I love decorating small spaces with a punch of color and pattern - especially rooms
like mudrooms and the laundry.
I have found, generally speaking, that the rooms where you will photograph people do better in a neutral, but the other rooms are very fun for playing with color (
like mudrooms, bathrooms, bedrooms).
The Rubbed White finish is moisture resistant, so you can use Emily Storage in damp - prone areas
like the mudroom, laundry and bath.
And besides, I really do feel
like a mudroom is a space that you can really have so much fun with color and pattern!
Nicki, thanks so much - I'm so glad
you like the mudroom!
I decided I'd rather have an empty room than a room pretending to be a living room (that I wasn't in love with) but acting
like a mudroom (but looking nothing
like a mudroom) and generally making me feel stressed out.
We do have the option of reconfiguring a bit and setting up the area by the Dutch door
like a mudroom entrance (possibly even a powder room in that area).
Even rooms that seem like after thoughts,
like my mudroom, deserve a little love, and that's what you're getting today, a mudroom decorated for fall.
Not exact matches
My original idea had been to treat wood planks to look
like barn wood, similar to the barn wood countertops I made for the
mudroom.
If you're concerned about accidents, confine her to an area that's easy to clean up
like a kitchen or
mudroom.
I feel
like an underachiever over here with our tiny
mudroom makeover;) I love your vision for this space and I especially love your mantra: «Your home should give you that «I can't believe I get to live here» feeling without breaking the bank.»
After considering many options, we decided to create a
mudroom -
like space in that corner by adding a bench and hooks for hanging jackets and bags, as well as adding additional storage.
For ultimate impact, try covering the walls in a small space
like a powder room or
mudroom with a bold geometric wallpaper.
I pictured it should feel feel
like a charming
mudroom in a cottage or farmhouse, since it's a well - trafficked hallway between both our front and kitchen doors.
Love that
mudroom... the color of the wall, the cubbies... it's
like a piece of music with a lovely melody, it sings!!!
While I feel great about leaving the kitchen where it is, the specifics
like whether or not we will change the location of the sink
like we thought or remove walls or spring for the addition of a
mudroom, are still up in the air.
I would love to finish my
mudroom ceiling
like that.
It leads to our
mudroom this is where we come and go so I really
like to make it pretty!
We've thought of doing something
like this on our little ranch house — minus the
mudroom.
I was fortunate enough to find a HUGE crock (
like the one in the
mudroom in your pics) in the dirt cellar of the 150 year old farm house that my mother grew up in... and was recently sold.
I want a
mudroom like that also, but we would have to build a new house to accomodate the
mudroom LOL.
Looking at it today, I can not believe what this nook looked
like before we turned it into our own mini
mudroom.
We have a teeny tiny laundry /
mudroom that I want to redo and something
like this might work well (although sadly we don't have any room for a sink).
1) no medicine cabinets to contain pesky everyday stuff
like toothpaste, SPF or makeup; 2) no
mudroom, and no closets near the doors; 3) a tiny trapezoidal pantry off the kitchen.
I blogged about the new issue of Canadian House & Home with the
mudroom of Sarah's farmhouse on the cover of the November issue if you would
like to take a peek!
I've always
liked the idea of multi-purpose rooms, so when I was designing the
mudroom space, I wanted it to be a considered a «utility» space.
started with redoing the shelves than the closet the
mudroom was painted he thought he could keep the design BUT... once he saw what it looked
like with the shelves newly painted he agree with new color and today the closet was taken apart & yup you guess it NEW PAINT COLOR!!
Designer Rebekah Zaveloff wanted this cottage - style
mudroom to feel
like the rest of the home rather than a cold, garage -
like extension.
If you'd
like to see what my spring home looked
like last year (when I wasn't in the middle of selling my house, getting plans for the new one ready, and other assorted design projects, and had more time to decorate), you can check out my living room here, and my entry and
mudroom here.
When it's closed, the shoe cabinet just looks
like a nice piece of furniture, and it coordinates so well with the white doors and trim in the
mudroom.
For higher moisture areas
like kitchens, baths, laundry rooms and
mudrooms, Quick • Step offers a new generation of laminate floor called Envique.
That makes this flooring the perfect solution for high traffic, moisture - prone areas
like kitchens, bathrooms, and
mudrooms that get dirty fast.
This creates a non-slip tile that is the perfect flooring for high - traffic areas
like entryways or
mudrooms where wet floors are likely.
Another area where I
like to keep things pretty simple is in our
mudroom hallway.
As the nights become more chilly and the days do as well, I
like to keep a few things on the ready in our
mudroom.
No worries, I didn't spray the lacquer on in the
mudroom like this picture looks.
«Don't treat your
mudroom like an afterthought,» Rebekah says.
We initially contemplated using open baskets -LCB-
like those used in the showroom's
mudroom set up -RCB- to make it easy for the boys to find their belongings.
That
mudroom is absolutely adorable..., and I can't even say that I love toile..., and I do
like your chairs too, and the boots..., hmmmm, maybe I do love toile?!
I'm hoping when it comes to selling the house down the road another practical girl
like me who prefers laundry and
mudroom convenience to long soaks in a tub will want to buy it!
It looks
like they're getting close to tiling the
mudroom shower walls.
Soft Grey
Mudroom Paint Color: Farrow and Ball Purbeck Stone — adding holes in cabinets
like we see above is becoming very popular and it's great to add some ventilation inside the cabinets — especially in
mudrooms.
I'd
like to paint our laundry room /
mudroom next!
I particularly
like that it appears it's not in the traditional «
mudroom» space, but rather, on a chosen wall in the house.
If we proceed with a new laundry /
mudroom upstairs (click here to see that idea)
like we are currently dreaming about, this room would make a wonderful second kitchen someday as well as additional laundry facilities for our lower level (whether we rent out the lower level or just have room for friends and guests to come and stay and explore Seattle!).