The Mud Room

In Milwaukee we knew we had lousy weather, had a big dog, and needed designated space for a washing machine and dryer. When we added on to the house, a part of the existing garage space was turned in to a mud room, complete with separate "locker" space for our coats and shoes and hats, and window box for a variety of plants. It came in especially handy for the dog food station and wash tub. We also had an artist paint the walls with some of our favorite things - birds, candles, Persian script. Here in DC we didn't really expect to have to deal with almost the same kind of weather we thought we had escaped from. Unfortunately in a 500 square foot house we don't have anything remotely similar to a mud room. So all the wet and snowy shoes land in front of the patio door in the kitchen on a Chilewich floor mat. It's just not the same - in more ways than you can imagine.