Mudroom and laundry room cabinets in New Jersey — lockers, benches and utility storage

Mudroom lockers from kitchen cabinets

A locker wall is tall cabinets without doors, divided by finished panels, with a bench across the bottom and hooks and a shelf above: one 18-inch cubby per person, a bench 18 inches high and 18 to 20 inches deep with drawers or a lift lid under it, uppers or open cubbies for hats and bags. Because it is built from standard cabinet parts, it comes in every door and finish we carry — a painted shaker to match the kitchen, a stained oak for warmth, a dark colour that hides boots.

Laundry rooms that work

• Uppers over the machines, 12 inches deep, with a shelf for detergent at hand height.
• A folding counter on base cabinets or over front-loading machines, in a quartz or laminate top.
• A utility sink cabinet with a deep sink and a pull-out for the bin.
• A tall cabinet for the ironing board, the vacuum and the broom — the 12-inch-deep, 84-inch-high utility cabinet most lines offer.
• Hampers and drying rods as inserts in a tall or base cabinet.

Ordered with the kitchen

Whole-home orders — Montclair, South Orange, the Mount Arlington lake house — take the kitchen, bar, baths and utility rooms in one drawing so the finishes relate and the crew installs it all in one run. A mudroom or laundry on its own is quoted the same way: bring the wall length, the ceiling height and a photo. Stocked lines (Level I) are the usual answer for a utility room; a mudroom that is seen from the front door is often done in the kitchen's line.