If you hear the word “pine” and experience a not-insignificant shudder down your spine, then chances are you had a cheap, orange-tinged chest of drawers or otherwise in your ’90s childhood bedroom.

Hallways are undoubtedly important, functionally (they have to house our ever-growing boot and coat collections, for one), but they can be dark, drab spaces. After all, it's not exactly a place we ...