08/27/2026
Mudrooms 🥍👟🧃🐾🎒🥾📦🏀 the workhorse of the house. It is the drop zone! Shoes are kicked off, backpacks are spilling over, sports gear is everywhere and all the random stuff piles up. Not to mention it’s the first thing you see every morning and evening when you come home. Here are my 3 hot tips ➡️
1) Hide Everything.
Open cubbies look tidy in a showroom and cluttered in real life. I build in doors or drawer fronts so the mess disappears when the door closes, and I make the storage at least 18” deep so backpacks and gear actually fit inside, not just hang off the front.
2) Durable Flooring.
This is the room that takes the brunt of snow, mud, and dropped hockey sticks, so the floor needs to shrug it off. I reach for slate often: it’s tough, it hides dirt between cleanings, and it holds up to moisture better than most wood options.
3) Custom Baskets
Designing around a generic ‘basket-sized’ cubby is a gamble — if that exact basket gets discontinued, the whole layout falls apart. I stick to basket sizes I can consistently source, or skip the guesswork entirely with cabinets and heavy-duty drawers instead.
I hope one of these saves you from a mudroom mistake before it happens, these three fixes have saved my sanity more than once. If you’re thinking about a renovation or would like to learn more about working with me, I’d love to help. Start the conversation via the link in my bio.
