No room mud room

l I have always longed for a mudroom. A place for backpacks and coats and wet snow pants and boots. What I have now is a small laundry room that walks through to a bathroom.  Years ago I put up a rack with 5 wood pegs for coats.  I used to caution the kids not to hang their backpacks on them because I feared the pegs were not strong enough.  The parade of homes got me thinking about a better use of the space.  I loved the board and batten treatment that we did in Laura's room so much and figured it would be an easy thing to do here.  So I painted the wall part way up.  I actually measured it out so that I could make the best use of the 2 inch boards by just cutting them in half. 

We did have a little bit of a struggle getting those original 'pegs on the board' off the wall, and had some repair work to patch.  We put up a 3 inch board across the top and the bottom, and then the slats vertically running between them.    When we finished the basement a few years ago, we bought an air compressor and have a nail gun attachment. It makes short work for this kind of a project. So in just a few hours time for a total of about $80 for the wood, paint and stainless steel hooks I bought, I have a mini mudroom look.

This winter when I have grandchildren visiting I will have a place for them to hang their coats and drop their boots.

I am very happy with how it turned out!