Make your mudroom or entryway a stylish spot in your home.
If we were being technical, we’d define a mudroom as a small space to remove dirty shoes.
Let’s change that.
Credit: Carmel Brantley; Styling: Matthew Gleason
With these beautiful mudroom ideas, you might make yourcluttered entrywayone of the most well-designed places in your home.
Explore these mudroom ideas for inspiration on how to transform your own space.
Built-in wooden cabinetry in our2023 Idea Housecreates a warm environment as you walk into the home.
Credit:Photo: Laurey W. Glenn; Styling: Matthew Gleason
The wooden accents complement the white and black walls and tiles, making sure the space feels inviting.
The entry table is from Jayne Thompson Antiques and adds a personal touch to the room.
Plants are another way to make a room feel cozier.
Credit: PHOTO: HECTOR MANUEL SANCHEZ; STYLING: BUFFY HARGETT MILLER
Add wall hooks for grab-and-go items, like coats, scarves, and hats.
Choose Unexpected Flooring
Clean lines, soothing colorsand oversized black-and-white tile?
Recreate the cabinetry’s calming hue with Farrow and Ball Pigeon.
Walls painted in Sherwin-Williamsâ Evergreen Fog (SW 9130) and terra- cotta pavers from Austin-based Clay Imports round out the mudroom.Credit:Cody Ulrich
Even with the multiple purposes, there is a clear aesthetic that keeps it looking clean and professional.
Embrace Fun Color
Would you dare paint your kitchen cabinets this mint-green hue?
Didn’t think so.
Credit: Photo: Laurey W. Glenn; Design: Bunny Williams
Consider painting your mudroom cabinetry a color you’d deem too risky in other parts of your home.
(This feature works equally well on a blank wall.)
The painted border on the floor incorporates both colors for an extra-custom touch.
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Hang Funky Wallpaper
No one would claim a mudroom is a glamorous place.
But there’s no reason you might’t make it one!
A great way to incorporate this is through the mudroomthis one is inside of a lake house.
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California designerRaili Clasenmoved to Lake Martin in Alabama and wanted to feel like she was truly living lakeside.
Use Furniture Instead Of Cabinetry
Who says mudrooms can’t incorporate your personality?
It’s an easy alternative to expensive cabinetry.
Credit: Hector Manuel Sanchez; Styling: Liz Strong
If you don’t have dogs, consider hanging vintage-style silhouettes of your children.
This mudroom has a built in countertop with an opening for a stool.
In herBirmingham home, shetransformed the hallwayalongside her kitchen into a combined mudroom, laundry room, and bar.
Credit: Laurey W. Glenn; Styling: Liz Strong
In this case, the globe light fixture helps define the benched area.
You’ll brighten your own day as you walk in and out of your home.
Add lighting above, so even in the evenings the gallery can be on display.
Credit: Marta Xochilt Perez; Design: Sarah Bartholomew; Styling: Page Mullins
Customize The Flooring
Can’t figure out a way to amp up the design in your space?
Take a look at the flooring.
These owners installed a custom penny tiling with a funny phrase, making the space unique and stylish.
Credit: Hector Manuel Sanchez; Styling: Page Mullins
The antique bench gives a lived-in effect and invites guests to sit to take off their shoes.
The pullout cabinets make it easy to put away when it’s not dinner time for your sweet pup.
Add A Wooden Wall
Have a beachy home?
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Consider planking the wall with light wood in your mudroom to give a sandy feel to the space.
Simply add hooks and a bench.
Make It Symmetrical
An easy way to add design to any space?
Credit: Photo: Jonny Valiant; Styling: Gena Sigala
In this mudroom from our 2019 Idea Home, matching hooks and shelves are installed on both sides.
A window in the middle adds lots of light to the space.
Similarly, the flooring has a unique border that continues the theme and adds interest.
Credit: Photo: Hector Manuel Sanchez; Styling: Buffy Hargett Miller
Install Playful Tile
You could go with the mudroom-standard beige square tile.
Credit: Robbie Caponetto; Styling: Kendra Surface
Credit: Photo: Laurey W. Glenn; Styling: Liz Strong
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Credit: Photo: Hector Manuel Sanchez; Design and Styling: Fran Keenan
Credit: Hector Manuel Sanchez
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Credit: Photo: Hector Manuel Sanchez; Styling: Buffy Hargett Miller
Credit: Laurey W. Glenn, Robbie Caponetto / Styling: Matthew Gleason
Credit: Laurey W. Glenn; Styling: Liz Strong
