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If you’re lucky enough to have a mudroom in your home, you may be wondering how to make the most of it. As primarily utilitarian storage areas, mudrooms aren’t necessarily known for being the most ...

Mudrooms have been a staple of large houses, especially in climates with plenty of rain and snow. But increasingly, a mudroom has become a design essential even for apartment dwellers and those with ...

“Mud” and “style” are words that don’t typically go together. But in terms of a mud room, there’s plenty of room for discussion about how to create stylish, yet useful, space in your home. A mudroom ...

The mudroom may be your home’s busiest entry, so give it a little design love. (Kate Osborne Photography for Studio McGee) A mudroom is meant to help keep the rest of a home’s interior clean and ...

The mudroom is the place you leave all your messes (tangible or not). It is a place where you put on and take off your dirty shoes. It’s the place where you keep all your outdoor accessories — scarves ...

For many of us, a mudroom constitutes the family “drop zone,” a space that’s entered from the garage or the front door that’s separate from the entryway, where keys, bags, mail, and shoes (especially ...

When builders brought mudrooms back into modern home design, they weren’t mucking around. Today’s multi-purpose mudrooms are mired in versatility. Just like the old back porch of days gone by, a ...

Mudrooms are the buffer zone between the outdoors and your home. If done well, they should be able to contain the dirt and snow dragged in after skiing, mountain biking, climbing, or any of the ...

“A functional mudroom needs to offer many different types of storage for a variety of items,” says Claire Paquin, founder and principal of Clean Design Partners in Scarsdale. “Closed-cabinet storage, ...