Mudroom Inpiration

We plan to turn our sunroom into a mudroom some day, and I have been browsing for inspiration photos since Meredith sent me one last week. This photo is probably closest to what I have been imagining, with some tall cabinetry (with doors) to store brooms and other messy stuff, as well as a bench, hooks and cubbies to store cute little boots, coats and mittens.

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I love the dark stained bench seats and change in bench heights in this room. We will only have about 7' to work with (our sunroom is about 10' long, but the 3' door needs to open on one end), so we do not have this much space to work with.

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This space has a nice clean look, but I think we need more storage than this (i.e. cubbies above the hooks). I think it would be great if we could make it so that shoes/boots can just slide underneath the bench. We have hardwood floors though, so winter boots might be an issue (but they would be an issue for cubbies too, right?).

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V-groove panelling appears to be popular in mudrooms (see Chris K's current project for another example). I think the door is my favourite part of this room though.

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I saved this photo over two years ago and still like the look, but the dividers between the "lockers" would reduce the size of the space a bit, and the wood for the cubbies could be a bit thicker.

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Sidenote: I love this last guy's work (wish he posted to his blog more); the bay window seat from this blog also served as inspiration for the back portion of Mackenzie's window seat (there is additional storage underneath the bench behind the cubbies).