Diy closet bench with storage

These clever and easy to build benches turn a closet into a mudroom with hidden boot storage. With shelves on the front for shoes, and a hinge up compartment on the back for boots, there's no wasted space and everything is accessible. Use off the shelf 1x12s to build the benches. Check out our free tutorial with diagrams and helpful tips and lots of build photos from Ana-White.com

Today I am sharing the tutorial for the DIY built-in storage bench. Well, my friends. Time flies like crazy, and we are on the 3rd week of the One Room Challenge hosted by Linda over

Follow along as I show you step by step how I built a mudroom with a storage bench and closed shelving in my add-on entryway!

How to Turn an entryway closet into mudroom Do you have an entry way with no storage for shoes or just a place to sit? Turn your entry way closet into a mudroom complete with

Our DIY patio storage bench took Ryan about a weekend + a few evenings for the paint. He picked up a few new saws for our upcoming projects, so this was a good time to learn how to use them! This bench can have so many different uses. It could be a really cute entry way bench or mudroom bench. I would even use it in a play room for some toy storage and it would also be a bench to sit on.

How I turned a closet into a functional modern mudroom

Our hallway closet was a space in our home that we didn’t utilize to it’s fullest potential. We stored our vacuum cleaner on one side, a few coats on the other and tossed our shoes on the floor. This way may have been easy, but it wasn’t really working out so great. I was inspired by this entryway makeover to build a bench in that area and shelves for storage. I thought this would be more pragmatic and inviting. If you are reading about this remodel for the fist time you can catch up here…

Follow this easy, budget-friendly tutorial to make a built-in storage bench – How to build a dormer window storage bench with a piano hinge using just 2x4s and plywood.