The back mudroom was one of the larger changes we made to the garden apartment, as it drastically changed the footprint of the kitchen. Although the kitchen got smaller (and cuter, we think!), we knew that if we were going to renovate, we had to add this mudroom; until this point, access to the utility space (which contained […]

The back mudroom was one of the larger changes we made to the garden apartment, as it drastically changed the footprint of the kitchen. Although the kitchen got smaller (and cuter, we think!), we knew that if we were going to renovate, we had to add this mudroom; until this point, access to the utility space (which contained breaker boxes for the whole house) was through the garden’s laundry room. If we needed to change a light fixture in our home, we’d have to give our tenants’ 48-hours notice just to go down and flip a breaker. Most of the time, they were kind enough to flip the switch for us, but we always felt bad bothering them with such a petty task. To get a better idea of how things used to look, we walk through the space with you in this vlog. During the renovation, we had our contractors close up the utility access in the laundry room, and instead, we planned for a small mudroom where we could have direct access to the breakers and water heaters without ever stepping foot in their home. Here’s how that looked during the construction phase:

The beadboard wall indicates where the laundry room is locat...