Home Improvement Today?

I just moved to an area that hardly ever get rain. Still don't have gutters but I hardly ever notice. lol

 

Alright, need some advice on what to do....

We have a mudroom inside our basement back door which is how we leave/enter the house 98% of the time. We would like some kind of bench/locker/cabinet setup to get more misc storage and have an organized way to store coats and shoes in this room, especially if our family expands beyond me and wife. The issue is there is very limited wall space due to doorways and windows and wife wants to use the only wall space for a big circular mirror. The layout that I think makes the best use of the space would eliminate a window. The windows face north and west, the west one that would be eliminated is in a window well, so it doesn't get much sun anyways. The windows are wood, old and don't function like the most of the homes windows so we are planning a window replacement project in the next 2-3 years.

So I guess my questions are 1) critique my mudroom layout/storage and 2) if I'm going to eliminate a window should I a) remove window and build a wall, b) make a backing on the lockers and let it be, c) what do I do with this window when I replace the others?


Concept Plan view (north is bottom of picture)

Current room photo (from arrow in plan view)

Concept from similar angle of photo

 

I'd lose the window and patch the outside siding, anything else just looks odd. Maybe put in a Solar Tube skylight to bring more daylight back in (id the space above is attic and not living space)

Maybe shorten the bench so there is a 5th shoe cubby in the corner
I'd extend the power out for plugging in shoe/glove dryer(s). Or custom build one.

 

Looks like u have a pretty good handle on the design
I’ll add to what @CraigF said about the boot dryer…this is unobtrusive and quiet and mounts to a wall:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/DryGuy-D...VQZyGCh26bgBjEAQYASABEgJR-vD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
Also this is a handy thing to have in a mudroorm:
Ogrmar Stainless Steel Space-Saving Towel Rack, Wall Mounted Retractable Huge Capacity Drying Rack for Hanging Towels

$27 Ogrmar Stainless Steel Space-Saving Towel Rack, Wall Mounted Retractable Huge Capacity Drying Rack for Hanging Towels

https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B07TG7H1NK?_encoding=UTF8

 

I never said thanks for the reply so, thanks!

We have a similar profile house and the first quote came in at $6400. Nine down spouts, 321 linear feet.

 

Ha. I forgot about that post.

 

Thx! Ya, not a literal can of worms but close... pretty scary what you'll find.

Depends, do you live somewhere tropical and warm?

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

 

As a matter of fact I do!

 

I have a guy coming tomorrow to give me my second quote for leaf guards

 

Bought a new house and they wanted an arm and a kidney for this so I did it myself. Only having one outlet in the garage sucked.

 

You'd think they wire in at least 4-8 receptacles in a garage. Our garage (split foyer house) had 3 I think, and only two 4' fluorescent shop lights. It now has a dedicated circuit in the breaker box with 8 receptacles, 4 on the walls and 4 in the ceiling, and five 4' led shop lights.

 

Now get a new white outlet to replace the almond color one lol

 

thats the only 20A outlet they had LOL

 

they put 2 outlets in my two car garage and one in my 1 car garage. it's better if i do it myself

 

Crown Moulding install.

 

You coping or mitering the inside corners?

 

Always coping.

 

We got lucky in that when we got a new roof last summer (hail damage), the insurance adjuster also included all new gutters. We went with 6", and I can tell a difference in how much rain they can handle vs. the older ones, which were smaller.

 

Nice! This is on my list of things I want to do... some day.

 

Gotta ask - is there a GFCI receptacle in line before those? Not sure if it's required to have garage receps protected by GFCI everywhere or by region...