Three IKEA Mudroom Designs Doing Double-Duty

Assume the mudroom is only for footwear and coats? These IKEA mudroom combos show that’s not the case.

Since housing costs skyrocketed through the pandemic, we’ve seen a pattern of house owners selecting renovation over shifting home. These with starter properties could construct an addition as an alternative of buying one thing bigger, whereas many householders merely search extra artistic methods to make use of their house.

IKEA is all the time creating merchandise designed to maximise house, and IKD, in flip, makes use of these merchandise to design space-optimized, magazine-worthy rooms. Our prospects are sometimes shocked by how a lot worthwhile house is hiding of their properties – and that is by no means more true than once we design mudrooms.

Three Multifunctional IKEA Mudroom Designs by IKD

Should you’re trying so as to add extra helpful house to your property, an IKEA mudroom that serves a number of functions could possibly be the reply to your issues. Beneath are three examples of how we’ve designed IKEA mudroom cupboards to unravel varied design dilemmas.

IKEA Mudroom Laundry Room Combo

That is the mixture we design most frequently, partly as a result of prospects are aware of this space-saving setup and ask for it particularly. Should you’re low on room, inserting your washer and dryer within the space that sees essentially the most filth is smart.

This mudroom design, nevertheless, is exclusive as a result of the couple in query wanted ample storage and a sizeable laundry space, and so they wanted all of it in a clumsy house. Working round distinctive structure is without doubt one of the high causes prospects use us for residence design.

“Our household grew very all of a sudden. We went into fertility therapies just a few years in the past realizing we’d be fortunate to conceive one little one, and we had triplets. In fact, the laundry elevated, and as soon as they have been sufficiently old to stroll, it was three pairs of footwear, three units of winter gear…Our little coat closet couldn’t sustain, and we couldn’t afford a brand new home. We additionally knew that in some unspecified time in the future sooner or later, our laundry room would have to be transformed into both one other bed room or a toy room. I used to be trying round on IKEA and Pinterest for options and got here throughout IKD’s web site.” –Natasha, IKD buyer

IKD designer Merari advised constructing out to design the storage Natasha’s household wanted. Utilizing IKEA SEKTION cupboards and panels, she created two tall, enclosed cupboards for hanging jackets and an IKEA storage bench seat to make it simpler for folks to place little footwear on little ft. Cupboards above and MAXIMERA drawers beneath the tall sections present IKEA storage for footwear, seasonal objects, pull-ups, and anything this busy household may want on their manner out the door.

The stacked washer and dryer use the identical SEKTION panels and AXSTAD matte white fronts to create a cohesive look. Chances are you’ll be questioning – The place does the laundry get folded? Merari used house across the nook to create a KARLBY butcher block worktop with further SEKTION cupboard storage.

IKEA Mudroom and IKEA Countertop Desk Combo

Often, prospects ask for a mudroom with an IKEA countertop desk for paying payments or typing homework. Extra typically, we design mudroom and workplace combos as a result of it comes up throughout dialog. A buyer makes an offhand remark like, “I want I had room for an workplace, too,” and our designers have the chance to inform them they’ll have their cake and eat it, too.

This doesn’t slot in each occasion, in fact, nevertheless it labored completely for this buyer, who talked about she was working from her sofa.

“I reside alone and don’t actually see that ever altering. I’ve a one-bedroom cottage that I’ll by no means hand over, and I don’t need to make large modifications to it. However there have been nonetheless just a few issues that weren’t working for me. I by no means had a correct coat closet, so the entrance door all the time regarded messy. The lounge is small, however I’ve lots of stuff, so it was all the time cluttered. I initially requested IKD if they might use one wall to create a correct entryway and closed storage. They delivered and gave me a desk, too!” –Sophie, IKD buyer

IKD designer Javier designed this wall of wonders utilizing IKEA SEKTION cupboards with VOXTORP panels (for open storage) and low-profile RINGHULT door and drawer fronts. The mudroom house Sophie requested is closest to the door, whereas basic closed storage within the type of mudroom cupboards is within the center. Javier designed her new workplace space on the finish of the room, subsequent to the window, to permit for some vitamin D consumption.

By constructing out the wall of her lounge simply 30”, Sophie now has the instruments to remain organized, work comfortably, and take advantage of her quaint cottage.

IKEA Mudroom Seating Combo

We designed this mudroom and seating combo as a part of a visitor suite in a pair’s Seventies lake home. This one was particular as a result of design prospects don’t typically ask us to create a mudroom that additionally serves as a social space.

Technically, this IKEA mudroom is doing triple responsibility. It serves as a spot to retailer jackets and footwear, a laundry room, and it has an extended IKEA storage bench seat that serves as a window seat with an incredible view.

“We needed a separate house from the primary home that would perform independently. This was for our private friends and household and likewise so we may hire the house out on Air BnB. There was solely the one spot that might work as an entry, and we needed the washer and dryer there, too. Nevertheless it additionally had the perfect view of the lake from that a part of the home. A sofa didn’t match with the remainder of our imaginative and prescient. We went on-line and located certainly one of IKD’s mudroom designs with a bench seat and emailed to ask if they might lengthen it. Now that window seat is what friends speak about essentially the most.” –Cal, IKD buyer

IKD designer Frank had just a few challenges: design three separate parts to be cohesive not solely with one another but additionally with the Seventies-style structure. He started with IKEA SEKTION cupboards and panels, encasing the stacked washer and dryer to offer it a built-in look. He used VADHOLMA open IKEA storage on one aspect of the washer and dryer; on the opposite, he positioned a tall mudroom cupboard. Since he was designing for friends, Frank felt snug presenting a design with minimal hanging storage.

He positioned wall cupboards above a counter for snacks or storage throughout a gathering or, on a extra sensible word, folding laundry. Beneath, he created versatile storage utilizing MAXIMERA drawers. The counter and the IKEA storage bench seat have been designed utilizing KARLBY butcher block to enhance the prevailing wooden paneling, and the traditional AXSTAD matte white door and drawer fronts end the look.

It’s your mudroom – you make the principles!

Who says a mudroom has to serve one function? The designers at IKD get pleasure from designing distinctive, customized IKEA mudrooms that maximize your house. Get in contact to find out how we will create the best mudroom for you and your loved ones.