Our mud room was barely worth the name. We realized quickly during the home buying process why it was unused and unloved. No proper foundation, no insulation - it would be impossible to run pipes out there for a washer and dryer, let alone add even an electrical outlet. We were concerned by this, but eventually realized we wanted the house with or without the mud room. We accepted it for what it was - a grimy, dirty place to keep our trash while we remodelled.
As we struggled with finding homes for everything in our kitchen, we wished for a little extra space to store our lightly used appliances (hello bread machine!) and the cans of tomatoes I insist on buying 12 at a time. I decided to work on the mudroom yesterday morning.
Erin went to work and I pulled out the sticky linoleum floor tiles I had bought on sale at Lowes for $20. It went very quickly. I ignored the uneven spots on our floor and just kept sticking them down. Before I knew it, I was done.
Next, I walked down to the local paint store and bought a gallon of paint that had been returned for only $10. I walked back, painted the room and put everything back the way it was. I was done by 12:30. Erin came home while I was at work, having no idea of what I had done. She was very surprised. She told me to shut up and asked if I had a time machine.
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