F/U: Mudroom / laundry room reno COMPLETE! PiPs

[YahYahs]

I posted a couple months ago asking advice on redoing our mudroom. It's 99% done now, so I wanted to share the before and after shots!

The reason for the reno  was because this room is the unofficial main entrance to the house (it's right off the driveway on the side of the house, whereas our front door is down a long sidewalk from the driveway). We've been in this house for 4.5 years and finally pulled the trigger to make the room a beautiful (well, WE think so...) entrance

No wall decor yet.  Still have a few minor touchups (like shoe molding, plumbing the sink, etc.).  Thanks for all of your suggestions!

The Before:
checkered vinyl flooring, wire shelving, utility tub, sand-textured beige walls, open coat rack, CLUTTER, and 1990s washer and dryer (the washing machine broke down in December, which started the process)



The After:

Multicolor "Slaty" slate-like porcelain tile floor



Standing at door, looking into kitchen:



New way to store our clutter! Custom design from Sawdust City.
Each family member has a locker with shelves and coat hooks; cubbies in center for extra shoe storage.
[the swirly black hooks in the top cubby are going to be hung over the beadboard on the other wall for guests to hang coats/bags]



Added crown molding! Custom-built planked wooden counter over laundry for folding space. 



Added beadboard and got a new doggy dish; wall color = Granite Gray by Glidden.



View from entrance; acrylic farmhouse sink was a fraction of the cost of real porcelain/fireclay ones!  Custom laundry drain pan built into the floor instead of the drain pan we used to have (finished basement under this room). Still need knobs on the sink cabinet.


Closeup of granite before caulking - color = Steel Gray. It was a remnant, so saved us a little money there.


New light (I didn't get a pic of the old one, but it was a builder-grade white glass dome, no details to it)




Thanks for looking!

[heyney]

Looks fantastic!

Where did you get your sink? Looking for one for my kitchen.

[cjeanette]

Looks awesome!

[YahYahs]

May 16, 2014 14:11:24 GMT -5 heyney said:

Looks fantastic!

Where did you get your sink? Looking for one for my kitchen.

Thanks!!

We ended up getting it from Wayfair.com after lots of price-stalking, but it's sold lots of places.  It's this sink: www.wayfair.com/CorStone-Advantage-Series-33-x-20.75-Primrose-Apron-Front-Single-Bowl-Undermount-Kitchen-Sink-37-COQ1033.html
Comes in a million colors.  I can't speak to how well it holds up for a high-use area like a kitchen, but for laundry room purposes and just overall looks, it's definitely great for us.

[lightbulbsun]

That looks fantastic!

[texassmith]

I love it!

[ktzmoh]

I can not even look at this without going crazy with jealousy. Nice work!

[YahYahs]

Thanks, everyone! I am very happy with how it turned out, and I love the functionality. I do question the granite color - it's a lot grayer than it shows in the pics, which is a good thing, but it might still be too dark against all that white, and there's a lot more brown in the floor than I imagined, so we could have gone with like a brownish shade instead. I would have loved a gray-blue granite, but it was too hard to match our washer/dryer. But overall, I still love it

[raangoli]

That looks great! Where did you get the light fixture? I feel like I've seen it before, but I've looked at so many now that I can't place it (or similar ones).

[stever]

Very nice. Great work!

[TBM]

May 16, 2014 14:53:42 GMT -5 YahYahs said:

Thanks, everyone! I am very happy with how it turned out, and I love the functionality. I do question the granite color - it's a lot grayer than it shows in the pics, which is a good thing, but it might still be too dark against all that white, and there's a lot more brown in the floor than I imagined, so we could have gone with like a brownish shade instead. I would have loved a gray-blue granite, but it was too hard to match our washer/dryer. But overall, I still love it

I think the gray granite looks good in there.  It is a nice grounding feature with all of that white.

[lolobeth802]

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[magdala]

Gorgeous!

[Laura Palmer]

Very nice!

I especially love the paint color.

[YahYahs]

May 16, 2014 15:37:17 GMT -5 raangoli said:

That looks great! Where did you get the light fixture? I feel like I've seen it before, but I've looked at so many now that I can't place it (or similar ones).

Home Depot!


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[mrsc23]

Looks amazing! You did a great job!

[ruthie7532]

It looks really good! Strong work!

[salliekate]

That looks amazing! So jealous!

[pitterwoo]

So nice!

[FoxInFiji]

What a big change! It's gorgeous.

[Ramz-ee]

Love! And I love the floor tiles. Where did you get them from?

[prazenjc]

Great update!

[bearkatjen]

Fantastic, especially the tiles and storage. I really need the foyer in my house to be practical (a place to put jackets and bags, but I hate how junky it makes the area. A custom piece might be just the solution I've been looking for. Thanks for sharing.

[boiler717]

Beautiful!

[YahYahs]

May 17, 2014 8:27:50 GMT -5 Ramz-ee said:

Love! And I love the floor tiles. Where did you get them from?

Thank you! The tile is from a local place called Mosaic. It was just called "Slaty Multicolor."

[YahYahs]

May 17, 2014 12:31:27 GMT -5 bearkatjen said:

Fantastic, especially the tiles and storage. I really need the foyer in my house to be practical (a place to put jackets and bags, but I hate how junky it makes the area. A custom piece might be just the solution I've been looking for. Thanks for sharing.

I originally saw the locker concept at Pottery Barn, but they were not solid wood and 4 of them were about $2400.  I just couldn't spend that much on something that wasn't even real wood. Then I found this company, Sawdust City, online when searching for mudroom lockers. They're based in the midwest (so, made in the US) and the lockers are solid knotty pine. Not everyone's cup of tea, but I loved it. You can get them in any color imaginable with either a distressed look like we did or solid paint.  4 lockers plus the extra stack of cubbies in the middle cost only $1100 because they were running a 25%-off sale.  They even asked how we'd have them arranged and took care of drilling the holes for us so that we could attach them to each other as well as to the wall. I highly recommend them!

[housegeek]

Gorgeous!

[barefootcontessa]

May 18, 2014 7:46:17 GMT -5 YahYahs said:

May 17, 2014 12:31:27 GMT -5 bearkatjen said:

Fantastic, especially the tiles and storage. I really need the foyer in my house to be practical (a place to put jackets and bags, but I hate how junky it makes the area. A custom piece might be just the solution I've been looking for. Thanks for sharing.

I originally saw the locker concept at Pottery Barn, but they were not solid wood and 4 of them were about $2400.  I just couldn't spend that much on something that wasn't even real wood. Then I found this company, Sawdust City, online when searching for mudroom lockers. They're based in the midwest (so, made in the US) and the lockers are solid knotty pine. Not everyone's cup of tea, but I loved it. You can get them in any color imaginable with either a distressed look like we did or solid paint.  4 lockers plus the extra stack of cubbies in the middle cost only $1100 because they were running a 25%-off sale.  They even asked how we'd have them arranged and took care of drilling the holes for us so that we could attach them to each other as well as to the wall. I highly recommend them!

wow.  great price.  I am going to look into this. 

[my4girls]

That looks amazing!

[barefootcontessa]

May 18, 2014 7:46:17 GMT -5 YahYahs said:

May 17, 2014 12:31:27 GMT -5 bearkatjen said:

Fantastic, especially the tiles and storage. I really need the foyer in my house to be practical (a place to put jackets and bags, but I hate how junky it makes the area. A custom piece might be just the solution I've been looking for. Thanks for sharing.

I originally saw the locker concept at Pottery Barn, but they were not solid wood and 4 of them were about $2400.  I just couldn't spend that much on something that wasn't even real wood. Then I found this company, Sawdust City, online when searching for mudroom lockers. They're based in the midwest (so, made in the US) and the lockers are solid knotty pine. Not everyone's cup of tea, but I loved it. You can get them in any color imaginable with either a distressed look like we did or solid paint.  4 lockers plus the extra stack of cubbies in the middle cost only $1100 because they were running a 25%-off sale.  They even asked how we'd have them arranged and took care of drilling the holes for us so that we could attach them to each other as well as to the wall. I highly recommend them!

can you comment on how the shipping works? and cost?  were they easy to set up?  I assume they are attached to the wall.