The cobbler’s children have no shoes and the architect’s wife has no mud room! Actually, in the case of Peter and Tracy Sachs, the architect’s wife has no mudroom now but is about the get the mudroom of her dreams. What is a dream mudroom? For Tracy, visiting the glorious mudrooms of Peter’s clients has helped her define her dream mudroom.
1) It must be spacious enough to contain all the sports equipment of three active kids.
2) It must have hooks for backpacks.
3) It must look tidy or have the illusion of tidiness by closing it off when not actually tidy.
4) She must be able to pack and unpack backpacks in the mudroom.
5) It must be near both the entryway into the house AND the kitchen.
What is your dream mudroom? Door to close it off or not? Bench? Sink to wash dog? Please share!
Mudroom Ideas
The second example is a client who wanted a funky, all purpose, kid friendly mudroom.
This is the front of the Fairfax house. The mudroom is off the side entrance car port.
The last one is a combination mudroom/laundry in a very tight floor plan. They have a small dog that gets washed in the sink.
