I've been a huge blog slacker and actually, I'm pretty sure I've said that a few times in my last few posts. Haha.... since they have been few and far between.
OK... enough about that....
Back to my mudroom! When we bought this house a little over a year ago, every wall was white. I can't complain, that made it much easier. No painting over crazy colors I didn't like, I could slowly decide what color I wanted where. Slowly being key ;) seeing it's been a little over a year and I have painted the living room, one wall in my lil man's room and one wall in Missa's room....and now my mudroom.
I've been in love with deep blues and grey lately... and even though the area is fairly small, it gets really good light the first half of the day, so I wasn't worried about a darker color. PLUS, I don't spend ALL day in the mudroom anyway, so really, I just wanted a color I liked... not based on the lighting. It isn't completely closed off either, there is a hall but no door, so it's open into the small hall that leads to our kitchen. My point, i picked a color because I liked it, not because of how dark or light the room would be :)
So here is the white mudroom.....
Plain right!? I was just tired of white. It's bright, that's for sure! But I needed something new, and I wanted something a lil more homey and warm. So I chose Grizzly Grey. It is actually like a dark smokey blue in my opinion. I love it!
I left the wall leading into the hall/kitchen, white. Since later I want to paint the kitchen and I haven't decided on a color yet....First I need my new counter tops...someday ;) I also painted the shelves and coat hook. They were left here by the previous owner, you can see they were a dark wood stain in the original pics. Well, just the hook one is still on the wall I guess now that I look, but they were both the wood color, and I painted them a creamy antique white color. (same color I painted my kitchen cabinets actually.... which reminds me, one day...maybe when I get those counter tops, I need to blog that too! ;) )
Here are some more of my blue/grey mudroom......
My girls made the two wreaths. Love them! They used sticks and twigs from the woods and carefully bent them and twisted them into a pretty rustic wreath. One on the window and one on the wall :)
Eventually we are going to switch out the light fixture. we aren't in love with the gold candle. I don't mind the candle look, but I'm not into the gold. More of a black or even darker brown, with less shine, would be more up my alley. No rush on it though, when ever we get to it. Im just happy to have light ;) Also the plan is for my man to build me a bench to go under the shelf with hooks in this last picture. Just something simple, but I'm still searching pinterest for some ideas. ;) Typically those hooks are filled with back packs ;) I took this while they were all at school though. There was also a curtain left there on the skinny window by the previous owner, however it was a green and white check, so I took it down when I painted. I don't mind it without a curtain but I may get one someday. we'll see.
I love it though!! I'm really enjoying the color! Im a fan of warmer colors, and this shade is perfect for this spot in my eyes. LOVE!! Gives a nice warm feeling when you walk in from the garage, which is the way we ALWAYS come in. We hardly ever use the other doors! Even the pizza delivery guys have learned we open the garage and turn the garage lights on for them to come that way...because nine times out of ten, that door leading outside, is completely blocked by a line of shoes! ;)
So that's my mudroom makeover, and I love it!
