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New Mudroom Area!

Written by Cassity

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I need to start this post with the caveat that while I REALLY love my house, like I can’t imagine moving ever, I have a confession, there isn’t a single actual closet on the whole first floor.  Yes that includes the bedrooms!!  A SAD truth!
 
We have been slowly adding built in cabinets that act as closets, but there still isn’t a linen closet, a coat closet,  a mudroom or an actual laundry room (okay that is in a “closet”).  So, while technically we don’t live in a small house (its 2800 square feet, a good size but not huge) it is very short on storage and organization.  With two school aged kids, not having a coat closet or mudroom is NOT ideal.  My girls tend to enter at the front door, which is basically walking right into our living room.  We don’t even have an entry area, so we’ve had to get creative for a relatively small space.  Which is just a 6 foot wall behind the front door, that is visible from the kitchen, living room, and dining room!  Which means it has to have good hidden storage but I also don’t want a big armoire that competes with the open feeling of the space.
 
We used to have a console table in our entry, that you can see here, but I have to admit it was just a junk catcher, and overall useless with no storage at all.  And, although I still LOVE the table itself we decided that it would have to find a new home.
 
Great DIY mudroom area for small entry with Better Homes and Gardens at Walmart @remodelaholic
 
 
For this project, I partnered with the Better Homes and Gardens line at Walmart, and would like to thank them for sponsoring me.  I got to scour the website for great products and visited a couple local Walmart stores, and I really found some great things!!
Creating a mudroom bench @remodelaholic (1 of 1)

The design inspiration came from an image in my head (sorry its been a few years since I’ve seen it on pinterest- so I can’t show it to you) anyway, the picture had storage bins on casters.   So, when I saw these large galvanized bins for only 12.44!!  I know, the price is amazing!  I decided they would be perfect for cute AND functional storage!  (I’ll have a step by step tutorial for you soon)  Today I am going to reveal the space and what I used.

Creating a mudroom bench @remodelaholic (2 of 13)
We already had pictures on the wall.  These are 50 year old frames from my grandpa’s house and I LOVE them, so there is no way I am taking them down.  Funny story, when we were photographing our last house before we moved, I asked my husband to draw something new to put in these frames and I needed them yesterday…   So, at 2:00 in the AM in the morning, he drew these fast sketches from pictures of a family portrait session and I LOVE the looseness and artistic feeling of them.  Bless him, he is a keeper!   Anywho, they are one of my favorite things in my whole house, so I decided not to even touch them.  But the size of the frames did dictate the size of the furniture beneath.   So finding something pre-made was causing some issues. 

Instead of the console table, we realized that we needed a bench for sitting down and putting on shoes or sorting through your bin.  I really love this bench, but it wasn’t quite long enough and too long to have two.   We actually tested out the space (which you can see on our instagram) with some existing benches, but the 4′ foot benches were too short along and too long with 2.  Since we wanted the bench to be wider that the frames above (the console table had been equal and it never quite looked balanced to me) we decided to go ahead and build a bench to the exact size we needed, and we will have building plans for the bench soon the building plan and video tutorial is here.  I feel like having the bench be wider helped the lower portion of the space to feel grounded.   

Once the bench was built and the bins were all decked out, with casters and numbers (so each person has an assigned bin) the fun part was just adding a bit of softness. 

Creating a mudroom bench @remodelaholic (4 of 13)

 

We did that with a throw, a few pillows and the rug.  I loved the texture of the neutral diamond pillows and the shine of the gold metallic square pillows (the gold spot are actually sewn on embroidery, and very pretty!) the tribal pillow is one I have kicking around the house that i threw in for color, so if you want something similar they did that this cute southwestern Diamonds pillow that is very similar.  The throw is actually a twin size cotton blanket, in soft silver I like bigger throw blankets when we are hanging out watching movies, so I just went for a bigger blanket since I feel like it will have more uses!  Finally we added a rug, and I REALLY like the cream floral vine rug, it is neutral, really soft and well UNDER $100!

Creating a mudroom bench @remodelaholic (11 of 13)

 

Get this look!

Click on the image and it will take you to the item on Walmart.com.

Gold Metallic Square Pillow
Great bench Alternative 4-Cube Organizer
Cotton Blanket

Cream Floral Vine Olefin Area Rug
Decorative Pillow with Natural Diamonds
Large Galvanized Bin, Silver

Another Great Bench Alternative, Mercer Dining Bench
Southwestern Diamonds Decorative Pillow
Large Black Frame

 

** Thanks again to Better Homes and Gardens at Walmart for partnering with me on this post.  All opinions are 100% my own. 
 
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Published: July 18, 2016Filed Under: *Our Projects, Birch House, Informative, Mood Boards, Sponsored Tagged: entry, Entry Hall, entryway, mudroom, mudroom ideas

About Cassity

Cassity started Remodelaholic with her husband, Justin, to share their love for knocking out walls together. She is an interior designer, wife, and mother of two. She and Justin have remodeled three homes from top to bottom and are working on their fourth. Making a house a home is her favorite hobby.


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Comments

  1. Jenny McArthur says

    July 18, 2016 at 7:41 am

    Looks wonderful! Great combination of textures and colors. Lots of eye candy and functionality, too!

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    • Cass says

      July 18, 2016 at 3:23 pm

      Thank you, Jenny! That means a lot coming from you and your beautiful sense of style!

      Reply
  2. Debbie says

    July 18, 2016 at 9:55 am

    Oh my goodness, I love it all! Those metal bins are perfect!

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    • Cass says

      July 18, 2016 at 3:22 pm

      Thanks, Debbie!

      Reply
  3. mary beth at MBZ interiors says

    July 20, 2016 at 12:13 pm

    Kids and bins go together like peanut butter and jelly, right? I love it! (we have itty bitty closets in our 1940 home so I know what you’re going through).

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    • Cass says

      July 25, 2016 at 10:41 am

      Thanks, Mary Beth!

      Reply
  4. Mrs. Awkwardly Elegant says

    July 26, 2016 at 7:33 am

    I can totally relate to little or no storage space. We live in a small farm house that is over a hundred years old. And while we love it – we are definitely always trying to think of new creative ways to add additional storage that is both functional and beautiful. You definitely succeeded in both those areas! I will be attempting to update our laundry room to create more storage in the near future – thanks for the post!

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    • Cass says

      July 26, 2016 at 11:31 pm

      Thank you for the kind comment!

      Reply
  5. Kaiti says

    August 7, 2016 at 2:36 pm

    This looks great – would you mind sharing the cut list for the sizes (and type) of the wood? I’m going to try and make one of these.

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    • Cass says

      August 8, 2016 at 11:08 pm

      We’ll have all that info coming up soon! Be sure your subscribed on social media or email, whatever your preference, so you’ll be notified when we post it. Thanks!

      Reply
  6. Lolly Jane says

    August 10, 2016 at 10:53 pm

    Clever storage, Cass! LOVE it!

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    • Cass says

      August 10, 2016 at 11:30 pm

      Thank you!

      Reply
  7. Jacek says

    August 25, 2016 at 7:46 am

    Those texture pillows look beautiful. I love the way that you combine such pillows with the bench, the painting frame and the roof, they goes well with each other-all wooden nature This corner looks peaceful and warm after all.

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    • Cass says

      August 26, 2016 at 9:44 am

      Thanks, Jacek!

      Reply
  8. Daina says

    January 9, 2017 at 9:24 pm

    Hello! This looks wonderful. I was trying to find the cut list and instructions, are they posted anywhere?

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    • Cass says

      February 6, 2017 at 8:48 pm

      Yes, we finally got them posted 🙂 https://www.remodelaholic.com/diy-2×6-bench-mordern-waterfall-bench-tutorial/

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