French Country Mudroom

We just finished redecorating our mudroom. This is also where I craft, sew, scrapbook, wrap gifts, and do laundry.

We have reorganized the space so everything I need is in this room, and I don't have to take all my items for sewing or scrapbooking to the kitchen table (which my husband appreciates) or fold laundry on the sofa, or wrap gifts on the floor. Yes, I would often wrap gifts on the floor.

Here is what we did.  (I still need to add the black tile for the backsplash) . . . . .

 We redid the floor with checkerboard yellow and black Marmoleum tiles, and my wonderful painter husband, painted my oak cabinets red with many coats of paint. They are gorgeous, and I love them. We added the vintage chrome bin pulls and knobs from Rejuvenation and a black laminate counter because it was inexpensive and I really just wanted a craft counter that would be durable.

I blogged a few weeks ago about the curtain. It is a tablecloth that I made into a curtain. The tieback, which coordinates perfectly, was on a quilt I purchased for our family room. We added a white wood blind, and my window has a pretty view of our gardens.

We took out the old cabinet deep sink and 

put in this new vintage style wall mount deep sink.

I put a table runner on the washer and dryer, which just makes it look prettier.
{Yes, my washer and dryer are mismatched now that the dryer broke down this year, and it was only two years old ~ didn't see the need to buy a new washer when this one works great.}

My chair was a vintage find, already painted the perfect yellow; 
I just made the toile seat pad.

  

And, of course, added toile plates.

The Closet

The closet has bi-fold doors and a rod for hanging clothes from the dryer. The top shelf has drawers with my scrapbooking supplies and pretty French Country boxes for my craft supplies, paints and stamps.

A clothes hanger bag is used for storing rolls of gift wrap.

 

At the bottom is my, now vintage, sewing machine and roll out drawers full of ribbons and bows. I don't really like plastic storage, but it does keep everything dust-free, and I can just wheel it out of the closet.

The desk

The drawers on the left side of the desk hold scrapbooking projects, gift bags and everything else I need for gift wrapping. 

The right side of the desk holds a pull out ironing board and my sewing supplies.

 On the counter is a toile bucket with oil cloth for future sewing projects, some vintage yardsticks and patterns, and fabric for current sewing projects.

The french door exits to our family room.
I use the drawers by the door for future gift items, and the cupboard is a laundry chute.

There are many things I love about this space . . . the sink, the floor, my chair, red toile and my new red cabinets.

Thanks for visiting our mudroom.


~ Julie