So, I haven’t been too good with the updates but we’re making progress.  We discovered this winter that we were lacking a closet near the side entry from the garage.  We hung some hooks up on the wall of the hallway but the coats ended up sticking out and were generally a nuisance.

Then I had a glorious idea.  We could build a closet into the garage!  I remembered that one of Oak’s coworkers made a closet into a mini mudroom – that is, they turned the closet into a spot where you could sit down and change your shoes, and had hooks and shelves to hang clothes and put mail, etc.  Great idea. 

Well the idea of a closet kind of turned into a “bump out”, a little room that comes off the hallway.  I collected a bunch of ideas here:
http://delicious.com/carrievision/entrycloset

Then when Oak’s family came to visit the demolition began.  I wasn’t really expecting it to happen so soon but given the fact that we are planning on changing the flooring, it made sense to do at this stage of the renovation process.

So, we’ve been working on this on and off along with all the other house projects (unpacking upstairs, etc).   There are only a few more things we are planning to do before putting the flooring in – some painting basically.  This area will be tiled along with the laundry and bathrooms that are across the hallway. 

For pictures with all of the progress so far, check this out:  Mini mudroom progress.

Posted by Carrie on Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Categories: blog, home improvement · 3 Comments »