Organize Your Mudroom With This DIY

This unfinished armoire is meant for storing clothes in a bedroom, but with its sturdy doors, inside shelves, and roomy drawers, it makes a smart stand-in for an entryway mudroom. All this makeover needed was some functional accessories, like boxes and hooks, plus a fresh coat of paint and fabric panels. Shaker armoire in birch, $399, gothiccabinetcraft.com

Cut two pieces of fabric the same size as the door's recessed panels. Use a sponge brush to apply fabric Mod Podge around the edges to prevent fraying. Brush the Mod Podge onto the wood and stick on the fabric, smoothing out air bubbles with an old credit card. Let dry. Fabric: Cottage Gate linen, $26 per yard, kingcottonfabrics.com; Mod Podge $7, plaidonline.com

Hang the mirror from a 5/8-inch screw. Paint the umbrella stand the same blue as the armoire's exterior and let dry. Then hang it from two 1 1/4-inch screws about a foot from the bottom of the armoire. Mirror: Baroque, $17, bedbathandbeyond.com; Umbrella Stand: Slimline, $25, containerstore.com

Remove old hardware. Paint the armoire with semigloss latex. We chose two blues—darker for the exterior and pegboard, lighter for the interior. Attach new pulls and knobs. Dark Paint: Durango Blue by Ralph Lauren; Light Paint: Spanish Bluebell by Ralph Lauren; Knobs and Pulls: IMG 378 Classic Round knob, $5.50, Hickory Hardware Adorno pull, $4.50, both atgstores.com