Inspiring Mud Rooms

My Hometalk Clipboard of Mud Rooms

Last year, we helped a friend redo her mud room.  I shouldn't really say 'redo'.  It was more of an empty shell made into a beautiful, functional space for her family.

 

The best thing about the finished room is that she loves it, her family loves it, and it is a perfect place to hang coats and leave wet shoes.

 

 

Here was the 'before'.  Very, very rough...

 

 

We added a pantry on one side.  Later we added bi-fold doors here.

 

From a very rough cement slab to great looking tile on the floor.

 

 

A year later and it still looks beautiful. 



Recently I found several other mudrooms that I loved on the Hometalk website.  There is a ton of inspiration on there and a great group of people supporting each other.  I  learned how to create a 'clipboard' on the site and love how I can go back and access all of the posts that I find inspiring. 
 

 

 

 I'd love for you to check out my Hometalk Clipboard here:

My Hometalk Clipboard of Mud Rooms

 

As you'll see on my clipboard, I am quite partial to board and batten or beadboard on the walls, and crisp, white paint.  :)

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for your visit!

 

Pam

 

 

 

 

Board and Batten Project Part 3--It's Done!

We helped a friend redo her mudroom this fall.  This weekend I went out and took pictures of the finished room.  It looks amazing!

The latest additions are lots and lots of paint (oh boy there were a lot of edges and corners for her to paint!), new coat hooks and accessories that fit the style of her 100 year old house.

 

Here's a close up of the hooks she used.  They look like old doorknobs and were found at Hobby Lobby.

You can see where we started Part 1 HERE  and  Part 2 HERE.

Here's a little peek at where we started...

New ceilings, flooring, a new pantry, a new back door, a new window, a new bench, new shelving--everything is now clean, new and beautiful!!

 

It's her family's pass-through from the garage to the house, so it gets a ton of use.  I'd say it's holding up to the traffic quite nicely.

Thank you for your visit!

 

Pam

 

 

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Board and Batten up in the Mud Room--Part 2

 

 

Our friend's mudroom project is just about done!  She's spending all weekend caulking and painting.  And believe me, there's lots and lots of caulking and painting to do!  :)

 

 

When we started this project a few months ago, it began with her wanting to replace her back door.  It morphed into a complete overhaul of the room and it looks FAB!

 

You can see Part 1--The Pantry HERE

 

 

 

 

 New drop ceiling.



  New insulation. 

 

 

 

 

 New tongue and groove pine on the ceiling, new light fixture.

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

This room was an add-on to her 100 year old house.  The old window needed to be replaced.

 

This is the view out of that window...

 

 

Yes, that view should not be covered up! 

 

 

 

 

New tile, new window in, new moulding, new green paint.

 

 

 

 

The benches and shelf in process.

 

Dealing with a 100 year old house adds some extra work.  The original walls are made of sandstone.  To secure the benches, special anchors needed to be installed into the sandstone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Adding the board and batten using spacer blocks to make sure everything was even.

 

Making it work around the light switches.

 

 

 

 

The new tile floor.

 

 

 The new pantry on the other side of the room. 

 

 

 

 

Here's the new room prior to the final painting and before adding hooks under the shelf.  The best part is that she and her kids love it!

 

When it's all complete, I'll be sure to share more.

 

Thanks for your visit.

 

Pam

 

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From Back Porch to Fab Mud Room Part 1--The Pantry



 

 

 

We've been helping a friend for the past few months on her mudroom.  It started when she wanted to install a new back door.  We helped her pick one up and after spending the day with her, we were as excited as she was about the changes she wanted to make.  The best part was that she really wanted to learn how to do everything so she could make changes to other rooms later on. 

The room started off as pretty much just a room between the driveway and the house. 

 

 



She wanted a pine tongue and groove ceiling.  We added 2x4 supports and insulation prior to adding the tongue and groove.  We painted it with watered down white paint before hanging it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

She really wanted a stained concrete floor.  We worked and worked on it to prepare it for concrete, but it turned out that it was going to cost $850 and the guy wouldn't be able to come out for 6-8 weeks...  Onto PLAN B....

 

 



 

 Next came the pantry.  New doors,  new tongue and groove ceiling, lots and lots of shelves... 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We put everything in here yesterday and there's still a ton of extra room! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We found these knobs at Hobby Lobby.

 

 

The glass in the door looks beautiful with the sun hitting it.

 

 

 

 

 

 We have had so much fun helping her make this into a beautiful room.  Stay tuned for my next post on the rest of the renovation!

 

Thanks for your visit!

 

Pam

 

 

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