How to create a marvellous mudroom or utility in a tiny space

The utility or mudroom is the darling of Instagram but most of our homes don't have extra room to spare. Here's what to do

An example of what you can do behind closed doors with a clever bit of CAD design from your kitchen supplier. Note the exquisite fold-away routed timber doors; Ryburg range, nakedkitchens.com.

Marvellous mudrooms, beautiful back kitchens, luxury laundries and divine drying rooms. Overwhelmed by carefully curated acres of Instagram ecstasy, the scrubbed-up truth is that most smaller homes do not have space for a fully dedicated utility room concealed behind a solid door.

My utility space is by the back door. It is not fluttering in gingham cloths and mason jars of crystalline detergent.