Small & Functional DIY Mud Rooms To Make Your Home Clutter-Free

When the members of your family come home, they come back with the stuff that can clutter your house– Backpacks, shoes, keys, papers, schoolbags etc. How you can keep these things organized? Read this to find out!

When the members of your family come home, they come back with the stuff that can clutter your house-- Backpacks, shoes, keys, papers, schoolbags etc. How you can keep these things organized? Read this to find out!

What you can do when the members of your family come home after a job with muddy shoes, school bags or other item that can make your house look cluttered and dusty? Do something unique and try these out of the box DIY projects and organization ideas.

If you have a family and children (especially), chances are you deal with the problem of “stuff” that comes into the house every day. Books, shoes, backpacks, keys, mail… So much stuff! And the dirt? Please. Even if your home is small, there is a solution to keep you organized and the house clutter free. These small and functional DIY mud rooms help these families stay on track with their “stuff”, which in turn helps us stay on track with everything else! After all, nothing makes you late faster than a missing boot or a lost school book. So give one of these a try, or combine ideas from different projects here to make your own unique mud room.

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This DIY board and batten project from ‘Home Depot’ shows us how to turn a small entry into a simple mud room. Full tutorial, and this looks great, like it was designed with the house.

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Julie from ‘Julie Blanner’ turned an old coat closet into a DIY converted mudroom. This is a great use of wasted space. How many of us have those entry closets stuffed full of coats no one wears and out of season shoes?

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Jen at ‘I Heart Organizing’ brings us another closet conversion mudroom makeover! This post is full of tips on how to design and create a space like this that works for you.

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