Mudroom Design Ideas with White Walls

Bespoke fitted boot-room with Ben Heath cabinets and limestone flooring Photos by Adam Carter Photography
Inspiration for a small traditional mudroom in Berkshire with white walls and limestone floors.

16th Century Manor Boot Room
Design ideas for a mid-sized traditional mudroom with white walls and grey floor.

This bespoke boot room in Haslemere features a built-in bench with traditional turned legs and a solid timber seat. Tongue-and-groove panelling extends from the bench to an overhead shelf fitted with aged brass hooks for coats, bags and everyday items. The room is finished with limestone flooring and a vaulted ceiling, and the cabinetry is painted in Little Greene's Light Bronze Green (No. 123).

A curious quirk of the long-standing popularity of open plan kitchen /dining spaces is the need to incorporate boot rooms into kitchen re-design plans. We all know that open plan kitchen – dining rooms are absolutely perfect for modern family living but the downside is that for every wall knocked through, precious storage space is lost, which can mean that clutter inevitably ensues. Designating an area just off the main kitchen, ideally near the back entrance, which incorporates storage and a cloakroom is the ideal placement for a boot room. For families whose focus is on outdoor pursuits, incorporating additional storage under bespoke seating that can hide away wellies, walking boots and trainers will always prove invaluable particularly during the colder months. A well-designed boot room is not just about storage though, it’s about creating a practical space that suits the needs of the whole family while keeping the design aesthetic in line with the rest of the project. With tall cupboards and under seating storage, it’s easy to pack away things that you don’t use on a daily basis but require from time to time, but what about everyday items you need to hand? Incorporating artisan shelves with coat pegs ensures that coats and jackets are easily accessible when coming in and out of the home and also provides additional storage above for bulkier items like cricket helmets or horse-riding hats. In terms of ensuring continuity and consistency with the overall project design, we always recommend installing the same cabinetry design and hardware as the main kitchen, however, changing the paint choices to reflect a change in light and space is always an excellent idea; thoughtful consideration of the colour palette is always time well spent in the long run. Lastly, a key consideration for the boot rooms is the flooring. A hard-wearing and robust stone flooring is essential in what is inevitably an area of high traffic.

This is an example of a victorian mudroom in London with white walls and multi-coloured floor.

View from the entrance into a modern open-plan dining area. The shelf provides space for shoe and coat storage while allowing glimses into the kitchen. The bespoke bench, based on the design of the famous polo chair, provides additional storage. Bulkhead lights illuminate the large roof light, turning it into a lantern at night. Photo: Frederik Rissom

Mid-sized contemporary mudroom in Stuttgart with white walls and medium hardwood floors.

Mudroom Photo Credit: Martina Gemmola Styling: Bea + Co and Bask Interiors Builder: Hart Builders
This is an example of a contemporary mudroom in Melbourne with white walls, medium hardwood floors and brown floor.

Foto: Jens Bergmann / KSB Architekten
This is an example of an expansive contemporary mudroom in Frankfurt with white walls, light hardwood floors and a single front door.

In this north country farmhouse, we have transformed what was a dreary kitchen into a bright and colourful space. As this is a period property, ceilings are undulating but the bespoke made cabinetry sits seamlessly, continuing close to the ceiling to maximise storage space. The cabinets are classic, plain fronted and hand painted createing a soft, tactile feel to the kitchen. The Aga is backed by a colourful ceramic tiles, its bright colour complementing the island. A traditional dresser was also created to house food and crockery, hidden behind bi-fold doors. Cabinetry in the adjacent utility/boot room complements the kitchen with Oak bench seat and shoe shelves hat and coat rail.

Transitional mudroom in Los Angeles with white walls, grey floor and planked wall panelling.

This is an example of a beach style mudroom in Cornwall with white walls.

Snook Photography
Design ideas for a transitional mudroom in London with white walls and green floor.

This is an example of a mid-sized beach style mudroom in Gold Coast - Tweed with white walls, a single front door, a white front door and beige floor.

Inspiration for a beach style mudroom in London with white walls and slate floors.

A boot room lies off the kitchen, providing further additional storage, with cupboards, open shelving, shoe storage and a concealed storage bench seat. Iron coat hooks on a lye treated board, provide lots of coat hanging space. Charlie O'Beirne - Lukonic Photography

Die Idee bei diesem Projekt war, aus einer bislang ungenutzten Wandnische einen Garderobenschrank mit Spiegel zu machen. Dem Wunsch der Hausbesitzer folgend, sollte das besonders unauffällig geschehen. Ergebnis ist eine „geradlinige, moderne Wandgestaltung mit Spiegel”, hinter der sich eine Garderobe mit viel zusätzlichem Stauraum befindet.

Polly Eltes
Photo of a large country mudroom in Gloucestershire with brick floors and white walls.

Contemporary mudroom in Perth with white walls.