Mudroom refresh

After the hallway, N didn't waste any time fixing one of his biggest pet peeves about our house: shoe mountain.

And that pic above is *after* he organized/cleaned out the top few shelves.

Enter, shoe cubby. He built it with regular 1x12's from Home Depot.

Littles even got in on the sanding action.

Beadboard went in on the back, which he just cut to size then glued/nailed in, and we decided to go ahead and paint the entire built-in.

No concern about painting this wood. Beat up much?

After caulking, patching, sanding, and a coat of primer, here it is this morning after one coat of finish paint.

Lighter and brighter! Still needs final coat of paint, hardware (hooks, hooks, hooks!), and lots of baskets. :)

Looking in from the kitchen, remember the door that closed off these two spaces? We ditched it. (You can see it open in one of the pics above.) For how rarely we used it, it narrowed this space so much and made half of the built-in unusable that we decided we would be better off without it.

Finishing touches soon! Xo.