How to Build a Mud Room Built-in

One of my wife's favorite hobbies is to have me complete her home DIY list! Yes, you read that right! So here is a Timelapse of how I built an Entryway built-in bench for our home. I wanted to try and create a Timelapse video that would be helpful as well. This could also be used in a mud room if wanted.
If you have any questions, leave them in the comments below and I will get to all of them!
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[bklynvadc]

Wow! Great music… to go with an outstanding video! Job well done! Enjoyed every minute of it. Keep posting. Liked and subscribed.

[lextemptation]

Amazing! I will be doing this step by step! Thx u!

[Shannonveganmama]

Is that a special type of drill bit to go through the wood, and also the ceramic floor?

[Shannonveganmama]

What kind of filling is that at the end?

[susiemayo]

Great video! I’m trying to learn how to build mudroom lockers with doors. Do you ever put together the frame first, and then install it into the wall? I want to have mine open on the bottom for shoes and don’t need a bench

[symcardnel]

Best of luck w/ the site Drew. Nice video and music.

I'm an amateur and my unsolicited 2 cents is:

Gotta go w/ face framing on the bench 'seat' and divider's below.
Toe kick is a must have.
I would have stayed away from the door trim although the switch plates may have limited what was needed.
Nice add would have been a 1x4, 2/3'd up for coat hooks.

[mlmd]

What did you use for the seated part of the bench? Is that still plywood?

[Dnasty]

Hey great video. I had a somewhat relevant question. When you drilled in the floor it looked like you drilled in about 1/2" in past the wood. Is 1/2" generally all that is required to fasten wood into another surface? I am building an enclosure and trying to decide if I should go 1/2" and 3/4" into the wood it is being fastened to.

[kelseyunderwood]

12:30 how high above bench did you measure??

[abmbust]

What wood did u use to give it the finish look in front

[hhef]

New to simple builds or any builds 😂 my mudroom has a concrete floor. It was originally the front cement porch, but the previous owners remodeled the house and enclosed it to be part of the house as a mudroom. What drill bit would you suggest to go through the 2x4 and into concrete?

[Kinslayers]

Can I do this without drilling into the tiles?

[humandarion]

Would u say it’s alright to drill right into a laminate wood flooring? Under it is concrete… how would you approach this?

[Mjln]

Why did you secure it to the floor? You've put permanent holes in the floor tile to do so. There was no need for that. Just secure it to the wall.

[csturzoiu]

You did a very good job. However in the real work you would never make money. Lots of the things you did are structurally great but if you hired a contractor he would never be able to justify getting paid for it. Curious to know what you do to make money and still have the time to lose on doing this mudroom.