How to Build Mudroom Cubbies | House One | This Old House

House One editor and DIY expert Jenn Largesse demonstrates how to make a storage cabinet for your mudroom. If your entryway is a catch-all for shoes, coats, and everything in between, you may want to consider building this free-standing storage cabinet that has cubbies and hooks. Watch the video to learn how.

With two little ones running around, there’s always a pile-up of coats and shoes near the front door. To solve this problem, I’m building a free-standing storage cabinet that has cubbies and hooks for storing coats, baskets for storing hats and gloves, and open storage for shoes underneath.

Cost: $125 (not including primer and paint)
Time: 10 hours
Skill level: 3/5

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[jpneal]

I like This Old House videos but this one was by far the most tutorial of them and a vast improvement in format for actually being able to take the video and complete a project. Can’t believe it was only a 6 minute video with all the information presented.

[Andrea-bwxm]

Nice addition to the entrance way!
May just give this a go. Thanks for the clear process description.

[sneekysmurf]

I love that you showed the measurements at the beginning ( very nice touch ) p.s that jig is a must very nice 👍 I’m a fan

[johnroberts]

Hi Jenn, wow you did a good job building this coat rack / storage bins project ! 👍😊🛠

[markb]

Love this channel, always interesting content and well produced videos 👍

[gergemall]

Lovely design. I’ve been meaning to build one in our mud room. Thank you . Looks better than I imagined

[SomeReefer]

Fantastic! I have recently been thinking about making one myself.

[brianmoore]

I think your tools are better than mine! Great job!

[sminthian]

I've been thinking of buying something like this for my mudroom. It didn't even occur to me to just make one myself...

[DoctorSkillz]

Can I pay someone to assemble this for me? I'm in Boston.

[kathrynkenyon]

She talked too fast and overlooked a LOT of technical details. This just shows me someone else making a cubby, it doesn't actually show or tell me "HOW." Sigh

[ALegit]

A moment of silence for the wood that got covered in paint 😢

[jankyj]

Hi Jenn, they should give you your own channel so you stop polluting this good channel with this pinterest trash.

[nowtelsematters]

Pocket holes are garbage and unnecessary. Use a proper fixing.

[davidschmill]

Rather pointless video that skips a LOT of the work that is actually required to build this. And you just assume we all have a workshop with all this fancy equipment? This is a joke