Field Trip Friday with Kristi From I Should Be Mopping The Floor

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I look forward to field trip Friday every week. This field trip from Kristi at I Should Be Mopping The Floor is a first for her. AND, I KNOW you will be inspired and impressed by her many talents. Not only is she taleted, but she is a wonderful wife and mother of 2 handsome boys. AND, one of the kindest bloggers I know. So with that intro, I will leave the rest of the post for Kristi…

Hi, friends! I’m Kristi from I Should be Mopping the Floor.

Thrilled to be here on Field Trip Friday with my bloggy friend, Meegan.

Thanks for the invite, girlfran!

I’ve been blogging since 2006, however, ISBMTF was started in early spring of 2011. It’s been a super fun creative outlet for me and a fantastic way to meet others who are passionate about similar things! When Meegan initially contacted me to join her for a FTF, I was a little apprehensive…I’ve never actually done a home tour {crazy, no?}! I realized the time had come…so without further adieu, WELCOME TO OUR HOME!

We live smack-dab in the middle of Texas in a military community. We are not military ourselve, but we really enjoy all of the friends we’ve made in our little city. We are also only an hour away from my hometown of Austin.

We also happen to live in cookie-cuttersville {when you move from a 60+ year old home, that whole brand new home thing is appealing…until a few years later when you realize your house is identical to all of the others on your street}. One of our goals has been to take our house from its standard molded footprint into something more custom and with character.

Let’s take a step inside…

This is our entryway. All of the pieces here are oldies: an old sofa table from my parents, dumpster dive suitcases, Goodwill {made-over} lamps and a mirror from my great grandmother’s dresser {you can see the mirror redo here and the dresser redo here}.

As we move past the entryway and into the living area, my new sliding barn door is on the left. It is in front of a small hallway that leads to our master bedroom and laundry room. Check out the entire barn door construction and installation here.

The next area is our living room. I repainted that fireplace last year {and surprised my husband with that when he got home from work that night…ha!}. You can see that makeover here. This is the room we spend the most time in.

On the opposite wall of the fireplace is my chalk-painted piano. Both of my children are in lessons and this free piano was perfect for us. I gave it its painted makeover a few months ago…check that out here.

Just off of the living area is the dining room. This room was made over on a whim when we had our new floors installed {it was one of those, “since we’re ripping out floors, we may as well repaint; and while we’re at it…”}. I’m really happy with how it turned out and we love to entertain in here. Click her for the entire makeover of this room.

Also off the living area is our kitchen, which got an overhaul this summer. While I still have some loose ends in here and haven’t done a final reveal, here’s one of my favorite spots. We added faux stacked cabinetry and repainted all of the cabinets. Check out a part of that makeover here.

This above photo is an older one {you can see the old wall and cabinet colors in the background}, but it shows the kitchen island we redid a while back. It’s been one of my favorite projects that we’ve ever done. Check it out here.

This photo is looking from the kitchen area into the breakfast nook. There’s a lot of projects in here, too. The Chalkboard Backpack Station on the left wall is fabulous for keeping the kids’ backpacks and lunch boxes organized {see the tutorial for it here}. The buffet on the right was a Craigslist find that I refinished here. And then we added open shelving above it here. The faux deer trophies above the windows were super fun to use. And those window treatments are actually faux roman shades, which I did a tutorial on here.

I still have plans to refinish our little table there. This table has some sentimental value, and although a larger one may fit better in this space, this one will be with us forever. I plan to restain the actual table and then paint each chair a different color, in chalk paint. Kind of a Monica Gellar kind of look, huh? :)

I also gave the pantry an overhaul as well.

Check out the post on that here. My dad helped me create those storage crates in there, which I LOVE! I put together a complete tutorial on those here.

We can head down the hall to the boys’ bedrooms. This one above is my older son’s room. He’s actually really tired of the western look we’ve had in here for about five years now {he’s nine now and this just isn’t “cool” anymore}. This room is on the list for a redo, but currently it looks like the above. It’s hard to bring myself to make this room over…it took me six weeks to do the paper bag treatment to the walls in here {that was before the blogging days}.

Next door is my younger son’s room. We redid it last year with touches of Star Wars fun. I love the beds in here…another Craigslist find {although, usually each bedpost has a ball cap hanging off of it}. We did these board and batten walls in here for less than $30. See that tutorial here. That lamp is also a Goodwill makeover that appeared here on the blog.

Here is the bathroom that the boys share, just down the hall from their rooms.

It was one of the first big makeovers I ever blogged about. You can see that here.

Our home office is next to the bathroom. It got a mini makeover here.

And in the hallway is our gallery wall.

Back on the other side of the living area is our laundry room, which is still a makeover in progress. I’m hoping to have it done pretty quickly and be able to post about it soon.

And a room that doesn’t appear on the blog much {ever} is our master bedroom. It is in need of a tune up and I do plan to tackle it, as well as the master bathroom, in the new year. The above is a pallet I painted that hangs over our faux fireplace in there. I can’t wait to take this room on…it’s like a dark cave in there right now.

And that about wraps it up! So happy you stopped by today. And thanks bunches for having me over, Meegan! Loves!

Love you too, my friend!!

See all the talents and creativity Kristi has! Isn’t she amazing? I knew you would love her as much as I do.

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Comments

Julie says

November 15, 2013 at 7:18 AM

OMG! That was so much fun. Kristi…I absolutely love your home. I love how you use your signature turquoise & red throughout the home. It screams happy, and that’s how you are in blog land too! Every room is decorated so beautifully. Some of my favs are the barn door, your red buffet table, the island, your pantry, your sons room, the green desk, the piano…omg stop me. I must tell you though…my ultimate fav is the faux fireplace!! That is a keeper my dear. Thanks Meegan…this was so fun. Pinning!!

- kristi@ishouldbemoppingthefloor says
  
  November 17, 2013 at 9:30 AM
  
  Thanks so much, friend!! I love that you love that fireplace…I think I need to do more with that piece!! I always forget about it since it’s been with us so long! :)
  
kelly arent {copper roof interiors LLC} says

November 15, 2013 at 11:02 AM

Great house tour Kristi! Love everything from the pantry to the pallet decor above the faux fireplace. Thanks for sharing it with us! Have a great weekend!

- kristi@ishouldbemoppingthefloor says
  
  November 17, 2013 at 9:31 AM
  
  Thank you so much for “stopping by” and for your kind words. Hope you’ve had a great weekend, too.
  
Crystal says

November 15, 2013 at 7:24 PM

Your home is beautiful!! Love it Kristi!! Thanks for the tour!!

- kristi@ishouldbemoppingthefloor says
  
  November 17, 2013 at 9:32 AM
  
  Thank you so much, Crystal!! So sweet of you.
  
Kathy says

November 16, 2013 at 9:35 PM

Love your Website and the house tour . My kitchen cabinets are the same color as yours and I was always afraid to paint them for fear of ruining them . And then not being sure or maybe it would end up a BIG mistake. I love what you did in the kitchen and the extra shelf above the stove . Kudos to you for being brave to change your kitchen without knowing the results . I love being crafty, but I am not anywhere near crafty to the extent you are . Keep your ideas coming , love to see what everyone else has done . Thank you .

Barbara says

November 19, 2013 at 11:32 PM

Kristi, your house is gorgeous! You are so talented!