Let’s. We’re thinking: polished concrete floor instead of tile? And definitely a bench with storage above?
This green with cedar shelves - winner.
Slate floors - boo. Transom and side lites - yes, yes, yes.
As it stands, we don’t have enough space out there, so we’re also thinking: push the wall of the mudroom out five feet. The benefit is a much bigger mudroom and an attached garage. The drawback is, more work, I guess? It’s been a long time since I framed a wall, but I assume that’s a skill that comes back to you.
Here’s the amount of room we have to work with between the mudroom and the garage – maybe 5-6′, which would double the width of the room. Oh, summer – I miss you.
Whatever you do, I suggest this little trick: we saw a photo where someone had used plastic dishpans to put their shoes & boots in, under a bench. We got some dishpans (instead of those expensive boot mat things) this year, and they have been fantastic – I think you get as much snow as us, so I’m sure you can appreciate it. Sometimes there would be almost an inch of water in the pan after boots melted! There’s no way we could put boots on a nice wooden shelf like some of the photos.
Sarah – Martha Stewart will see your boot pans, and raise you a layer of river rocks in the bottom (so that your boots don’t have to sit in their own filth.)
Oh Martha – good idea, but then you probably have to take the rocks out every time you dump it, rather than my lazy “whip it out the door” method. ps – how are the stairs coming? That’s a tedious, nasty project. I bet they’re looking, great, though.
You should take a couple of thumb tacks and stick them into your house and the garage at the same height. As the frost comes out of the ground, measure both tacks height every few days. You will soon see that if the two (House and garage) were attached you would have some problems. The house is sitting on a foundation that has footings extending below the frost line. Your garage is probably sitting on a whole 4″. This makes the two of them move at seperate rates. Just something to think about before jumping in.
Good morning I saw the mudroom pic above, it looks like an olive green and butter yellow walls with a wood stained glass door. Can you tell me how you got that look, I am trying to replicate the colour and look of the mudroom i.e. walls, door and cabinets and would appreciate your help. Also the knobs and hooks can you tell me what colour and where you purchased them….thank you, Raihana and Brian