{"id":3151,"date":"2020-09-10T07:01:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T07:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.courtneythomasdesign.com\/?p=3151"},"modified":"2020-12-09T02:14:39","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T02:14:39","slug":"mighty-mudroom-with-pet-spa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.courtneythomasdesign.com\/mighty-mudroom-with-pet-spa\/","title":{"rendered":"Mighty Mudroom with Pet Spa: 2020 Pasadena Showcase House"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Backdoor Oasis Lightens A Family\u2019s Physical and Emotional Load<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

At one of our kick-off meetings with a client years ago, I asked a simple question, \u201cWhere do you enter your house?\u201d Her response reminded me just how complicated that answer could be. \u201cFrom the garage\u201d, she said, \u201cwith the kids, their stuff, the dog, the groceries and my frazzled state of mind\u201d. Imagining my own balancing act with my brood at our backdoor, I thought about how it really is the true entrance of the house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fast forward to our first walk-thru of the 2020 Showcase House and this space:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Before<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Beyond the kitchen and across from the door to the garage, it was likely part of the home\u2019s original \u201cmaid’s quarters\u201d and had been designated by the showcase committee as a potential craft room. I thought back to that initial conversation with our client, and wondered if this space couldn’t find a new chapter in supporting a family\u2019s busy life with varying and vast needs as mudroom that provides a collective sigh when seeing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mudrooms are an often overlooked and underappreciated space in CA homes. We think of them as East Coast elements that our warm weather doesn\u2019t require us to have. I, however, cannot support their inclusion in CA design fast enough. For today\u2019s busy family with kids in multiple extracurriculars and parents re-locating never-ending bags of \u201cgear\u201d, this space is a clutter containing godsend. I think that the important trend towards these \u201clifestyle spaces\u201d is only heightened today by Covid…when we\u2019re at home\/in home\/around home pretty much all the time.  So spaces like a mudroom that also handle laundry, dry cleaning and pet care, while combining beauty and function are exactly where the trends are taking place. Here\u2019s a sneak peek at some of the innovative ideas in our space:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Courtney<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Touches of Beauty:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
  • Matte black light fixtures with distinctive, French gold-lined shades from Currey and Co.<\/li>\n
  • Custom clothing rod in lucite.<\/li>\n
  • Acrylic outlet covers from Forbes and Lomax that show off the wipeable and beautiful, Schumacher.<\/li>\n\n\n\n

    Wallpaper:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
  • Bench and drapery fabrics from Cowtan and Tout.<\/li>\n
  • 2-tone cabinetry with brushed bronze hardware from Top Knobs. Base cabinets in cerused oak and uppers in an evocative grey blue paint.\n<\/li>\n
  • Concrete, Arto tile in a graceful arabesque pattern.<\/li>\n
  • Handmade and glazed Japanese-tiled Pet Bath which features a raised bench for easy sitting and handling of a wet dog, a Brizo hand-held, thermostatic sprayer and a decorative dog-bone drain cover.<\/li>\n\n\n\n

    A mudroom can be beautiful. It should function first, but it can be beautiful. As the first room of the house to greet you, I wanted ours to be an oasis from the day and its demands, a destination for decluttering not just our hands, but our heads, giving us the ability to move into the rest of the home physically and <\/em>mentally lighter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \"Pasadena
    Photos by Christopherr Lee Foto<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    \"Pasadena
    Photos by Christopherr Lee Foto<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

    For more details on our space and to meet some of the amazing vendors who supported us, follow us on IG @courtneythomasdesign and check out our IG live videos OR to tour the whole Pasadena Showcase House 2020 virtually in October, buy a ticket here: https:\/\/pasadenashowcase.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    A Backdoor Oasis Lightens A Family\u2019s Physical and Emotional Load At one of our kick-off meetings with a client years ago, I asked a simple question, \u201cWhere do you enter your house?\u201d Her response reminded me just how complicated that answer could be. \u201cFrom the garage\u201d, she said, \u201cwith the kids, their stuff, the dog,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nMighty Mudroom with Pet Spa: 2020 Pasadena Showcase House - Courtney Thomas Design<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.courtneythomasdesign.com\/mighty-mudroom-with-pet-spa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mighty Mudroom with Pet Spa: 2020 Pasadena Showcase House - 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