Here I am at the ‘end’ of my mudroom makeover! There are always little things left to do, but for now, here she is. The best compliment I got was from my husband who said, ‘this is my favorite project so far’ – which is HUGE since he mostly just rolls his eyes at me when I work on projects (and especially this one since it required an electrician and a carpenter to install a header in the load bearing wall!).
See the last pictures for the real life use of the space! I think we all know that even if I tried to make it look pretty with a boxwood wreath and a barn wood sign, that would be a lie. I did not put in a mudroom closet to be pretty. I put in in because four kids means lots of coats and shoes and the closets were not cutting it! Also, how much do you love that 1970s doorbell?!
Let’s start with a quick before picture. The two closets, while a nice idea by the home builder, were WAY TOO SMALL to handle a family of six. The closet on the right is so narrow I could not even fit a vacuum in it. And when the doors were opened, forget about getting by or two people in the area at the same time.
The floors are made out of the $1.60 fence posts at Home Depot. They come really rough, but a good sanding and some stain and they made the perfect farmhouse floor underneath!
The baskets can be found here! Since I always have a story, here is the basket story! I went to Target and they had three of these ringing up at $4 each, just a weird random glitch I guess, not marked for clearance. So I rushed over to another Target that had a bunch in stock and took them to customer service and asked if they would match the price I just paid (I showed them the receipt). He said, sure! until he found out I wanted six of them, lol! He was such a nice guy and passed on the savings to me. So now I have this lovely way to display lots of hats and gloves and rain jackets!
Real Life
Cover that missing tile with a rug. Done. I did find some extra tiles in the attic, but that is a project for another day when I learn how to use a tile saw. This beadboard was $10 on Craigslist, and with a little bit of creativity I was able to use them all up and not buy any more!
I used the same trim that is found on two archways in our house. This simple addition makes the closet look like it was here the whole time.
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