What could've ended up as empty wall space turned into a useful mudroom area

“We would love to have a mud room, but just don’t have the space…”

(Not sure if there’s a question in there, but anyway…) Perhaps you can make a small bit of “unused” space into something that will work. As you can see in the photo, there’s a bench built that makes the most of  a small space. The bench is open underneath, and features a shelf as well. Designing a back (with coat pegs!) gives it a nice built-in feeling. The important thing is that it provides a landing area and helps to minimize the trail that youngsters leave as they make their way from outdoors to in and other parts of the house.

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