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HGTV Dream Home 2026 Tour: Stylish Mudroom and Powder Room Photos

By: Jeannie Matteucci

The mudroom and powder room create a transitional space between the garage and the home’s main living areas. Savvy storage solutions and a clever use of color make this area both functional and stylish.

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Fashionable and Functional

The efficient mudroom includes cabinetry painted in Still Water, a deep-sea teal with gray notes. This super-organized space keeps the main living area free from clutter, with an attached powder room that gives guests quick access to a discreet half bath.

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Statement with Color

With the warm neutral paint color Universal Khaki and the warm beige hue Neutral Ground for the mudroom walls and trim, the cabinetry offered a chance to make a statement. “It gave us the ability to make a super colorful vibe in the mudroom without necessarily going over the top,” says designer Brian Patrick Flynn.

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Popular Activity

Use the mudroom to store your favorite fishing gear for leisurely days on the lake outside. Fishing in Lake Wylie is a popular activity for species like largemouth bass and catfish.

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Colorful Personality

A paneled door connects the mudroom to the fashionable powder room. “It’s not big, so we used a color that gives it lots of personality,” says designer Brian Patrick Flynn.

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Beautiful Blues

A teal toilet and the slightly muted aqua Hazel on the walls bring the beauty of the outdoors inside. A framed striped life preserver and a map of North Carolina provide decoration and add local flavor.

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Jewel Box Space

A graceful teal pedestal sink coordinates with the two-piece toilet. Vanity lights above the sink, a decorative mirror, and more framed life preserver art complete this jewel box space.

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Quick Change

Large drawers on the bottom of the mudroom cabinetry can be used for storing outdoor shoes. An integrated bench provides a handy spot to make a quick change before heading in or out of the house.

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Easy Entrance

Another paneled door in the mudroom provides easy entrance to the attached garage. The walls, ceiling, and floor of the garage include two blue hues that coordinate with the home’s next-level interiors.

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Connected Spaces

A partition wall separates the open kitchen from the mudroom and powder room. These spaces have their own personality, but an easy connection.

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Easy Operation

A wireless keypad by the door to the garage allows you to arm and disarm the home’s advanced wireless security system in just one click. The keypad is smash-safe and can be customized for either an audible or silent alarm.

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Dine in Style

The moody dining room is just steps away, located off the home’s front entry. More color and vertical clapboard (or shiplap) give this space a fashionable look.

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Fabulous Floors

The durable floors that flow through the main living areas offer a warm wood look and have a bit of sheen. “The floors are a cross between beige, brown, and gray,” says Brian Patrick Flynn.

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Fun Nautical Touch

This view from the dining room shows the swinging café door that opens to the mudroom on the other side. “Since we’re on the water, we added the porthole window,” says designer Brian Patrick Flynn.