Hi!


I'm Shay! I’m a cookbook author, lifestyle blogger, travel agency owner, wife and mama who loves making every day special for my family.

Read more

Mix & Match Mama

Inside Our House ·

Family Room Redo!


I’m so excited about this post 🙂 !

Today, I’m showing you one of the newly added on portions of our house!!

Woohoo!

Let’s recap: in May 2020, we started on a new construction project that would add additional square footage to our house to include fun things like my office, a home gym, an upstairs laundry station, a full bath, a bigger family room and loads of new storage.  We knew this project would be a huge undertaking (and mess!), but we were so excited.  And thennnnnnnn on June 19, 2020, our house had the roof off of it to add on this new area when…it rained.  So, what began as a fun project to add a few new rooms ended up being the total gutting and rebuilding of our entire house. If you were around last year, then you know that I took the ordeal completely in stride and it didn’t inconvenience me at all nor did I ever complain.  #yeahright It was honestly terrible, and I complained daily the entire 10 months it took to put it back together.  #ugh

So, over the last few months, I’ve been sharing all of our new spaces, and today, I’m sharing one of my very faves…our new and improved upstairs family room!  If you want to go back and check out the other newly added/remodeled spaces, I have them here below…

LAUNDRY ROOM RE-DO

GUEST BATH

GREAT ROOM

MASTER BATHROOM

MY NEW OFFICE

MASTER BEDROOM

BACKYARD UPDATE

Andrew and I built our house in 2014 and this used to be the back of it…

…but now, after this new addition, this is the back of it…

So much fun, right?  We added a staircase inside on the right side of the house that leads up to my office on the second floor (extending the fireplace up).  We also added a gym, a laundry area, a full bath, loads of storage and made the family room larger upstairs (which connects over the patio to the existing part of the house.  This way, you can enter the new area from all three main staircases inside the house and everything flows.

I reallllly wish I would have done a better job photographing this part of the house buuuut…I didn’t.  I think, if the house wouldn’t have flooded, I would have done better, but this time last year, I was just trying to keep my head above the water.

Ha!  I did find this old picture from last year…my walls were taupe and the upstairs was chaos, but now…

…come on in to our new family room 🙂 .

 

 

Before the new construction, there was a wall with windows overlooking the backyard that went from the corner where the faux-deer is to the corner where the first step is.  I made a little video for Instagram last year that I’m going to re-post here so that you can better understand…

 

…make sense?  We used to use this room a little, but now, I would say we LIVE in this room especially during the school year when we’re cozy and inside at night.

 

We’ve always saved a lot of our kids’ art from elementary school and framed them for this wall.

Do you see my fish?

I’m really obsessed with my fish paintings.  We bought them in Nantucket from the artist who actually catches the fish and then takes them and makes a stamp out of them for each piece.  I don’t know…they speak to me 🙂 .

 

We are OBSESSED with our couch!  I had been telling Sean and Catherine how I was going to buy this couch for our new upstairs area since I love theirs so much.  (Sean and Catherine own Home By Sean and Catherine where they make the world’s most comfortable furniture!!)  Well, they knew which one I really wanted and one day after the house got destroyed…

…Sean brought it to me as a gift!  Awwwwww!  Insert all the sweet happy tears for that little brother of mine (and his beautiful bride).  We are obsessed with it.  I knew I would love it for how comfy it was, but my mom kept telling me how much I would love it for how easily things clean off of it…and boy, she was right!  So far, I’ve easily cleaned off all the lovely things like chocolate pudding, mud and blood.  #sigh  #fourkids

 

We have this work station here for homework, projects and it’s just right down the hall from my office, so if anyone who works for me needs a spot to camp out a bit, they have one!

This game table here is one of my favorite finds!  In this picture, we have the solid top on it, but you can easily take that off and you have a poker/card table underneath.  We’ve been doing puzzles, board games and lots of coloring up here (and yes…some poker 😉 ).

I saw this guy at a store on our town square and he just spoke to me.  Bahahaha!  Why?  Why?  Why?  I’m not sure, but I saw him and wanted him to come live at my house.

 

 

We bought the prints on the top shelf from the artist in Norway and had them framed.  The other items all came from Nantucket.  In Nantucket, almost all of the houses have names that are meaningful/kind of beachy and so we bought our sign for our one day house in ACK.

 

Down this hallway, you get to the front staircase.

 

 

Santa brought the kids an old fashioned arcade machine (you can hear more about it on The Bestie Breakdown) and then in the back there, is our play room (now podcasting studio 😉 ).

The battle of the stools.

If you go up these stairs, you’re in the rest of the new addition which…

…on the other side connects to me here in my office 🙂 .

And that, my friends, is our new and improved family room.

Okay, if you missed some of the other home update posts, here you go:

You can see our Laundry Room Re-do.

You can check out the GUEST BATH.

Then, I shared our new and improved GREAT ROOM.

After that, it was time to share our MASTER BATHROOM.

After that, MY NEW OFFICE!

And then, our MASTER BEDROOM.

Finally, I also shared our BACKYARD UPDATE.

If you’re looking for the sources I used for some of these items, here they are:

Wall Paint: Sherwin Williams Moderate White, the trim is SW Antique White
Cabinet Paint: Sherwin Williams Smoky Blue
Couch: Thomas Modular Sofa in “sand” from Home by Sean & Catherine Lowe.  You can sign up for an in-stock email alert on Wayfair so that you don’t miss it when it’s back in stock.  They re-stock often, but it sells out almost immediately each time.
Floor Lamp
Oversized Basket
Side Board
Bar Stools
Quarterboard Sign
Clock and Whale
Reversible Poker Table
Arcade Machine
Yankees & Red Sox Barstools
Ceiling Fan
Cabinet Hardware in Satin Copper
Fish Trio: Pete’s Fresh Fish Prints, Nantucket
Almost all of the pillows are from Pottery Barn.

Print Friendly, PDF & Email

You’ll Also Love

My Closet Confession
The Rent House part 2
Nantucket Bunk Room

Comments

  1. Erika Slaughter says

    The colors in the new family room might be my favorite thing. Love those blue built-ins! You guys did a great job!

  4. Ali says

    Love the kids framed art work. Can you share where you got them/link? Thanks! Also love the blue cabinets! Perfect color

    • Mix and Match Mama says

      The walls and ceiling are both SW Moderate White and the trim is all SW Antique White.

  7. Danette says

    I’m inlove! That’s such a great addition and cozy spot in your house! Love it!!! Will you please also share pictures of they gym? Super curious to see!! Hope you’re having the best day! Thank you so much for sharing your home, it is really lovely!!

  8. Cindy says

    So beautiful. I would love to see the re-design of your closet. I adore this closet. Dream closet I would say. Thank you. Take care.

    • Mix and Match Mama says

      I actually put the closet back just like it was before. I loved it so much that I didn’t change anything!

  9. Sheaffer Sims says

    SHAY!!!!!!!!!! I can’t believe I haven’t seen this in person yet. The sofa! The fish art! It’s all so good, but the kid’s art wall is my absolute favorite!!!!!

  10. Laci Murray says

    Give me all the creamy whites and blues!! I love it and your house is beautiful and so cozy/welcoming from the pics you share with us.

  11. Lilly says

    Love the blue that reminds you one day a house in Nantucket!,,,,??. May i ask where is the blankets basket from and where do the barn does goes to? The doors are so pretty and stylist.

  12. Faye says

    I love it! Gorgeous colours and details! The “barn” doors are gorgeous too in the hallway – love the design. Is there a window behind them?

  13. Jen Vance says

    Do you have a source for the frames you used to frame the kiddos artwork? – I love that wall!

  14. Lisa Simpson says

    What a gorgeous “fun” family room! Who wants a family room that doesn’t spell FUN! Got a question, I want to see if I can find the deer wall hanging. Any leads where I could find it or one similar? Thanks!

    • Mix and Match Mama says

      I just looked it up on the map of our town square. It came from Birds and Words in McKinney!

  16. Maria says

    Absolutely stunning!!!

    PS: Trader Joe’s Pumpkin-palooza begins Sept 7th! Just saw the sign at my local store and thought of you 🙂

  17. Beth Valenta says

    So nice! Random…where is the mini fridge from? I am looking to install one in my bar area and that looks perfect.

  18. Patty says

    You should decorate the deer for the holidays! I’m sure we all know “someone” who knows how to be festive and can make this happen (wink wink)! It all looks gorgeous and well thought through! Curious what the sliding barn doors in the hallway lead to? Did you and Andrew come up with the designs for the remodel? Really like the flow!

    • Mix and Match Mama says

      YES!!!! That’s a great idea!!!! The barn doors are going to be in another post!! And yes, Andrew and I came up with the idea. Well, I came up with all the ideas (I’m good at ideas) and Andrew came up with how it would actually be possible (he’s good with all of that…you know…hard part! Ha!).

      • Kelly says

        Ha! This is how our marriage works too. I’m the visionary but my husband makes it happen:).

        • Mix and Match Mama says

          I have alllll the ideas…I just don’t know how to actually make any of it work. Ha!

      • Mary Jane McNeill says

        I hang Santa hats on the deer heads in our house at Christmas! And if you ever want a REAL deer head, just ask me. We have about TEN in our house!!

  21. Rachelle smith says

    So beautiful! That blue color on the cabinet is so beautiful. Love the flooring too♥️♥️

  22. Alicia A Worth says

    Are those sliding doors in the hallway? Is there anything behind them or do the just move. I love them either way! Beautiful addition! Can’t wait to get a couch!

    • Mix and Match Mama says

      Ha! That is the original rug and it’s from Pottery Barn! It’s just about the only thing I kept…but I still really love it!

    • Mix and Match Mama says

      It’s linked at the bottom of the post!! They’re really amazing people and we loved working with them on our machine!

  25. Alison says

    Those blue built-ins are the perfect accent color! And I simply love your beach house name/sign. 🙂

  26. Rachel Kinneberg says

    Love it!! The blue color is my favorite. Totally bookmarked Sean and Katherine’s page on Wayfair to see if I can make one of their couches work when my main floor house remodel gets done this winter.

  27. April was in MA now WI says

    What a wonderfully cozy space! Never thought I’d ask someone this question, but do you remember where the white trashcan next to the arcade game came from? lol I’m looking for something just like that!

    • Susan says

      I’ve been looking for the best way to do that too. Do you just stick with the same black frame and do the size custom?

      • Mix and Match Mama says

        Yes! At Hobby Lobby, they keep your previous framing info, so every year, I just have them pull up what they did the year before and repeat it.

  34. Kimmy says

    This is a great space:) Thanks for sharing and for the links. Are your walls textured? ie: cement or stucco?

  37. Rebecca Jo Vincent says

    The kids artwork is just incredible. What a special touch & so full of memories!!!

  41. Andrea says

    This is HANDS DOWN my favorite room in your house!!! It’s PERFECTION!!!! I’ll be right over 😉

  42. Mary Verville says

    Such a great space! That shade of blue used on the built ins is beautiful- would you care to share the color?

  44. Tina says

    I never realized your walls were textured. I’ve always wondered…is there a reason why most walls are textured in Texas (environmental?) or is it just a design preference? LOVE the new family room!

    • Mix and Match Mama says

      I’m going to say it’s a design preference. Typically commercial walls are not textured but residential walls are.

  45. Connie says

    I LOVE your gorgeous home!! All of it. You have the best taste and know how everything should come together. Thanks for sharing once again.

  46. Joanne says

    I just spent all morning out furniture shopping looking for a sectional; I’ll have to look at the one you have here as it does look very comfortable. I am loving all these colors.

  47. Leanne Gilchrist says

    It looks so fabulous, so homey, like everything just goes so well together. I was following the whole renovation/redo of your home, and I felt for you every step of the way! Sigh. Thanks for linking to Sean and Catherine’s furniture~~we’ll be needing a new couch next year, and I love their things. The basket in the family room, the one with the blankets in it, can you please tell me where you got it? I’m a HUGE basket fan, and it’s gorgeous. Thanks, Shay, for linking to all of your things you used and your generous sharing of pictures as you redid things~~we’ll be renovating our downstairs next year, and it helps to get ideas! God bless you!

    • Mix and Match Mama says

      Awwww! Thank you, Leanne! I linked the basket at the bottom of the post. It’s from Pottery Barn!

      • Leanne Gilchrist says

        Thanks so much for the link, Shay!

        Our stairwell is incredibly tall, and I’ve got years of artwork from my kids, so I’m “stealing” your idea to frame it, and I’ll put it all in the stairwell! That way, when we open it up that closed stairwell when we renovate/remodel, their artwork will be already there!

  48. Sarah says

    I absolutely love your style. So beautiful and cozy!

    That also might be the best kid art display I’ve ever seen. Such a fantastic idea. I’ll be keeping that in mind for when my babies start creating their own artwork! 🙂

  49. Joy says

    Your house is huge! The new family room looks beautiful! Love it! I can’t wait to see how you decorate that room for fall !

  50. Kacy M says

    Love the little work station area – the decor and blue paint are gorgeous! #nauticalvibes

  51. Lauren says

    Love your new family room! Very nautical feel, aside from the intelligent deer ? Where is your rug from?

  52. Rae says

    Did you frame their original artwork or make copies of it? If copies, where did you have them done?

    • Mix and Match Mama says

      We framed all of their original art and had them custom framed at Hobby Lobby.

  54. Kate says

    Did you start year one by hanging I’m the kids photos in the middle of the wall and then work your way out? I’m trying to envision how it grew without looking awkward or off center for 8 years! Great idea! Love the color pop it adds!

    • Mix and Match Mama says

      Yes!! So, it started small (like three stacked pictures) and then over the years, we added, we moved, we added and moved some more to get this entire look. It was “complete” until the end of May when Madeley came home with her kindergarten artwork. We tried not to make it look awkward but I guarantee you seasons looked more wonky than others.

Subscribe via Email

Copyright © 2025 Mix & Match Mama | Privacy Policy

svg{display:none !important}img{display:none !important}.pf-content img{display:block !important}.pf-size-full, img { max-width: 25% !important; } li svg.detail-icon{width:55px !important}svg{display:none !important} svg{width:55px !important}