willing to invest) and I love the idea of open shelves over it instead of regular kitchen cabinets. 

Speaking of open shelves, I’m wondering what the possibilities would be of taking a partial wall that creates the doorway to the laundry room, removing the sheetrock and adding narrow shelves the depth of the wall (am I making sense here?).  It would be more for décor
than anything else, but even space for décor is hard to come by around here.  It wouldn’t look like this picture, but this pic is what triggered the idea: 

Lastly (for now), I would like to add a narrow, pullout cabinet between the fridge and wall next to it.  We do not have a pantry, so anywhere I can add space for food items is a plus. These are lower cabinet pull-outs, where-as I’d want something as tall as the fridge. 
We’ll see how expensive it is when I get around to it and go from there on whether it happens or not.