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 ...

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Don't stress if you don't have a mudroom. Designers share ideas for creating "drop zones" throughout your home to make your ...

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 ...

Yes, it’s a space to dump backpacks and stow shoes, but that doesn’t mean a mudroom needs to be mundane. Especially since, for many homeowners, the area is accessed through a side door that’s used as ...

Dear Colin: A mudroom is becoming a common addition to many newer home plans. In the past, the mudroom was located at the back door. Today, with our families so much more dependent on automobiles, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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“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, ...