Towels, blankets, laundry supplies, and everyday odds and ends all need a place to land. Closed cabinets hide clutter, open shelves keep frequently used items within reach, and baskets add flexible storage while maintaining a tidy appearance. Use these linen closet and utility-space ideas to build an arrangement that fits your space, style, and storage needs.
Natural Wood Between Rustic Rooms
Farmhouse storage cabinets sit over natural wood flooring with visible grain. The cabinet backboard is covered in embellished wallpaper.
Mudroom Storage Options
Wood accents add farmhouse style to the mudroom. Shelves and cubbies provide storage capacity and increase the room’s storage potential.
Linen Closet Organization
Woven baskets organize the shelf contents in this compact storage area. Odd-shaped random items fit inside the baskets. A patterned towel hangs on the door.
Spacious Linen Closets
Extend the wall to create room for a closet and shelves, making the storage feel part of the decor. White paneled doors with black hardware close off the closet, while farmhouse cabinets span the entire wall. The wall extension adds closet space, and the farmhouse style carries across both storage areas.
White Beadboard Backboard with Matching Shelves
White beadboard forms the backboard behind matching white shelves and serves as the base of a linen closet. Keep the shelf arrangement free of clutter.
Vintage Oversized Wardrobe
The rest of the room uses neutral decor to support the closet area. The area provides closet space, but it has no built-in storage.
Neutral Closet Interior
One shelf and a garment rod fit inside the child closet, along with matching hangers. The neutral background supports quick retrieval.
Custom Household Mudroom Lockers
Closed cabinets sit above the lockers in this mudroom. Woven baskets fill the locker cubbies.
Wood Countertop Laundry Room
A wood countertop runs through the laundry room, joined by white Shaker cabinets and decorative items. Beneath one side, an open area provides space for laundry baskets.
Built-In Mudroom Bench and Closets
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Custom mudroom storage is joined by two other elements in the mudroom. A woven runner lies at the hallway’s midpoint and leads toward a black door with glass panels.
Herringbone Utility Space Flooring
A wood-topped bench finishes the storage unit in this mudroom and laundry room. Include the bench, and paint it gray.
Subway Tile Between Cabinets
In the laundry room, white shaker cabinets have black pulls above a subway tile backsplash. Keep the cabinet decor moderate to help avoid overcrowding. An open wall section leaves room for hanging clothes, with a garment rod installed there.
Multiple Gray Entryway Rugs
Rustic furniture belongs in the entryway, along with matching accessories. A narrow closet takes up one wall and uses bi-fold doors to hide clutter storage.
Modern Gray Shaker Lockers
Contemporary tile and artistic decor can influence the design of the gray shaker-style lockers. Paint the lockers gray to support their modern style, and blend the features between rooms.
Decorate the utility spaces as well. The amount of time spent in utility spaces is unknown.
Modern Vintage Laundry Room
Dark gray tile covers the floor and contrasts with the white linen cabinets and wood accent. Beneath the white countertop, multiple wheeled baskets fit into individual sections.
Customized Rainbow Closet
In the closet, organized sponge designs sit on rows of white shelves, while a white dresser stands in front of an abstract rainbow image. The closet serves a practical utility purpose. Mix customized ornaments with tools meant for organization, and include personal details in the closet design.
Warm Wood Hallway Flooring
White walls set off the warm wood flooring in the hallway. A vivid, fiery runner lies on the floor, adding more warmth, while a hallway cabinet provides storage. Use contrasting cabinet hardware so it stands out against the cabinet.
Vintage Cottage Bedroom
Near the bed are a white chandelier and a rug in blue and white. The cozy cottage bedroom has vintage furniture, including a short wood dresser against a paneled wall. White walls surround the wood window frame.
White Cottage Linens
The pillows and blankets form one white stack and feature varied materials. They sit with an aged wood cabinet that has a rustic look associated with vintage style.
Soft Hexagonal Mosaic Flooring
Hexagonal mosaic flooring carries a soft white and gray palette from the vanity to the linen closet. The cabinet doors have vintage-style paneled glass.
Beige and White Color Scheme
The walls combine soft beige and white, and the shelving and cloth baskets use the same colors. The closet has coordinated wall treatment.
Paint the interior walls the same color as the exterior walls, and the exterior walls the same color as the interior walls. Baskets can hold items beyond linens, so add them for multiple uses. The baskets match the walls.
Appliance Area Brick Wallpaper
Faux brick wallpaper appears behind the appliances and cabinets in the laundry room. Apply it to one wall and keep the adjoining walls relatively plain. The wallpaper has a realistic appearance.
