All families need ways to keep kitchen and bath areas free of clutter and dirt. By creating a mudroom near a bathroom, children can shed clothes and shoes after sporting events. Adults who garden can take off muddy clothes or boots. By designating a mudroom to catch dirty clothes and shoes, you can help keep your bathroom and the rest of your home neat. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1. Create a mudroom as a place to shed dirty items and give them proper cleaning. Sketch a layout of the room to include a wooden bench to sit on for removing dirty clothing. Install a washer and dryer in this area as well. Include sinks for washing hands and dropping wet umbrellas. Install plastic bins for holding sporting equipment. Include at least three separate clothing hampers for sorting laundry.
2. Design the room to have a large utility sink at one end. The sink can be used to prewash extremely dirty clothes or gardening tools brought inside. Consider installing tile work on the walls and floor of the mudroom. Make the room itself easy to clean from every aspect.
3. Sketch plenty of shelves and cubbyholes in the mudroom. You will be able to store pet items, dishes, food and toys there. Make room for children's items and toys as well. Create hanging space for umbrellas and baseball bats. Hide junk with sliding doors to avoid an overly cluttered look.
4. Hide the mudroom by placing it beside a bathroom. Do not make the mudroom the entrance to the bathroom. Use floor space from an existing bedroom that is large. Or convert part of a walk-in closet in a bedroom into a mudroom. Figure out how you will keep the room neat by installing shelving, hangers and cabinets.
5. Build supply cabinets for children's items in lower sections of the room. Install supply cabinets for laundry detergent or supplies adults will utilize at a higher level in the room.
Tags: children items, clothes shoes, dirty clothes, Make room, supply cabinets
