I just wanted to share with you what my husband has made for the “mud” part of our laundry room.

We were wanting a place for the boys to store their shoes (out of site, of course!) and hang their coats and backpacks.

We currently have a little shoe box in the garage to “hide” the boys’ shoes.   I got it from my sister-in-law who used to use it as a toy box.

Unfortunately, their shoes don’t always make it in the box.

And I have been noticing lately that as their shoes keep getting bigger, there seems to be less room in the box.  Go figure!

So for our laundry room, I wanted to have a similar type storage for their shoes…just a little bit bigger.

We decided to make a bench with storage that stretched across the side wall of our laundry room.

So I videoed what my hubby was working on last night and today.  I am sorry the camera work is a little amateur, but hey, I’m an amateur! :)

Here is the hubster to explain what he has done so far…

So let me know what you think we should do to the ceiling, k?

We still have a long way to go, but I love seeing how it is all taking shape.  It’s going to be a great addition to our home.

Have a blessed day!

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I’ve been surfing around the internet to find some pictures to inspire me as we  work on creating a mud/laundry room in our garage.

One of my favorite places to find great pictures is Houzz.com.

Here are some pictures I found there…

I love the lanterns and light fixture in this one.  I am hoping to get a lantern-style light fixture to hang in our laundry room.  I also like the brown baskets in this picture…

The next picture reminds me that I want to try and add a chalkboard somewhere in the mud/laundry room.  It will be a great way to leave messages for each other on busy days…

(ckinteriors)

The picture below is gorgeous.  I love the green color of the cabinets.  I wish I knew how to do this type of paint treatment, but I am sure my cabinets would look like Kermit the Frog threw up on them!

I am going to stick with my “go to” colors…khaki, black, and white.  :)

I am planning on adding corbels under the shelving where the boys will hang their coats.  It will coordinate with the corbels I have in my kitchen shelving.

I like all the storage baskets in the next picture.  Plus the extra space for hats, balls, and gloves.  We have a LOT of sports equipment in our house to say the least!  :)

The following picture is my all time favorite.  I am using it for most of my inspiration.  We are planning on building a bench seat that will lift up for the boys to store their shoes in.  I am wanting to stain the bench a dark walnut color.  We will also be doing a board and batten treatment in the laundry room.  I have been wanting to do this somewhere in my house for a long time.  I know I will love it.  My hubby is also going to build shelving above the coat hooks to put baskets for gloves, hats, scarves, and such.

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My husband has been working his tail off on our new laundry/mud room!

I am amazed at how much that man can get day in one day.

On Saturday around noon, he was working on the plumbing.

I asked him if I could take a quick video on my phone of what he had done so far.

He agreed.  {sweetness}

This is his first video debut on Beneath My Heart!

He has done a whole lot more since I took this video.  I hope to share it with you soon.

I will see you tomorrow for Wednesdays with Wanda!

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I thought I should share an update on the house situation.

We still haven’t signed a contract on the “new” old house that we are hoping to buy.  It’s a long story, so I won’t bother you with it. :)

And we still haven’t sold our home.  Actually, we’ve only had one “looker” since we put it on the market.

We are not really surprised, and luckily, we are not in a hurry to sell.

I am actually  hoping to be here at Christmas.  This will be our 7th Christmas in this home, and we have so many wonderful memories!

So as we are waiting…waiting to buy a house and sell a house, we are making some needed updates and improvements to our home to hopefully help it sell.

One problem that we have with our house is our laundry room.  It is located in our master bedroom that used to be the family room.

When we bought the house 7 years ago, we knew that we would have to turn the family room in to a master bedroom to make our family fit in this house.  The original master bedroom was very small and located upstairs.  It is currently Jonathan and Luke’s room.  The double closets in that room make it a perfect fit for the boys.

The odd thing about the family room when we bought the house was that it had a full bathroom attached to it.  Odd, right?

So we knew that if we made the family room our master bedroom, we would already have a full bath attached…even if it were completely old and out-dated!

We have loved having our master bedroom downstairs, and I particularly love that it has a fireplace!

But it also has the laundry room in it.  A very small, tiny, miniature laundry room. Right behind that door to the left of the black armoire.

Now, I really don’t mind the laundry room being in our bedroom.  It’s super convenient, plus I love falling asleep to the sound of the dryer.  :)

But the only thing this “family room turned master bedroom” is lacking is a closet.  Yes, you heard me…a closet.

It has a tiny little closet under the stairs that my hubby’s clothes are in, but my clothes are out in the hallway closet.  It has plenty of room, but it’s out in the hallway.  It’s worked for us, but it’s not very appealing to perspective buyers.

So our plan is to move our washer and dryer to the garage to make a mud/laundry room, thus freeing up some space in our room to create a “master” closet.

Here is where our laundry room will go…

We are creating a little room in our garage to hold the washer and dryer and some storage.  The hubster has started pulling off some of the paneling.  You see the door in the picture below?  It leads to our back patio!

So it will be a great place for the boys to come into after playing outside.  I am hoping to have a mud sink too to help with cleanup!

My hubby removed the insulation to make room for the new plumbing that will go there.  This wall backs up to our kitchen, so he will be able to tie into the plumbing there.

I am very excited about this project.  I will share all the pictures along the way!

Plus, I have been searching the internet for inspirational pictures of laundry rooms.  I’ll share with you what I have found too.  They are beautiful!  :)

Be sure to stop back tomorrow for a great giveaway!

Blessings,

Traci

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