05/21/2026
One of the smartest additions you can make to an older Twin Cities home? A mudroom. 👀
In Minneapolis and St. Paul, so many older homes drop you straight into the house with little to no buffer zone. And in Minnesota, that gets old real fast.
In this video, Dan Hanson walks through a back-of-house addition designed to become the family’s main entry point from the garage — a hardworking mudroom with the storage, durability, and everyday function homeowners actually need. Coats, boots, backpacks, snow gear, wet dogs, grocery bags… this is the kind of space that quietly changes how a home lives.
What makes this kind of addition so impactful is that it does two things at once:
it improves daily function and blends beautifully with the original home. In this project, the new addition carries through the existing stucco, soffit details, overhangs, and brick pattern so it feels like it has always belonged there.
For homeowners in Minneapolis, St. Paul, and the Twin Cities, this is one of those additions that may not sound flashy at first — but once you have it, you cannot imagine living without it.
𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝘄𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀? 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲.
