Sure, walk-in closets and sprawling kitchen islands are luxe design details, but if you were to poll parents ’round the world, the most lust-worthy space in a home would surely be a mudroom. Why?

Feel at home in your mudroom. Mudrooms first became popular in rural homes and served as a place to remove muddy shoes, clothes and coats to keep the rest of the house from getting dirty. Today ...

If you're looking for mudroom ideas, you may be wondering whether to limit the space to mudroom-only, or whether making room for laundry, sports equipment, tinned and dried foods, and pets is a wise ...

In the house of my dreams, I have a mudroom. What I mean is, in the house of my dreams, I would have an actual room in which one can make the transition from indoors to outdoors. There would be coat ...

Most homeowners don't think about the importance of a mudroom until the weather turns cold and there's a bunch of snow, mud, and ice all over the living room. Homes that directly transition from the ...

It used to be the concrete-floored laundry room where Dad would hang his overalls. But today's version features custom-built storage, special recharging stations for electronics and lockers for ...

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American homes often have lovely front entrances that homeowners never use. Sure, we greet visitors at the front door. We hang a wreath there and make it look welcoming. But our own daily comings and ...

When you're decorating an entrance area like a foyer or mudroom, it can be easy to neglect your shoe storage situation—that is, until you're left with a haphazard jumble of shoes sitting by your door.