Suggested new use for unused entryway / mudroom / vestibule ?
jstyles1000
4 years ago
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Pretty entry OR mudroom? Can they be combined?
Comments (9)If it were me, I'd try to revise the plan to add a back or side door somewhere so that the front entry could be kept clean. While one can have nice looking storage at the front door, you're talking muddy manuery boots and outerware. That's a far cry from the jackets, hats, umbrellas, bookbags, and typical suburban stuff most of us deal with. Even if you have a place to hide the boots and overclothes, you're still going to wind up with mud and gunk on the floors and even (occasionally) on the walls. It'll be a constant nightmare to keep the area looking reasonably presentable. You NEED a back entry. It is possible to cut a new door even after a house is totally finished. BUT obviously such a change can be done much less expensively if done earlier in the build process. Since you're still building your home, you might post the floorplans and see if anyone here can suggest an appropriate spot for another entry. You might even be able to add on a small extension so that you have room for a a real "working" mud room and can keep your front entry pretty for company. If all else failed, I would get one of those small portable buildings (8X10), set it at the side of the house, insulate it and run electricity out to it so it could be heated and that would become a "changing room" for the barnyard work clothing. No barn boots or outer clothing allowed in the house... period!...See MoreCritique my garage entry/mudroom/bath layout
Comments (23)Yes that's what I mean. It's exasperating! They waltz right past the bathroom and wash their grubby hands and then flick the water all over. Gah. I have been working on that issue for years and they aren't clueing in. Yesterday dh backed me up when again there they were at the sink and I said THAT MEANS YOU TOO. His jaw dropped, lol. My sink, MY SINK for food prep people. Get outta my space with those dirty hands! I think your long counter is in a perfect spot. It's close enough to be useful but it's not IN the kitchen per se. Thumbs up to that! Mine is more in the back entry and it's not as convenient. You certainly can put a utility sink in the garage - but I don't know about winter time if there would be a span of weather that you couldn't use it - here that would be the case unless there is a way to insulate it. Definitely would want it on an inside wall at the least. I think you need to evaluate what exactly you plan to use that W/D for and if you will be doing a lot of soaking or if that stuff would go upstairs to the other W/D and how frequently you'll be using this one. I have a utility sink by my W/D - had to fight for it as our bath is near and hubby thought it wasteful but when you have someone sick in the night or stains that need extra soaking it's 100% worth it to me. That is my humble opinion. That one time one of them had the flu in my mind made it worth the extra cost. I don't want that soaking in my sink - and they aren't deep enough anyway....See MoreEntryway/Foyer/Mudroom for Open Home
Comments (3)You have a beautiful home! IMO, the natural spot is the storage closet area. I'm a fan of a clean entryway so I'd keep coats, jackets behind door(s) to reduce the visual clutter. Either use the closed storage you have now and place a bench under the picture, or open it all up and create a space similar to the one AuntThelma suggested. Another suggestion for opening the space up and creating a grander entry: change the swing of your front door so the handle is by the sidelight window. Since you're handy, you can leave the light switches where they are and install Lutron Pico wireless switches by the window and easily operate the lights....See MoreHideous entry/mudroom
Comments (7)You can certainly look into it, but I'm assuming that all the unattractive items here are emergency related and therefore not allowed to be covered or painted. Nothing stops you from looking into that, however. Ask your neighbors - how did they deal with this? What is your style? I know this sounds odd, but this is the approach I would take: make your entry transformation so wild, that there's no way anyone would notice the hideous state of it!!!! https://www.houzz.com/photos/query/multicolor-entry/nqrwns I would put a beautiful and oversized light, so that is the focus. Treat this challenge like we treat makeup - enhance the positive and disguise the negative! You could use the same approach here. I Googled what the opposite of mauve is and it's yellow. There are a lot of different yellows. Is that a color that would go with your style?...See Morevioletsnapdragon
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