Mudroom Remodel Advice Needed
Hello,
I am converting a breezeway that connects my garage to my house to be a more functional mudroom. I was hoping to get some advice/help on a floor plan or design. I want to add a built-in for coats and shoes and I am thinking maybe we should have some benches with storage under each window? I am open to thoughts and suggestions. My home is styled modern/mid-century modern throughout.
I am moving the steel door from the house to the garage, creating an opening directly into the house.
(This is the opening into the house with the steel door. We removed this steel door and put one up going into the garage)
(This is the new door going into the garage)
Inside my house, I have original hardwood floors that are stained dark brown. I think I want the floor in the mudroom to be either tile or vinyl. My home is styled modern/mid-century modern throughout.
Does anyone have any recommendations on what kind of flooring/color/patterns I could use?
(This is the front of the house)
(This is the back of the house)
(This is the doorway going into the house without the steel door there)
Comments (8)
SJ McCarthy
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Comments (20)Hmmm. Good thoughts all. Many thanks. This is a perfect example of the usefulness of this forum, because even though I thought we'd collected all possible alternatives, you all offered two quick new ones I hadn't considered. I don't think moving the steps into the garage will work, because of space & cost. The roll-up door seems crazy at first, but I sort of see where you're going, since it would seal off the garage but avoid possible conflict between the swing of the two doors in the alcove. At this point, I'm leaning toward just putting a solid door in the same spot it used to be: on the left side of the photo, with a swing into the alcove. That will keep vermin out of the garage. We can live there for a while and see how we use the entrance post-renovation. Since not much else is dependent on this door, we can make adjustments in a year or two when we're more informed. Thanks everyone!...See MoreNeed advice for a mudroom update
Comments (11)Thanks for looking up the paint colour name for me. All the bulbs are going to LEDs, I think. You might have 5000Ks installed where you might prefer 4000Ks or 3500Ks instead. Or vice-versa. Playing around with this variable can get annoying but sometimes, it's necessary. We spend so much time trying to find the perfect wall colour and then our light bulbs muck everything up. (Everything seemed simpler with incandescents.) I think those greys will go with your cream but I really don't think they'll "liven" up the space. But that's my opinion. It's your home and what matters is what you and your husband like. If you're happy with the cream in your kitchen, have you considered using that in the mudroom? There are other colours as well...how about green? :) Good luck! I'm sure others will chime in with suggestions. Finding the "right" colour is part of the fun, right?...See MoreNeed advice for mudroom update
Comments (3)More pictures of the rooms...See MoreKory Stamper
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