Renovation

When we built our house, we were the proud guardians of a beautiful Great Pyrenees named Sadie.  Sadie's ginormous size inspired us to have our builder put a dog shower in our house.  While in the process of building, Sadie passed away and we never finished the dog shower.  In the meantime (enter Blossom and Balto), we realized that the shower in our master bathroom was perfect for washing dogs.  Scott decided that we could turn the old laundry room/hall into a much more useful mud room.  

Before:

The unfinished dog shower had turned into a "catch all". 

Ooops, I forgot to take a picture of the utility sink view.  Oh well...you get the point. 

Before I post the "after" pictures, I have to tell you that this project was 100% Scott's idea.  He even designed the entire layout via computer software and gave it to our contractor.  Scott even did a lot of the woodwork himself.  AFTER:

You gotta have a sink!

Scott did all of the beadboard work.  Look, we now have an organized place to put the dogs' leashes.  That's a huge help!

I now have plenty of cabinet space.

 

Another idea of Scott's was to put in a butcher block counter where I could fold clothes.  He even designed it where you can lift either side of the counter so that I can hang dresses for drying. With the help of his uncle Ken, they built this countertop themselves.  

Scott also decided that the ironing board should be hidden in a drawer.  

You can never have too many hooks in a mud room:

Last but not least, since we keep Greta's litter box tucked away in the mud room, we needed a door to keep the dogs out but also didn't want to block all of the natural light from the hallway.  Scott came up with the idea of a pocket door with glass. 

It was the perfect solution.  I know, I know, Blossom is in the picture but I let her in! 

I am really enjoying my new mud room.  After 3 months of renovation mess....it was worth the mess!