Turn an ordinary entry closet into an extraordinary mini mud-room. I love home decor ideas and making this space was so much fun! Take a look!
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Let me show you the before pictures…
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WARNING:
This picture has some disturbing images 😉
WHAT A MESS!
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Here is what happened next:
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I cleaned the closet. I didn’t just take the things OUT and put them on top of a table. With the help of my kids {love them} we found a place for everything… At this point I was thinking WHY didn’t I do this before? Look how much better it looks already.
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I painted the entire closet whitest white. Nothing like a perfect clean canvas.
My original thought was to stenciled the wall and painted on yellow with navy blue accessories…
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So after consulting with the experts { my Facebook readers } I made the stencil and as soon as I started transferring it to the wall I knew this was not it…
I liked it but I didn’t love it!
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My kids however had a blast playing with the vinyl…
{Anni was the designer}
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So I took it out and I went with my favorite pattern:
the old classic stripes.
I measure and taped 10″ stripes on the wall.
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Then it was time to paint. I used a small foam Dollar $tore disposable roller.
I love them! They come in packages of two. Not bad!
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This gray is PERFECTION!
It is made by Olympic and you can find it at Lowes.
The name of the paint is Quilt { D16-2 }
I like to use semigloss for my walls { I have kids } and Olympic ONE { Pain+PRIMER in ONE}
Next morning the closet was ready to be truly transformed.
Instead of a built-in I was lucky to find an unassembled bench at Target that was just one inch smaller that the closet… Just perfect! So all I had to do was to put it together.
This is how it looked after 25 minutes of work…
I am not a man I read the instructions!
What a difference!
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I made a SIMPLIFY vinyl stencil to remind us all to never let the mess come back! You know what to do here…
Apply it, Paint it, Peel it off!
Enjoy!
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Time to HAVE FUN!
Because the gray was so incredibly clean and perfect I could have accessorized this closet in pretty much any color: yellow, red, turquoise, green…
But I love neutrals, you can check later my Neutralicious Pinterest Board for beautiful spaces decorated in neutral colors. These are the elements I used:
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PILLOWS
I made these pillows a while ago… and I love them both.
Click HERE for the Flower Pillow TUTORIAL.
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BOOKS
As I was working on the closet I thought this could be a cute little reading nook area.
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STORAGE BASKETS
Here my children can put their little shoes… I added their names to the baskets using vinyl.
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And these other baskets are perfect for library books and other school materials.
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I was done…
I have to say that we love this small space. It is peaceful and inviting and yes my children LOVE to snuggle in there and read their books….
From Ordinary…
To EXTRAORDINARY?
What do you think?
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Here are some other Home Decor Ideas that you may love!
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Desiree
I love that you made it a reading nook!!! You forgot the light though! Bet you could find those battery operated touch lights and they would be perfect! Jumping over from Frugalicious Me to say hello! Newest follower. 😀 Come and visit my Zoo when ya have a second, we love stalkers, I mean, followers!! LOL
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Hmmm… a light? I like that!
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Peggy
It’s gorgeous! I love the neutrals! I really love that you shared an honest before picture that was a mess:) (Found you at Handy Man, Crafty Woman)
Major improvement! Thanks for linking to Wicked Awesome Wednesday!
Hey! Thank you for taking the time to stop by and check it out!
I am inspired by your mudroom! Also, what color is on the wall on the outside? It looks like the loveliest shade of cream…
Wow!!! This is fantastic! Great job. Carrie
Thank you Carrie!
I just love this. So beautiful and simple. I am a huge lover of stripes so when I caught a sneak peek of this I had to pop over and see all the details. Very well done!
Your mini mudroom looks lovely! So fresh and vibrant. I reorganized our coat closet not too long ago and sometimes open the door just to look in and smile lol.
Great job!!
Really beautiful! Makes me want to stripe something 🙂
…I am warning you after I did this closet I want to stripe every room 😉
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