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What a great base. I’d add the new flooring and change the glass in the doors to clear (fluted if you need privacy). Pop some art on the wall and then reevaluate. Leave the mirror doors they look ok and reflect light.

and paint your front door block to try and hide all the apartment necessary features (like peephole etc).

Do you need the doors at the end? I agree fluted glass with the arches could look good (and maybe paint it black to mimic a steel window).

Thanks CP. Do you mean to two doors at the end of the corridor?

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Yes I do need them. Those are bedroom doors.

I like your glass, do you need the privacy it gives. Your entry looks quite dark so I would consider keeping it simple with painting walls a darker grey that fits with your mood board, all trims, doors and windows white, and agree that the front door could be painted with satin black. Your arched doors are beautiful and should stand out once painted.

You need new directional lights cheers

Thanks Sirius key. The entrance by the mirrored doors is very light due to large skylight, but adjoining corridor much darker. What do you mean by direction lights?

Can you post a floor plan and mark on the photo locations as I’m a bit lost with all the doors.

The powder room looks great -- the subways are almost always nice ( and are here ) , the wallpaper is subtle but nice and also adds interest , the floor is darker so it isn't all the same , and the timber just sets it off .

Contrast that with the entrance , and it is an off-white nothing , for want a better expression . With a nothing greyish toned carpet to really reinforce the unloved or unthoughtabout nature , and at least you are thinking about it .

As bigreader says -- go and get a brighter coloured abstract print or painting , prop it against a wall , and see how different it makes the place feel . Pick the dominant colour in the print , and buy a rug in a similar tone , whether its red or blue or yellow or green .

Sure , change the flooring if you want or if its worn , or just add the rug . A rug is easier and cheaper hahaha .

But the biggest sin IMO -- the front door ! It might just be because its all white and off-white , but not only is the round handle boring , it actually looks to be visually in the wrong place to me -- it mightn't be , but thats what it looks like in the pic . Anyway , are you allowed to change the door ? A wooden one , one with a tall slim opaque window up one side or 4 small horizontal windows or anything but the flat plain white door IMO .

Two people have mentioned flat black paint for the front door -- personally , I wouldn't . I'd be more likely to go for a 1950's mint smint green or apricot or even a mauve in preference to a black -- plus 1950's California tones sort of references the round topped doors too . Add the art and rug , and you are $2k or less all up , and have a theme going .

Hi Kate. Here is a plan of hallway attached. I hope this makes more sense.

Sadly I can't change the door at it belongs to strata...same goes for the bottom round handle on the front door. It may be possible to change the inside bit of the round handle and not the outside bit. Does anyone know? I could potentially change the top rectangular lock on the front door to something nicer looking, I just don't know what's available and we'd be able to retrofit to the door.

Just a quick thought, take a leaf from the Friends series and fix picture frames to the inside of your entrance door, or similar framing to add interest

oh I was referring to the arched doors not bedroom doors and seeing if you could just leave arch but I'd go back to painting black and using ripple glass.

Thanks everyone, super helpful as always !

Change the glass in arched doors to something you like.
The hall needs a colour. Keep trim white and paint the walls a strong colour to add some life to area. Whilst the arched door give interest when arriving there is little interest when leaving except ugly white wall and door.
I would swap out mirrored doors and wallpaper the new doors. Now focal point is not yourself reflected in mirror, which for me at present in melb lock down is too many bad hair days as no haircut for 6 months.
Add a mirror further down hall if you need it.

Thankyou Kate I like your thinking! It does need life, doesn't it! Hadn't thought of wall papering the doors. I like it! I'm with you on the less mirrors is more, right now. LOL