Making the Most of your Mudroom with Paint!

Paint provides fashionably practical surfaces for mudroom spaces that store family outdoor belongings. Particularly during wet weather months, the mudroom is a welcome necessity. Easy to clean, durable surfaces are an integral part of a successfully planned mudroom area.

Without sacrificing aesthetics, the application of decorative paint techniques allows for adding function and beauty to this hard working family area. Paint can be applied to various hard flooring surfaces to achieve the easy care style that many families strive to achieve in the mudroom. Custom storage including cubbies for boots and shoes, built in shelving units for sporting equipment and do-it-yourself storage fixtures are surfaces that are easily painted to coordinate with any color palette. Coat racks and hooks for backpacks can be painted in contrasting colors to add visual interest to the space.

Unite an Open-Concept Front Entry Space through the consolidation of color.

Increasingly popular in today’s newer homes, open concept spaces often present a color challenge for decorating enthusiasts. The application of paint may be used to add color interest, introduce a specific traffic pattern within the home, or unify the open space.

With the introduction of color, open-concept front entry areas offer several distinct decorating advantages. When decorating an open-concept interior, a homeowner may opt to employ a monochromatic color scheme and add visual interest by varying the intensity of color to specific wall coverings. By selecting one paint color card and utilizing three side by side color swatches within an open area, the homeowner adds a harmonizing but subtly differing shade of color to each wall. Depending upon the layout within the home, strong color can be applied to archways, trims or other design elements to direct traffic into the main part of the home. Floor coverings and furnishings that are indicative of a specific color scheme establish a unified and cohesive space when one area is interconnecting to another.