It's no secret that I have been coveting a mudroom since we moved into our house 2.5 years ago. The side entrance to our home opens to a space we have been calling the "breezeway". A rectangular outside-ish room with a door to our backyard, a door to the driveway and 2 windows that bring in a lot of light. I had dreams about turning that space into something awesome like this:
I found this picture on Pinterest, where this woman used pieces from IKEA to create her own mudroom storage:
So I copied the set up, went to IKEA, got all the pieces, put it all together (with Serg's help for the high stuff, lol) and here it is:
I put all the IKEA pieces together on Thursday afternoon and Friday morning I went on a hunt for hooks and baskets. I wanted the hooks to go all the way across the back but since it's an odd measurement between the two bookcases (47.25 inches), I decided to buy a piece of primed chair rail molding from Lowes, paint it, and find the hooks I like the most. I had my eye on these hooks from Pier 1 for a while and lucky me, since I needed 3 of them, they were 20% off yesterday!
The cushion for the bottom wall unit was the easiest thing in the whole process because I did not sew a thing, lol. I used this tutorial and my hot glue gun (my "Martha Stewart"like mother might be ashamed).
It took 2 days, a couple of screws, some cursing, and less than $350 to put it all together. And now I'm in love.
Labels: DIY, IKEA, mudroom, organization
