Will the Mudroom Ever Be Finished?

I know the mudroom isn’t finished yet, but I just have to share the progress we’ve made with someone and since we’re all friends, I’m sharing with you. If you haven’t been following along I’ll give you some history. We’ve lived in this house for 5 years and I love it, but no mudroom and a coat closet about 26″ across (tiny). When we first moved here we had 7 kids still at home. Yeah, you can already picture the coats, boots, hats, gloves and everything else piling up by the door every winter. Not this year! Because we’re building a mudroom! Here’s some pictures of our progress and hopefully we’ll have the finished project in a couple weeks (we’re taking a little break to go on vacation with the kids).

We’re just beginning: Ammon looks so cute. Why do kids get so excited over things like this too? I guess it’s because they feel our excitement.

Adding some storage above too: In addition to the mudroom we’re also adding a storage area above the garage and up a few stairs from the mudroom. It will hold camping supplies and other things that would be kept in a garage or storage shed.

Yay, sheetrock and a door leading to the storage area: At this point the space is starting to take shape and we don’t have to use our imagination as much.

Time for tile (what a man):

I love it! What do you think?

Now I get to paint: I knew I wanted this color and I found it in the mistints at Home Depot for $5 (score).

Hubby added the trim and routed all the edges himself: I love the trim so much!

Are you wondering why I only painted that far down on the wall? Well, now it’s time for the beadboard. We’ve never done this before so wish us luck. Have you ever hung beadboard on a ceiling? Well, we’re going to do that too, so we’ll need some more of that luck I’m thinking.

Say with me “The mudroom will be done before the first snow flies, the mudroom will be done before the first snow flies (repeat many times).

Thanks for letting me share my half done project.