INSIDE: How to build an awesome family mudroom cubby organizer. DIY entryway storage for family and kids home organization.
There are five of us in my family. And we all have stuff. Lots of stuff. And where do you think all of this stuff winds up when they walk into the house? Everywhere but nowhere really.
Fortunately, we had an empty wall in our mudroom that was screaming out to be utilized in some nifty DIY way! ????
Armed with a sketch and some affordable melamine boards, we built the most useful piece of furniture in our house!
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How To Make Awesome Family Mudroom Cubby Organizer
Our mudroom is not large. It’s also home to the laundry room and a small powder room. Needless to say, a lot of action happens in this small space. And when you add in all the bags, shoes and hats, it was any semi-organized person’s nightmare! It all needed a place to go other than on the floor.
So I engaged my “construction crew” (aka: my husband and father-in-law) to take a rough sketch and make me the mudroom cubby system of my organizational dreams!!
Supplies:
– Melamine boards: 2 longer boards for the top and bottom; 6 shorter boards for the sides and cubby dividers
TIP: Ask the hardware store to cut the boards for you.
– Cabinet screws
– Wall anchors
– Toggle bolts
– Carriage bolts
– Cabinet nails
– 2 wooden table legs
– High density composite fiberboard
– 2 pieces of trim to be placed along top and bottom boards
NOTE: Our mudroom cubby system is 62″ (l) x 49″ (h) with five individual cubbies. Create yours to fit your space and family needs.
How To Organize Your Mudroom with Storage Cubbies
Build the frame of the cubby system, using the two longer melamine boards + 2 shorter melamine boards.
Drill pilot holes into the melamine boards and use cabinet screws to secure.
Measure out the space for your individual cubbies. Ours has 5 cubbies, each measuring 11″ in width.
Once again, drill holes on the top and bottom boards where the divider boards will go. Secure with cabinet screws.
How to Build Helpful Mudroom Organizational System
Our mudroom cubby organizational system was going to be wall-mounted.
To keep it secure on the wall, we cut five 4″ high density composite fiberboards the length of each cubby and nailed them to the wall. These will serve as the “hangers” for the cubby system.
Lift the cubby system on top of these fiberboard “hangers”. Secure the cubby system from the top into these hanger boards.
Use the same high density composite fiberboard, cut a strip and screw it into the wall underneath cubby system. This will be used to help support the cubby system.
Use wooden table legs to fit underneath the cubby system as additional support.
Pre-drill each leg with a pilot hole. Use a spade bit to drill into the cubby to sink the head of the bolt into the board.
With a ratchet, screw the toggle bolt through the cubby into the table leg.
Add decorative wood trim to the top and bottom boards of the cubby. Secure with cabinet nails.
How to Keep Family Organized with Easy Mudroom Storage
Organizational sanity once again. Yay!
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RandiG at FrugElegance says
Fantastic!! Love how you personalized the hooks for each family member.
Cecilia MyThriftStoreAddiction says
These are great!
Cara says
This is so cute! I love how you decorated each cubby for each family member. Great job!
vrmm26@hotmail.com says
Thanks!
Laura says
This is such a great cubby system. And one that will remain useful as your children grow. I like that you used the peel and reposition wall paper because as each child grows, their likes and dislikes will change. This way the paper in the back can be changed to accommodate these changes.
I would make a couple of suggestions . On the baskets for the cubby, what might be fun is to get little plaques or you can make it out of cardboard and paint them with chalk paint. Then when dry, put the person’s name on it. If you made from cardboard, punch a hole on each side at the same level. Use fishing line, ribbon, yard, what ever you like to tie the name card or plaque (if you do not get one already pre-paunched then drill a small hole on both sides at the same level or even one single hole at the top) to the basket. If you use the Cardboard method to make your , you might want to trim out the edges to give it a more polished look. I do not know if chalk paint comes in other colours or not. But I do think the black name plates would be a cool, easy addition.
My other comment is that I noticed you now have extra storage space on top of the cubby. This would be excellent space for storing seasonal items that belong to each person. Get 5 boxes and fabric cover them in what ever fabric you choose (or even some of the peel and stick wall paper), again use a nam name plate and put it on top of the cubby over each person’s space. In this would go, say, gloves, hats, scarves, winter boots or winter sports items. Then when Summer ends, just switch them out. No looking for gloves or hats or hockey masks or ice skates because they are all in an assigned area.
And I know we have four seasons. But I do mine down to 2. Late Spring to Mid Fall, Mid-Fall to Early Spring.
Sorry to be so much, I just loved this idea and it set my mind to whirling.
Thank you for sharing your creative work .
DazzleWhileFrazzled says
Thanks for all your suggestions and for stopping by. I have a little guy who would probably rip off any dangling name plaques so once he can be a little more trusted, I’ll keep that idea in mind!
Cheryl Ambrosone says
Could you please send me the instructions on how to build?
I like the fact that it’s up off the floor!