Because of the lighting coming in from the breakfast area windows, the walls in the two spaces appear to be two different colors, but they aren’t. This shot, taken from the kitchen, gives you an idea of just what an awkward area it is. The key to keeping an entryway clutter-free is ensuring nothing gets left behind. The next two photos were taken from the doorway of the powder room and gives you a good view of the dropzone from the other side. Whew! I had to stand on my head, hold my breath and wiggle my nose to get these pictures. Talk about an area that’s hard to photograph! The dropzone is located in an L shaped hallway that is off of the kitchen and runs between the entrance from the garage and the doors to the laundry room, back porch and powder room. As a nod to summer, I filled one of the glass canisters with driftwood pieces and placed a faux bird’s nest in the other. All of the other decorations are from my stash. At $1.48 each, they are the perfect finishing touch for the dropzone!įabric bins and a galvanized bucket from HomeGoods will work well to hold winter gloves and hats and other little items this winter. I finally ran across these outdoor house numbers at Lowes. I looked everywhere for some affordable enamel numbers, but none were to be found. The screws go all the way through the bottom of the hutch, into the wall. It is further reinforced by using long screws to attach the hooks that are running across the bottom. I made sure to insert the screws for the D rings into wall studs. This thing will get yanked on a lot as it is where my granddaughters will hang their coats and backpacks along with Pookie and I using it for coats, my pocketbook and the dog leashes. The doors were removed, the holes from the hinges were filled in with wood putty and the entire piece was sanded and spray painted white.Īfter reinforcing the back with a couple of 1 x 4 boards, I attached two D rings to hang it from the wall with. All I had to do was to remove the screws from the metal to get the two pieces apart. The only thing holding the top half to bottom half were two pieces of metal attached to the back. The top half of the hutch is what became my dropzone. Here she is sitting on our screen porch outside, before the porch makeover. Inspiration struck though, in the form of an old wooden hutch that we inherited.īefore I tell you about the transformation of the hutch, take a look at how it started out. See more ideas about home, home diy, drop zone. But once all of the cabinets, sink, washer and dryer were in place, it became evident that it just wasn’t going to work out that way. Explore Christy Rooneys board 'Home: Entryway & Drop Zone', followed by 3,438 people on Pinterest. When we bought this house, I always assumed that I would use part of the laundry room as a mudroom. Explore Christy Rooneys board 'Home: Entryway & Drop Zone', followed by 3,436 people on Pinterest. I will show you how I turned an old hutch into a mudroom area that is better than I thought! Christmas Centerpiece And Tablescape Ideas.
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