My First Pinterest Project

Here's another one you can chalk up to early nesting: My mudroom/laundry room project.

When we first bought the house we had visions of something like this for our mudroom/laundry room:

We had the project bid on at our initial inspection in hopes that it would be one of our first projects. Well, as we got all moved in and settled it became clear that we had more pressing needs than built in lockers. The project would have to be put on hold for the time being. Until one day I was looking around on Pinterest and came across this idea:

Simple. It would take care of our needs for now and it was something I could do easily and cheaply. I didn't end up with the exact same outcome, but here's my Before and After product:

Before:

After:

As you can see I went with a dry erase board and one bulletin board instead of individual boards. I also put smaller hooks between the big hooks and added shoe racks beneath. I'm still planning to get letters of the kids first initial to put over the big hooks, but I haven't had time to make it to Michael's or another craft store just yet. This whole project cost me less than $50.

I also have some ideas for the opposite wall in the room, which currently looks like this:

I'm hoping soon to be able to find tall shelves to go on either side of the window for additional storage and put a bench with cubbies under the window. I've found some things at Lowes, Target, and Ikea that might work, I just need to find the time to get to all of the places to see what I like best and what will fit my budget.