Just off an internal courtyard, a mudroom provides a prime place to keep sneakers. Each family member has their own shelf, backlit by windows that illuminate every pair.

The entry features a custom-made floating bench. Hooks were added for convenience, as the mudroom would be the main point of entry after a day spent on the slopes.

A covered boardwalk connects the mudroom and guest bedroom structure (left) to the gathering pavilion with the living room, kitchen, and dining area (right). The boardwalk in the foreground leads to the primary bedroom cabin.

The modern breakfast area also serves as a mudroom with plenty of shoe storage under the window seat.

The screen extends down to the basement mudroom.

Dorchester Interior Mudroom/Lockers

Mudroom hallway

The mudroom, outfitted in custom oak millwork, connects the garage to the entry hall.

view to mudroom from landscape stair

At the entry, a glimpse of the mudroom with the vertical-slat sliding door open.

A live edge bench, harvested from the site, balances the carved door of the bathroom on the opposite end of the entry/mudroom.

The new basement level now serves as an entryway, and includes an 'urban mudroom.'

A large mudroom provides a practical space for changing and storing winter gear.

A utilitarian mudroom features built-in storage, ski boot warmers, and a solid wood bench.

A small bathroom is tucked away near the mudroom, hidden behind a pocket door.

The owners were looking to add a functional mudroom which would include lots of storage.

The staircase in the mudroom is made of raw steel kickplates and treads created from locally harvested sugar maples.

This reconfigured Craftsman home in Portland, Oregon, designed by Beebe Skidmore Architects, includes a highly functional mudroom. The exterior siding and windows were kept in place to reference the house’s previous incarnation. Built-in cabinetry with exposed plywood edges and laminate fronts are now up to the task of handling the family’s gear. The mudroom has sight lines to the family nook at the back corner.

By reconfiguring the main areas, the designer was able to incorporate a mudroom area with custom bamboo built-ins.

Located next to the garage, the multipurpose mudroom houses the laundry and office space and serves as a transition zone into the home.

The Opencase Wall System works in many different rooms, such as mudrooms and studies, making wall space elegantly functional.

The cabin's mudroom also houses a wood storage facility to help keep the fire burning on cold Norwegian nights.

Mudroom

The mudroom is an essential stop for the family after skiing and other outdoor excursions. Lockers provide neat storage for all their gear.

Mudroom hooks handmade from cedar.

View from the kitchen looking towards rear yard and mudroom. Hidden doors conceal access to the powder room and the mudroom and its access to the rear deck, yard and parking, placing greater priority on the relationship between interior and exterior living spaces. Chair: Bonaldo Blazer Lounge Chair Lamp: Cattelan Italia Lampo

The mudroom offers plenty of built-in storage, which was essential for the family with young children. The bold panoramic wallpaper is Forêt Noire by Nathalie Lété for Moustache.

For this mudroom, designer Sarah Latham mixed a black, stainless-steel finish on the exterior with a white bronze dark finish inside.

"Kasey and Nick brought their own voice through some of the specific interior finishes, such as the flooring in the mudroom and the wonderful wallpaper in the kids’ bathroom," explains Hutchison.

The glass landing beneath the library in the stairwell allows for constant natural light into the once-dark mudroom. The entry hall leads directly to the kitchen.

Mudroom

The living spaces are designed to remain clutter-free and open toward the view. Services, including the mudroom, laundry, and family bathroom, are located in a separate wing to the rear of the home.

A hidden mudroom near the stairs boasts the same moody teal as the kitchen, tying the entire home together while still maintaining separate functional spaces.

The residents decided to convert a koi pond on the property into a petite pool. Next steps for the renovators are updating the kitchen and increasing its size by expanding it into the mudroom and laundry room.

An entrance hallway is the first space you enter in a home, but it can also serve the very important function of acting as a drop-off station or mudroom for keys, shoes, and coats.

Compact mudroom off the front entry offers storage and recessed drawers for mail and all the things you'll likely to lose (including your keys!)