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OT-but there is no mudroom forum.. Please show pics. of mudroom

13 years ago

PLEASE SHOW ME PICTURES OF YOUR MUDROOM!!!

Without being repetitive, we moved into our newly built home in Jan. When we were building we were both pretty naive and didn't have anyone who could help us "read" the blueprints. We knew our mudroom would be tiny, but didn't realize the layout of it would be so ridiculous until we moved in.

BUT... (and that deserves all caps) to put it plainly our mudroom layout stinks.

The closet door and the garage door open into each other. If one is coming in from the garage and another happens to be getting their coat out of the closet at the same time the two doors get caught on one another.. We called our builder out on it when we first moved in, asking him to at least replace it with some sort of pocket door, but he said no, unless we paid for it and at that point we really did not have much extra $$ to spend on that.

So we waited and waited and now we have a large hole the size of a dime in our closet door from the doorknob of the garage door. So aside from taking the door down it might be time to do something like add a bench with hooks. etc.

Thanks so for your help!

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shanghaimom

13 years ago

Ours is also very tiny, but I am grateful to have one--had NOTHING before kitchen remodel.

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allnewappliances
13 years ago
sorry I don't have any pictures to share, b/c frankly I don't have a mudroom :-) I had to carve out a little section of the coat closet to make it a fake mudroom.
But Pottery Barn catalog always has some great pictures of mudrooms, along with some really nice cubby benches - long and tall ones. The pics always make me jealous LOL

And since there is no mudroom forum, maybe you could post this in the flooring forum, I'm sure you will get alot of responses......sorry I had to joke :-)
User
13 years ago
Here are a couple of pics...
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Alright, I went outside with a tape measurer and got a lot larger of measurements than when I walked it off :) DH had told me 6*6, but my with between windows is 9.5, so that would give me about 8.5 width. I also have 16 feet before I get to a tree! I don't think he would be up for going 16 feet, but we have a sidewalk that ends about 12 feet from the house, so I think that would be a good place to at least go to. I NEED 5 (want) open lockers I REALLY want a separate bench with nothing above it and 1-3 slide out drawers underneath to hold cat and dog food, and possible other pet items. I would also like against the wall next to the house a kitchen/cleaning closet that also maybe wraps around the corner with the other side being a coat closet that could hold DH and MINE extra coats, shoes, and guests purses/coats. I should have a little over 5.5 feet on the wall next to the house door, so I could do 20" deep cabinets/closet and 3 feet wide(not counting the corner) which I think will be about the perfect depth and a great amount of space to hold house stuff. I would like to have my bench against the farthest wall from the house that would be 8.5 feet with 2 corner lockers next to it. The problem is I don't know if I did that, what the best way to put 3 more lockers in. Should they be lined up on the same wall?
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My question is when you come in from the garage, do you have a place for your purse? Is one of those cubbies for your use or just for the kids/pets? If the cubbies are for the kids, I would think you would want the small counter space. If one of those cubbies is dedicated to you, then you most likely wouldn't need the counter. While I am not usually a big fan of the open shelving because the clutter shows, I think doors in my mudroom might be a pain. While the kids are trying to put on their shoes, they sit, then if the cubby is open, they reach behind them and pack their backpack or search for their umbrella, etc. If the door is on the cubby, won't the open doors be hitting the person seated next to them? I do see why you want the junk contained and hidden, but most likely the only people seeing it might be you--and maybe that's one too many :), but in this case I might choose function over form. I chose cubbies for the kids and a counter for me. But, our office is right next door to this room so I can see the mail, etc being dumped just two steps further. From Menlo Farmhouse Your first floor looks wonderful! So nice to hear that you are progressing and your kitchen will be in May 16....my wood floors go in starting tomorrow and I am just crazed to get everything done. Hopefully done by June 15 or so--a belated Mother's Day present!
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gillylily
Original Author
13 years ago
Thanks for the responses- Allnew-I love the pottery barn benches. I am hoping to have something similar built in.. I think I might stay away from flooring tho' i had a similar exp. last yearon that forum- just very to the point responses.
Milz50- What a great mudroom. Mine is probably 1/16th of that size. I love your space!

Looking for more pics. if anyone else wants to join in the fun!
DallasAuburn
13 years ago
Search the "Building a Home" forum. Been a while since I searched for Mudrooms, but in the past, there was a thread with that topic.
Suzy
13 years ago
mine is like that too. we put little rubber bumpers wherever a doorknob would hit (they make them in white or clear).
leela4
13 years ago
We don't have a mud *room* exactly, but we now have an entrance to the house that qualifies as one, and we had a mudroom closet built to handle some of our junk:

There is a bench where you can sit (on the left)

A rod for hanging coats will go on the right

What our *mudroom* used to look like
pricklypearcactus
13 years ago
Try searching the Home Decorating forum. Here is a laundry/mudroom eye candy thread from the decor gallery area. Mudrooms have been brought up there from time to time.
pps7
13 years ago
Milz50, I love your whole house!

Our mudroom is riduculously large, but I've seen many really nice functional ones that are much smaller. We use every square inch of it daily. Sorry for the mess :)
plllog
13 years ago
Sigh. We had a great mudroom thread not long ago but I can't find it. Sigh.
cooksnsews
13 years ago
{{!gwi}}

FWIW, my kitchen is one of the few spaces in this house where I don't have a sewing machine.
chicagoans
13 years ago
Our mudroom plans started out big, but shrank quite a bit because we decided to move the first floor powder room to that space, then decided to add a first floor washer and dryer there too. (The old laundry room is in the basement.)

So, we also have a small mudroom, when I had dreamed of a big one.

Here are a few pictures:
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The coat rack/bench:
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This is the wall that faces the hooks and bench, and the powder room is behind it (sheesh - we actually took a picture with laundry in the dryer! Definitely not a 'magazine' shoot here... let's just call it real life):
{{!gwi}}

I have since removed the shelves under the bench and put 2 big baskets there because our puppy sometimes grabs shoes from there. The baskets aren't as handy as I'd like, so I'm thinking of calling the cabinet maker to see if he can make some drawers. Wish I had done that from the get go.

Also if I were to do it again: I would sacrifice a bit of the cabinet size by the W/D to add a broom pull out. I've seen pictures of awesome pullouts (on this forum) that use as little as 4" of horizontal space.

I'd also offset the plumbing for the laundry sink to one side so that I'd have just one under-sink cabinet and drawers on the other side. Drawers are just SO much handier.

I'm still trying to figure out a better place for gloves, hats, etc. I'm thinking of putting one or two these organizers from IKEA on the wall between the window and the laundry sink. I got that idea from someone who posted pictures of her awesome closet-turned-mudroom, I think on this forum.

Here is a link that might be useful: IKEA organizers
gillylily
Original Author
13 years ago
Oh Thank you so very much!! These are definitely closer to the size of my mudroom and are GREAT to go by! Shanghaimom and Chicagoans do you happen to know the specs ? Your design is almost exactly what I envisioned in my space, our mudroom seems to be around the same size as yours.
Thanks again for your help!
shanghaimom
13 years ago
Hi Gillylily,

I have architect's drawings but nothing on my computer. Any builder should be able to look at the photo and do something similar to fit your space, though.

Glad the pic was helpful!

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