From Hallway to Organized Mudroom
When I saw this party link, I felt like I had entered mudroom heaven. Check out what Megan of Honey We’re Home did to liven up the hallway entrance from her garage into a functional and beautiful mudroom!
It’s been quite a week for our little mudroom or mud “hallway”. My goal was to transform this transition space into something a bit cherrier since it’s the way we enter our home from the garage. We started with this:
Cleared the decks and began fresh:
Painted some stripes and inserted decorative storage baskets {Target $9.99} into the cubbies:
Made a no-sew bench seat and added a mirror {Hobby Lobby- $25 on sale}:
{mirror before a couple of coats of white spray paint}
And finally, adorned the bench with a few pillows made from scratch with my brand new sewing machine! I’ve never sewn before, so this is a new adventure for me. Be kind.
HOW TO SEW A PILLOW
I basically followed the tutorial by Janell at Isabella & Max Rooms, except I didn’t use a pillow insert, I used poly stuffing. And although I did iron my fabric before sewing, I didn’t iron the seams.
1. Lay the fabric inside out, use chalk to make an outline for where to sew, and secure with straight pins.
2. Sew your stitches leaving a 6-inch opening to insert the stuffing, trim the excess fabric.
3. Turn the fabric right-side out and stuff the pillow full being mindful of lumps.
4. Pin the final opening and handstitch closed while watching Top Chef.
After adding a few more pillows, our mudroom now looks like this:
And because I love a good “before” and “after”:
BEFORE
AFTER
Now that’s a space I’m happy to come home to! Have a great weekend y’all! I’ve got fall decor on my mind for the weekend, hmmm . . . .
Aren’t we all dreaming of a space like this for our own houses? I know I have it on my dream house list! What about you? What is your favorite part about the space?
Cassity Kmetzsch started Remodelaholic after graduating from Utah State University with a degree in Interior Design. Remodelaholic is the place to share her love for knocking out walls, and building everything back up again to not only add function but beauty to her home. Together with her husband Justin, they have remodeled 6 homes and are working on a seventh. She is a mother of four amazing girls. Making a house a home is her favorite hobby.
>Love it, love the fabric and the pillows!
>I love it when you can mix organization with good looks, nothing better.
>Thanks guys for featuring my mudroom! It's so exciting to see it here on your wonderful blog:)
>i love it, it looks amazing!
>I LOVE the stripes, turns basic into custom!!!
>Gorgeous! I too LOVE true befores and afters!!!
I loved your mud room b4 and then you took it up a few notches! Creative and colorful!! And happy!
Found you from FJI!
~Kolein
>I love love LOVE what you have done with your 'mudway' – it's amazing – what a transformation! And I too would love to come home to a space like this!
I can't wait to see anymore transformations that take place – thanks for sharing!
>LOVE Megan and LOVE her blog!
xo, cassie