Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feel at home in your mudroom. Mudrooms first became popular in rural homes and served as a place to remove muddy shoes, clothes ...

This high-traffic area of your home can still be chic.

“A functional mudroom needs to offer many different types of storage for a variety of items,” says Claire Paquin, founder and principal of Clean Design Partners in Scarsdale. “Closed-cabinet storage, ...

Mudrooms first became popular in rural homes and served as a place to remove muddy shoes, clothes and coats to keep the rest of the house from getting dirty. Today, mudrooms appear in suburban homes ...