Bold color for mudroom lockers....or white?
Tom W
6 years ago
We added a mudroom in recent renovation. The rest of the first floor is brown wood floors, white trim, white cabinets, black counter tops, and gray walls. Mudroom and adjacent powder room have black and white checkerboard ceramic tile. Mudroom are almost complete and ready for paint. This was going to be the one place for a bold color. The plan was for a lime green and we selected https://www.sherwin-williams.com/homeowners/color/find-and-explore-colors/paint-colors-by-family/SW6920-center-stage#/6920/?s=coordinatingColors&p=PS0
Now there is some second guessing and thoughts of going back to white. Bench will probably be black either way. Lockers aren't fully built but will look something like the ones shown below. Any thoughts?
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smitrovich
6 years ago
Tom W
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Comments (21)What you could do is figure out what needs to be in that mudroom--say coats and jackets, shoes and boots, recycle bins, some sports equipment and the cat's food and bowls. Then rip out all the benches and make some thoughtful storage purchases that will house everything you want to keep there. Anything currently stored there that you don't want in the space needs to find a new home elsewhere, or people will continue to store it in there. There are many options for storage--shelves, cabinets, bins, drawers, a built-in closet. Shelves can have doors fitted, or be covered with curtains or a shade. You could even run a shelf up above the windows and use pretty boxes to store out of season things up there. Depending on where you live, it might be possible to get something custom built for not much more than the cost of buying and installing things yourself. With the right storage furniture, you might be able to treat this more as room, instead of a storage space. Put in one or two chairs or a freestanding bench for shoe removal. Curtains that you like. A paint scheme based on the curtain colors. I just get the feeling that the benches are holding you back. You feel you need to keep them, even though they aren't used and aren't useful. Measure out the space without the benches and do some research on the storage options that are out there. It'll be a huge change, but if you keep the benches, that space is never going to function well for you....See MoreMatching cabinets or different in kitchen, butler's pantry, mudroom?
Comments (41)This is where personal preference becomes a significant decision-maker. If you want a very neutral backdrop for your home, opt for matching mudroom and butler pantry cabinetry. However, we are seeing more and more color and contrast in recent design trends, so if you have any inclination towards a bolder pallet, mudrooms and butler pantries are great places to try that out. Because they are relatively out of site, you can play around with color or boldness in a way you may not want to in your kitchen. We’ve designed mudrooms and butler pantries that stand out as their own spaces because they have a complimentary (but not the exact same) color palette as the rest of the home. Here are some examples:...See Morebuilding a mudroom/ pantry off of a white kitchen
Comments (14)I was kinda feeling the duxbury grey and puritan grey read green as well . Would you use that in the mudroom or the servery and fireplace wall ? Whatever color cabinets for the mudroom would you use the white for walls , floating shelves and white v groove with the same cabinet color for the bench ? I’m so inspired by this cabinet design and color. I actually copied the cabinet design for our servery . I love hale navy . I do worry it’s too dark . I would love a moody color for the basement . The floors are a light vinyl....See Moresmitrovich
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoTom W
6 years agoK Laurence
6 years agoTom W
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoK Laurence
6 years ago
PROBeth H. :
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agocobalt blue. looks great w/black/white and the gray. same color of that item that's hung in cubby #2 from the left. Klein Blue from General Finishes Milk paint is the perfect shade.
suzyq53
6 years ago
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