Mudroom Remodel - Soliciting Help
When we renovated, we made room for a mudroom. At that time, my requirements were simple: room for 2 hockey bags and sticks.
Fast forward to the time when I no longer have hockey players living at home (but still one teenager).
I took pictures without cleaning up (or photoshopping, hee hee).
Goals: I'd like to make this a more functional and attractive space.
We are in New England. When it's cold outside, I enter the house through the garage, with hands full (gloves, phone, purse, coat), I'd rather hang my coat on a peg (one handed) vs. set everything down and use a hanger. DH, however, uses the pegs as first choice so I need to set everything down in order to use a hanger. In short: I'd like my own pegs. More attractive goes without saying; I like a Shaker, Transitional style.
Currently, there are three of us at home, four over the holidays.
As Is:
There is a 8.5" foundation wall bump-out, which allows us to hang coats as shown in the second picture. In short, the available space is 8 1/2 inches deeper on top of the wall.
Looking from the pantry into the mudroom. As you can see, this is incredibly cluttered.
From the garage, into the mud room and stove room:
From the stove room back looking towards the garage:
Need:
- Better shoe storage
- Space to hang coats on pegs
Nice to have
- Bench - somewhere to sit while putting on/taking off shoes
- Somewhere to put things down when coming into the room (counter level shelf)
What's stored in here currently which should stay:
- collapsible ladder
- broom
- dustpan and brush
- hats
- gloves
- scarves
- bike bag
- dog leashes
What don't need to store:
- paint cans
- uninstalled pot filler
- grout
- paintbrushes, etc.
- rest of accumulated junk
I spent time on Houzz collecting inspiration pictures for the whole space. After a while, I realized that the storage on the right is extremely functional, so it makes sense to keep it.
I would appreciate thoughts on the following, which has the advantage of simple lines. The new unit on the left would lose depth (just to the foundation wall, 15") but I think the clean lines would make up for that. (Built with Sketch-up, no firm ideas yet how to best build).
What am I missing and what recommendations would you have?
Comments (15)
oldbat2be
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoUpdating with clearer picture of proposed space:
Additional question which I would like answered is how to make this look like a stand-alone piece of furniture.
kim k
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6 years agokim k
6 years agooldbat2be
6 years agoHere's round 2. Kim - I thought about what you said and it makes sense. A lot of what's currently in the space can go elsewhere; i.e., I need to keep the space cleaner. My brother is a timber framer so I have reached out to him about a piece of wood for the bench.
Thoughts on lines, how to improve?
kim k
6 years agoAre you having this built in or is it DIY? I don’t know design but i do know storage. In fact if i spent more time throwing my kids things away rather than finding new ways to store them I’d be better off!
We originally got quotes to have cubbies built into our space. The most cost effective was from a closet company if you go that route. I decided ultimately it was too limiting for us. Meaning we’d do a locker style cubbie for each kid but then where would our other stuff go? I wanted something that could evolve as the kids get older. If we had a bigger space I’d have done built ins in a second.
I like what you drew but where will hats and gloves go? I’d put drawers just under the bench (for your currently in use gloves, hats etc) then leave space on the floor for shoes.
kim k
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoHere’s what we did in the closet bump out. My husband did it and he’s not handy so it’s function over form, but you get the idea! One basket is for my husband and kids to share and the other is just for my shoes :)
Here’s the drawers, each of us has our own:
I find when you hang hooks above a bench you end up not easily
being able to sit on it. So i bought this from ikea. Comes in a larger
size too:
palimpsest
6 years agooldbat2be
6 years agooldbat2be
6 years agopal - Three excellent points, thank you! I love the shoe shelf idea - keep 'em coming!!
kim k
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agooldbat2be
6 years agoOn DH's suggestion, I extended the header to incorporate the step ladder nook.
Now I'm wondering how it would look with the same space on both sides...
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