大阪にある和風のおしゃれなシューズクローク (無垢フローリング、木目調のドア、ベージュの壁、板張り天井) の写真

インディアナポリスにある広いトランジショナルスタイルのおしゃれな玄関の写真

Is your closet busting at the seams? Or do you perhaps have no closet at all? Time to consider adding a mudroom to your house. Mudrooms are a popular interior design trend these days, and for good reason - they can house far more than a simple coat closet can. They can serve as a family command center for kids' school flyers and menus, for backpacks and shoes, for art supplies and sports equipment. Some mudrooms contain a laundry area, and some contain a mail station. Some mudrooms serve as a home base for a dog or a cat, with easy to clean, low maintenance building materials. A mudroom may consist of custom built-ins, or may simply be a corner of an existing room with pulled some clever, freestanding furniture, hooks, or shelves to house your most essential mudroom items. Whatever your storage needs, extensive or streamlined, carving out a mudroom area can keep the whole family more organized. And, being more organized saves you stress and countless hours that would otherwise be spent searching for misplaced items. While we love to design mudroom niches, a full mudroom interior design allows us to do what we do best here at Down2Earth Interior Design: elevate a space that is primarily driven by pragmatic requirements into a space that is also beautiful to look at and comfortable to occupy. I find myself voluntarily taking phone calls while sitting on the bench of my mudroom, simply because it's a comfortable place to be. My kids do their homework in the mudroom sometimes. My cat loves to curl up on sweatshirts temporarily left on the bench, or cuddle up in boxes on their way out to the recycling bins, just outside the door. Designing a custom mudroom for our family has elevated our lifestyle in so many ways, and I look forward to the opportunity to help make your mudroom design dreams a reality as well. Photos by Ryan Macchione

モスクワにあるコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなシューズクローク (紫の壁) の写真

Entry Shoe Closet and bench
ロサンゼルスにあるモダンスタイルのおしゃれなシューズクロークの写真

扉の装飾は薄い無垢材を一枚ずつ丁寧に貼り合わせた職人仕上げ。
他の地域にあるモダンスタイルのおしゃれなシューズクロークの写真

A custom dutch entry door with leaded glass sidelite and divided lite half-glass upper section keeps kids and dogs inside while enjoying the yard and welcoming guests. Kitchen granite wraps over shoe shelving and entry storage cabinets. Photographed by Allan Armstrong