mudroom done...

Okay, can you ever really be done with a room? There are still a few things to do like wire in the chandelier (and paint it) but we're moving on to the bathroom so it will probably happen next summer.

Be prepared for a monster picture post. If you are on dial up (is there anyone on dial up anymore?) I apologize.

Here are all the posts about the mudroom.
Click here to see the progress.

First I'm going to post the before pictures. I will warn you, it's not pretty. I can't believe I didn't do anything about the mudroom for these past 5 years. How did I live that way?

Looking from the back of the mudroom in toward the house.


From the back door.


The pantry that was taken over by my painting supplies. They are now housed in the garage.


This is the kids cleaning out the mudroom and depositing everything in the backyard.


The door before we replaced it with the new one.


Looking from the house into the mudroom.


Now the afters:

We replaced the floor, tore out sheet rock to showcase the ship-lap siding and bought new outdoor rugs.


There were huge holes here to the garage attic so Brian cut some old cabinet doors to fit. Notice the poor chandelier.


We put in a new door, new moulding, new stairs and a stair rail. Those birds are just vinyl decals. The gold picture frame is covering up a square hole that we didn't fix.


I know the furnace and water heater are super ugly here but there's nothing we can do about it. I though about painting them but decided I'd rather keep my sanity. You may be wondering why I didn't paint the brick on the chimney, well we are going to be taking it down and putting in a sink cabinet someday so I didn't waste my time.


The ugly gold mirror that Ava painted blue for me.


Here is a new picture of the door showing the curtain I made on the other side. Sorry it's so grainy but there is very little natural light in there and it's currently raining.


We had the shelves there but I painted the brackets my favorite blue and put a vinyl decal on the washer and dryer just for fun.


The mudroom sink had seen better days but we aren't going to replace it yet so Ava and I spray painted the bottom a cheery red.


I pretty much shopped the house for all this artwork. It's all Goodwill paintings. See the moulding along the bottom of the wall? That is justa 1"x4" that I stained walnut. Maddie and I installed all the baseboard ourselves and Brian and Maddie did all of the quarter-round on the celling.

Oh there's a lot of laundry in the basket - should have actually washed it before taking these pictures. Oh well, just keeping it real.


Brian made these lockers shortly after we moved in 5 years ago. We only had 5 kids then.


Our beautiful pantry full of canned goodness. I hope to add applesauce and home canned chili to the shelves. I painted them and layed some contact paper here and sewed some curtains trimmed in brown grosgrain ribbon. They are hiding canning pots. Goodbye painting supplies!


Our new window, window treatments made from a thrifted skirt, our new plastic bottle rug and the chair that will eventually be reupholstered.


Isn't this cool fabric?


So there is our mudroom/laundry room. I love it so much and don't mind doing laundry anymore! I'm working on redoing the living room and hallway so I'll share those pictures soon.

I had the cost break down on my computer but I think it got erased. I know I sold enough stuff on Craigslist and eBay to break even! We really only bought the floor tiles, new door, window and the washer/dryer, decals and rugs. Everything else I had here so it wasn't too expensive!

Sources:
Door and Windows: Lowes
Moulding: Restore
Commercial vinyl tiles: local flooring store
Paint: Mistints from Home Depot
Striped outdoor rug, was cheaper when I bought it: Overstock
Mad Mats plastic bottle rug, used coupon: Outdoor Rugs Only
Vinyl bird and tree decals: Etsy
Art work: Goodwill


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