How To Fake A Mudroom {When You Don’t Have The Space}

Want a mudroom but don’t have the space for it?  Here’s how you can make the most of the space you have and turn it into a mudroom!

I absolutely love my home.  But that doesn’t mean everything about it is perfect.

I wish my home had a mudroom.  Having a place to drop all of our jackets, backpacks, purses and shoes would be WONDERFUL!

The only problem is we don’t have the space.  We have just a hallway.  It’s a measly 3′ by 6′.  That’s it.

Sometimes you have to fake it until you make it.

My hubby and I decided to make the most of what we already have and convert this small hallway & closet into a fake mudroom.  Today I’m going to show you how to do it too!

How To Fake A Mudroom

In this small space we were able to create an area for:

• backpacks
• purses
• shoes
• jackets
• keys
• sunglasses
• hats & gloves
• display ledge for artwork

Impossible you say?  Look at the results & I’ll let you be the judge.

There’s plenty of room for backpacks and coats on the wall

The board and batten treatment also has a ledge to display artwork.  

If you like the artwork, you can get it for free here (5 different designs & 11 color options to choose from!)

The ledge also serves as the perfect place to store our keys (so they won’t get lost!)

In order to fake our mudroom, we cleaned out and organized the adjacent closet and installed a board and batten treatment to the wall.  These two simple projects have transformed this place and made our morning routine much better.  We are loving the results!

Without further adeu, here’s how to do it!

How To Fake A Mudroom {When You Don’t Have The Space}

Treat your mudroom space like expensive real estate.  Spend your space like money–only give space to things that are needed often.  If you can get by with that item being stored somewhere else, do it!

Clean out and organize.  Keep only the items you need on a weekly basis in the mudroom and move out-of-season items to storage.

Create easy access to items you need on a daily basis.  The kids’ backpacks, my purse and our keys all get the prime space on our board and batten wall since we use them all the time.

Items you only need occasionally get second priority.  One of the items that got second priority was our vacuum cleaner.  It only gets occasional use (don’t judge me!) so it gets stored at the back of the closet.

Create a “home” for your stuff that will stay in the space.  Once you’ve decided an item is important enough to be in the space, make a home for it and be diligent about putting it away each time (I’m preaching to myself here)

Use vertical space.  This wall used to hold just a couple jackets.  Now it holds backpacks, jackets, my purse, our keys, and lots more.

Keep the floor clear.  When the floor is cleared off, it automatically looks bigger and cleaner.  Enough said.

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Make everything multi-functional.  We chose *3 prong hooks similar to these because each hook can hold multiple items.

Keep access age appropriate.  We installed the hooks right at the kids level so they can easily hang up their backpacks on their own (instead of throwing them on the floor.  If you make it easy for the kids to clean, they’ll be more likely to do it!

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Where would you like to fake a mudroom?

This project shared at: Creative Spark, Tutorials and Tips, Think and Make Thursday, Link Party Palooza, Share Your Creativity, DIY Like A Boss, The DIY Collective, and Project Inspire{d}