Another area where I like to keep things pretty simple is in
our mudroom hallway.
Not exact matches
Maybe the doorknob of your front door is shaped as a strawberry, then there's a bicycle leaning against the wall in your
mudroom, a stoplight at the start of the
hallway, a box of chocolate on the kitchen table... and so on.
This view looking from the powder room towards the
hallway shows the space's close proximity to the
mudroom off the open kitchen.
Add extra storage to a
hallway,
mudroom or bedroom with this stylish Metal Coat Rack.
We turned our
hallway into a makeshift
mudroom where we can toss jackets and shoes too.
I can soooo picture one of these hanging in my
mudroom / back
hallway..
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.
While my
hallway wasn't the cutest area ever at the time, nor was it the big giant
mudroom space I dreamed of having, nothing has to be perfect in order to be functional.
I also planned a «command - central» hutch, but then decided to put that in the mud room (I added a
mudroom at the last minute instead of a mud
hallway).
We just renovated a house and turned an itty - bitty back
hallway with too many doors into a «
mudroom.»
To give you a quick reminder - we added a small
mudroom onto the existing entrance to our house - and what used to be the back entryway to our small home, became the
hallway that joins the old house with the addition.
Small Entryway
Mudroom: For the longest time, we struggled with our garage entryway
hallway: coats were always being left on the floor, shoes piled up, and there was nowhere to hang your purse.
We desperately needed a better organized entryway with a small
mudroom bench and coat hooks so we could use our narrow
hallway and it wasn't just a... Read More
, there is a
mudroom in the
hallway where the old laundry machines were, a new powder room at the end of the hall... and then the finishing touches to our family room, at last!
One of the rooms off of the
hallway is the family office /
mudroom.
They just drop it on a hook,» says Bunny, who installed six hooks and two cubbies that line the back hall — turning the
hallway into a bona fide
mudroom.
The transformation of our downstairs
hallway into a
mudroom last year was a huge improvement and it is the hardest working space in our house.
This space went from a sad and dreary
hallway to a bright and cheerful
mudroom, and I could not be more pleased with what I was able to accomplish on a very tight budget.
Then down short
hallway past my powder room and into the
mudroom.
Hooks on our plain white walls in our humble front
hallway are not as dreamy as a brand new
mudroom (complete with planked walls and built - in cubbies just inside our dream Dutch Door), but the hooks serve our needs and help organize our family nearly (well, almost) as well.