Mud Room & Office Space

 Well hey there....how are we doing?
I took a few days away from the blog to work on some projects....

 I know right...life gets in the way of blogging!

 nope did not get to go 

; 0 (

But lots of things happened in the laundry room.  The movable pantry shelving is now gone and everything is back in the kitchen.  We pulled off all of the weird acoustic tiles....actually I didn't, I hired someone and boy did he earn his money.
The tiles were stapled and glued and then he had to sand off all of the glue!!
What a mess.

 This is going to be a multi-purpose room,
more than a mudroom or laundry space.
It is a good size and we can use all the space we can find in this little house

 We put down a new stone floor which as you can see is black
and we added two new windows at the end of the room and much more lighting

All of the plumbing was relocated and new electrical was installed

as well as flexible metal tubing behind the walls, for data lines for the home office.

 My life is not complete without a shop vac in the picture!

 This space was actually a breezeway from the garage into the house and was  inclosed at some point,
 but the walls were still clad in the old exterior redwood siding.

We tried to save it,  but it just started looking really cobbled together,
so new board and batten went up on all of the walls and the doors and windows are trimmed out in a simple shaker detail.

  A desk and built in cabinets will go in, to the right of the door and just outside the kitchen

 We are putting in a nice utility sink for washing vegetables and cutting flowers from the garden...oh and washing up after a long day in the dirt and sun

I have a desk set up here temporarily until the cabinets are finished 

but I already love working in here

I need to come up with some really great solution for the washer/dryer...they don't really look that bad but I think I might like to cover them up somehow, so I don't feel like I'm living in the laundry room

I will share the final project soon....this is the last one for me for a while

I'm pooped

Hope you are enjoying the long summer days

now back to work for me....kelley