A mud room is a handy place to have in a house. Initially when we were looking at house plans a couple of years ago, I wouldn’t have thought of it as a necessity. On the plan it just looked like an entry way from the garage. Almost like they didn’t know what else to do with it so they just labelled it something vague like “mud room” and let the client decide for themselves what exactly that would entail.
I guess you could call it a transition zone between the garage and the house. So theoretically you could dump your boots in this area and not traipse them through the whole house. So there is a bit of that – our work shoes typically live here and we have some hooks on the wall for hats, jackets and backpacks. We also put an Ikea book case in there to use as holding area for stuff we grab when we go out the door but don’t necessarily want on view – like reusable shopping bags, bicycle helmets, rain jackets and sunscreen.
The basket on top of it was recycled from a Christmas hamper I got given one year. It’s a great place to keep my handbag of the day. Oh – and the odd cat as well. 
