Through the Mud

While the addition of a mudroom is hardly a new concept, it's become somewhat of a nonnegotiable in modern homes.

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“In our new construction projects, they have become the number one request; so much so that builders now treat it as a standard feature,” notes Chip Gruver, president of Virginia-based home build firm Gruver Cooley. Here, designer Jennifer Hunter outfitted the mudroom of her Connecticut Colonial Revival home with functional yet stylish cabinetry, color-drenched in Farrow & Ball's Brinjal for a dramatic dose of contrast.
—Jessica Cherner

COBBLED TOGETHER

To create a realistic, “kickoff-your-boots kind of a room,” Allison Willson opted to cover the mudroom floor with well-worn antique cobblestones from the storied streets of Europe.