MUD ROOM RENO UPDATE ON THE HOUSE ON COTTAGE GROVE
In my continuing series today I bring you the Mud Room reno update on The House On Cottage Grove.
But first, if you missed them, take a look back at what we’ve accomplished at The House On Cottage Grove in:
Taking A Look Back
Below are a series of photos showing what the Mud Room looked like when I bought the property. In fact, it was actually a laundry room at that time, but I’ve opted to relocate the laundry and turn this room into a Mud Room instead, something every mountain home needs.
Have you ever seen so many chachkies in one place ever? It was dusty and dirty and filled with spiders, so cleaning it out was not a fun task.
I threw out or donated most of the junk found in this room but amongst the mess were a few treasures which I saved and have used as decor in other areas of the cottage. For example, there was a collection of vintage mason jars which I repurposed in the Dining Room.
And there was a large collection of small hurricane lamps that I placed on the Dining Room shelves as well.
But getting back to the Mud Room…
I decided to construct a built in bench with trap doors on top to allow storage below.
Next we insulated the previously uninsulated walls…
and rebuilt broken and inoperable windows, adding new brass hardware. The vintage windows give this room so much character while allowing light to stream into the room.
Then we panelled the walls in beadboard and tiled the previously raw cement floor in Merola Tile Gotham Hex Antique White Porcelain Unglazed Mosaic Tile. It runs $7.49 a square foot.
I really love the flat, matt finish of this unglazed tile. Get it here.
Finally the room was ready for paint. I used Behr Premium Plus Ultra in Natural Almond, Satin finish from Home Depot.
Then we installed these Cast Iron Shelf Brackets measuring 10″ x 7 3/8″ in a rusted iron finish. They cost $9.99 each and can be ordered here. If the rusted iron finish is not what you’re looking for they are also available in 3 other finishes.
We also added these Linwood Rusted Iron Hooks with Porcelain Knobs from Signature Hardware, $8.95 each.
And I found a light fixture perfect for the space here on a website called First of a Kind. This metal cylinder pendant light is listed for $129.80 but you can offer them a lower price and they may accept (interesting concept). When I purchased it the list price was $147.oo. I offered them $125.00 and they accepted. Beware however that the fixture I received doesn’t look much like the one on their website, but that turned out to be a good thing because the cream colored paint on the fixtures matches my paint perfectly.
Using some inexpensive green and cream ticking fabric I purchased at Dorell Fabric Outlet in Fountain Valley, California, I made these cushions for the benches. I plan to sew some window shades for the room out of the same fabric.
As you can see we still need to paint the windows and doors, and I’m just beginning to add decor, including some old ice skates left behind by the previous owners.
To decorate one wall I placed vintage Lake Arrowhead postcards (purchased in the giftshop at (SkyPark at Santa’s Village) in 2 small frames that had been housing some other less attractive art. I painted the frames using the same green paint I used in other parts of the cottage. The paint is called “YOGI” Behr Premium Plus Ultra from Home Depot. Want to see exactly how I created inexpensive DIY wall art using things like postcards, dishtowels and needlework check out this blog post.
So that’s the almost finished Mud Room. It will get its final touches later this week, at which time I’ll share a photo of the completed space.
So there you have it: MUD ROOM RENO UPDATE ON THE HOUSE ON COTTAGE GROVE
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