Help me decorate my house.

[katfco]

Our new house (!! ) has a mudroom area, just off the front door. It used to be a laundry room, but they moved laundry downstairs and blocked off the hookups. The cabinets are pretty large, starting below eye-level. It leads off into a half-bath, and has a door for the garage. 

I'm going to need to put something there, otherwise it'll look empty. Plus, I want something that will look attractive and be functional for storage of daily things. Right now, they have a large shoe organizer. 

[katfco]

Plus, we need to repaint this room. It's supposed to be the formal dining room, but we're gong to use it as office. It's a connecting room between the white living room (likely going to have blue couches) and the light blue kitchen. I was thinking of maybe a complementary color, like cocoa with white trim? Kind of modernize it a bit. 

[chirpchirp]

For the mud room, I would want some kind of bench or chair. You could do a storage-type bench with a lift up seat or one that has cubbies underneath for shoes.

For the office, I personally dislike dark walls. Is the trim painted in the other rooms? If not, I think the white trim would look out of place.
I would stick with a light color for the walls and go darker with the curtains and wall hangings/pictures

[katfco]

May 3, 2017 19:30:01 GMT -5 chirpchirp said:

For the mud room, I would want some kind of bench or chair. You could do a storage-type bench with a lift up seat or one that has cubbies underneath for shoes.

For the office, I personally dislike dark walls. Is the trim painted in the other rooms? If not, I think the white trim would look out of place.
I would stick with a light color for the walls and go darker with the curtains and wall hangings/pictures

Trim is white in the kitchen. 

[Deleted]

For the mudroom I would put a bench with shoe storage underneath and hooks for backpacks/jackets.

For the office, I like the white trim idea and then maybe a gray? You could go a bit darker to complement the blues.

[fryjack2]

I'm hesitant to suggest a bench in the mudroom because those cabinets look pretty low and I foresee a lot of banged heads with a bench. Unless you make the bench slightly deeper than the cabinets.

Can you build a custom (or use shelving type things) cubbies? One for each person. Like this maybe?

rogueengineer.com/diy-mudroom-lockers-with-bench-plans/

[fryjack2]

I personally don't like dark painted rooms.

Is the wood in that room two different colors or do they match each other? I can't tell by the lighting. Is it all staying?

Maybe a light yellow? Like buttery yellow. Like this

www.lushome.com/25-ideas-dining-room-decorating-yelow-green-colors/113265

[katfco]

May 3, 2017 20:56:23 GMT -5 fryjack2 said:

I personally don't like dark painted rooms.

Is the wood in that room two different colors or do they match each other? I can't tell by the lighting. Is it all staying?

Maybe a light yellow? Like buttery yellow. Like this

www.lushome.com/25-ideas-dining-room-decorating-yelow-green-colors/113265

The furnishings are all going. The floor is light. 

I was hoping to have a connecting color between the white living room and the blue kitchen. Not a huge fan of yellow. 

[katfco]

May 3, 2017 20:52:01 GMT -5 fryjack2 said:

I'm hesitant to suggest a bench in the mudroom because those cabinets look pretty low and I foresee a lot of banged heads with a bench. Unless you make the bench slightly deeper than the cabinets.

Can you build a custom (or use shelving type things) cubbies? One for each person. Like this maybe?

rogueengineer.com/diy-mudroom-lockers-with-bench-plans/

I was thinking of putting a bench in the foyer, which is why I was trying to figure out what to do with this space. I'd love to just rip out the cabinets,and putting in something more custom, but that might take a while to get done. 

[fryjack2]

Cocoa like this room?

www.apartmenttherapy.com/post_152-178006

[fryjack2]

What about a bit of textured wall paper? The room is small enough to make it work without being overwhelming. This is gorgeous:

photos.hgtv.com/photos/viewer/grasscloth-wallpaper-/dining-room-with-shades-and-textures-of-blue

The deeper blue can tie in the light blue living room and the white kitchen together well.

[Deleted]

If you want just storage. Ikea has some good shoe storage units. I forget what the one we have is called but it doesn't take up much room and holds lots of shoes.

[katfco]

May 3, 2017 21:03:18 GMT -5 fryjack2 said:

Cocoa like this room?

www.apartmenttherapy.com/post_152-178006

Maybe the lighter one, but maybe even something like this: 



Or this (minus the naked lady painting):  

[fryjack2]

If you are planning to have shoe storage and bench in the foyer, this is a cute idea to occupy the space until you can do customs or whatever you ultimately want.

Maybe a cheap Ikea dresser or a CL dresser?

www.movoto.com/foundation/home-improvement-style/mudroom-ideas-10-brilliant-ideas-for-simple-storage-solutions/

[onehitwonder]

Even though you plan to have a bench in the foyer, I would still do a whole or a half bench in the mud room, especially if it has extra storage.

For the office, I like the cocoa idea, but also really like a medium blue/grey with white trim. The textured wall paper that fryjack2 posted looks really nice.