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A Mudroom Gets Made Over

Beth Ann Kempf’s 200-year-old house has no downstairs closets, so her entry hall has to work overtime. Real Simple reclaimed the spot to improve the family’s overall exit strategy. Here’s how. 

Shoes scattered throughout messy mudroom
Bjorn Wallander
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Before: Pedestrian Mayhem

Since there was no plan for what belonged where, footwear resulted in clutter, scuffed-up walls, and occasionally loss of mates. (Beth Ann had been looking for a match to a Teva for about a year.) Everyone’s shoes were mixed together, so the morning rush—and the hunt for footwear—were extra insane.

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