A semigloss paint was used so that they can be wiped clean easily.

That wouldn't work in my world. Too much dirt and salt.

LOL....just pick the mud room you do like and don't waste our time with the complaints about white shelving. Pick a mud room with dirt brown shelves.

Thought I was making a comment not a complaint.

I guess in my view saying something that is obvious like the shelves are white and asking a rhetorical question like "do you think that is practical" is unnecessary. Just move on to a another mud room that suits you in brown. Why comment at all? It's not for you. Your opinion isn't that important.