Hallways can be a criminally underused space or a dumping ground for coats, bags and shoes. Why not use that area instead to create a retro gaming arcade? If you have a few grand to spare, your foyer fun could centre around Love Hulten’s Origin X (¤2,899/£2,550, lovehulten.com).
Inspired by Atari’s Pong machines of the 1970s, this wall-mounted unit enables you to build, via USB, a library of up to 10,000 emulated games. Anyone for Gauntlet? Or, if you want pre-installed games, check out the Cosmic II 412-in-1 Multi Game Arcade Machine (£1,195, libertygames.co.uk), which offers a multitude of classic arcade games, with one- and two-player options.
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