I’m beyond excited to FINALLY announce that FunCycled is now a local retailer (the only one in upstate NY), that is offering RePurpose ReColor’s Chroma Color DIY paint line!! What does that mean exactly? Available starting August 27th, you can stop by our store at 272 River Street in Troy, NY and buy some amazing DIY paint.
Let me give you a little information about the products straight from the RePurpose shop:
Chroma•Color is Repurpose Recolor’s line of premium, water-based, all-purpose paint. It sticks to just about any surface — wood, concrete, metal, laminate, veneer and much more. It dries very quickly so you can start enjoying your Re•Colored furniture, walls and floors straightaway!
• Priced significantly lower than the competitors
• Paint and primer in one! With Chroma•Color paint there is no need for any prep work — no sanding or priming.
• Gorgeous buttery satin finish, great coverage and ease of use make Chroma•Color a snap to use.
It comes in 16 Different Colors!
Crisp Linen White
Flannel Gray
Mohair Blue
Hint of Mint
Perky Persimmons
Peony Pink
Sunshine
Kelly Green
Grand Hotel Flower Red
Cast Iron Kettle Black
Garden Green
Fireball Red
Cocoa
Azurite Blue
Vineyard Berry
Celadon
Purchase 1 Quart for $32 Or a Try It Size (which should be enough to paint a small end stand or chair) for $10.
RePurpose Tinted•Tincture Stain
Tinted•Tincture Stain — is your wood treatment solution! It is an easy-to-use wood stain designed to preserve and enhance all wooden surfaces. With ultra-low odor and soap-and-water clean-up, your projects will be a breeze!
• Modernizes and transforms any wooden surface while preserving the original beauty of the woodgrain.
• Currently offered in beautiful 12 colors
• Extremely versatile — great on furniture, cabinets, doors, shelves, trim work, walls, floors or any wood surface
How’s your week going? We’ve been dealing with some health issues on the home front, but doing well other than that. My son, Josh, and I were able to go on a day trip to NYC on Saturday and do all the things he loves. Lego store, Nintendo store, eat lots of pizza and Chick-fil-A, and we even went to a musical.
For this week’s makeover, I wanted to share a few bedroom designs that I did for the lake house that I’ve been working on for 2 years. Each room was a blank slate when I started so there isn’t much of a “before” to show you, but here are the afters for you:
Bedroom 1Bedroom 1Bedroom 1
My favorite part of bedroom 1 is the headboard, it hangs on the wall so it would work with any platform bed you have. I love the mix of leather and fabric.
Bedroom 2
This bedroom was designed to be monochromatic. It will eventually have a large wall of bunkbeds on the wall to the back of me in this photo.
Bedroom 3Bedroom 3
This bedroom was actually made out of a storage closet. We opened up one of the walls with a French door that looks out to the lake, added a tiny closet, and made this into one of my favorite tiny spots in the house.
Bedroom 4
This room is so comfy, relaxed and sophisticated. We repurposed a headboard that came with the house, then used linens, beautiful end stands with gold accents, and light gray walls.
Bedroom 5Bedroom 5
Doesn’t this last one look just like it should be in a lake house magazine? I love the artwork, the mossy accent wall, and the bed. We also opened up the window facing the lake so when you’re in bed, you can lay and look at that beautiful view!
Would you like help redesigning your bedroom? Let me help you with the design! Check out more details about our Interior Design Services.
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How are you? I hope you had a nice weekend and were able to take some time to think about the sacrifice so many have made for our freedom. Such a humbling, overwhelming thought. I’m more than grateful for the freedoms we enjoy… that were anything but free.
On another note, I wanted to give huge thanks to Melissa Schuman from the The Record for the beautiful write up she did on FunCycled yesterday. Check it out online or if you have the paper from yesterday, we’re on the front cover. Yay! We feel so blessed to be doing what we love every day. A huge thanks to each of you for making it possible! 💕
For this week’s makeover, I wanted to share an ornate buffet makeover that we recently redid and is available on our shop page.
Here’s the buffet before:
I loved the ornate detailing of this piece so I wanted to keep the color fun, bright and let the glazing cause all of the detail to pop. For this piece, we used a turquoise color from the Chroma Paint line that you actually can’t get anymore.
If you want to see how we paint furniture, check out our How to Paint Furniture post. Ready for the after photos?
Turquoise Antique Buffet Turquoise Paint with Black Glaze
This buffet is available now to purchase!Contact us to purchase!
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We offer interior design, kitchen cabinet painting, and custom built tables, barn doors, and repurposed furniture. Thank you, again, for working with us and for taking the time to spread the word about what we do.
How was your long weekend? Here in upstate New York, it was sunny and stunning! We spent almost all of Saturday trying to finish up the living room and start working on the kitchen in our repurposed idea house. Sadly, we didn’t get to finish the living room, but hopefully one more day will do the trick! Little details can take longer than you’d expect! :) We did get to have a group of friends over on Sunday for a bonfire which was really fun!
For this week’s makeover, I wanted to show you a beautiful buffet that we added a pop of color to! Here it is before:
We painted the outside with the line of paint that we cary in our store – Recolor Chroma Color Paint in mustard, glazed it, and sprayed it with a protective clear coat. If you want to see how we paint furniture, check out our How to Paint Furniture post. Ready for the after???
This buffet is available to purchase! You can check out even more new pieces on our For Sale page.
Taupe Gray Buffet
Kitchen Islands
Interior Design
Teal Mirrored Dresser
White Long Dresser
Gray Hutch
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How are you today? I hope you had a great week! John and I went away to the Architectural Digests Designer Show in NYC and I’ll be sharing more about my favorite finds on the blog soon. Stay tuned!
For this week’s furniture makeover, I wanted to show you this adorable furniture makeover. Here’s the before:
It needed some love! We painted it using the repurpose recolor paint line in our store. Then we sprayed it with a protective clear coat. If you want to see how we paint furniture, check out our How to Paint Furniture post.
Here’s the after’s:
Mustard Dresser
This adorable piece is amiable for you to purchase online or in the store! We have other new pieces available for you to buy on our for sale page right now. Here are just a few:
TV Stand
Orange Mid Century Credenza
Mid Century Bookcase
Farm House Hutch
Vanity
Kitchen Cabinet Painting
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How are you? I hope you had a great weekend! We were busy, busy! We even did a pop up shop with a bunch of other downtown Troy shop owners at Colonie Center this weekend. A big welcome to all of you who are stopping by the blog after meeting us for the first time at that event.
Here we were… all set up!
For this week’s furniture makeover, I wanted to show you how we redid the vanity that was for sale at the show. Now…. this isn’t everyone’s style but it’s a hand painted finish that I have been studying for years now and really love the look of. It’s more like using furniture as a canvas instead of a typical paint job. You may even like the vanity more in its original state:
Let me start by sharing the quotes from my children when they saw me working on it!
“It looks like someone got shot and the blood is dripping down the dresser” -Harmony
“No, it looks like someone blended up rotten food and strawberries and dumped it all over it!” -Josh
“No, no! It looks like strawberry juice and bird poop dumped all over it.” -Harmony
Wow guys! Thanks so much! lol Good thing I really liked it otherwise my feelings might have been hurt!
This finish was actually really tricky… I blended Grand Hotel Flower Red and Mohair Blue paint that we sell in our store. It’s RePurpose Chroma Color paints that don’t require sanding or priming before you paint. I did a drippy, distressed finish. Then sprayed everything with a protective clear coat and added new hardware of course! Ready for the after?
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If you like what you see, please like FunCycled’s Facebook page to keep up to date on the newest finds, vote on colors and give your input on our creativity. Last but not least, let us customize a furniture piece for you. We create custom furniture and will deliver for customers in upstate NY and also ship throughout the US. Send us a note with what you would like using our contact page. Or buy something that we’ve already designed from our furniture for sale page.
How was your week? We had a wonderful, fun fall weekend where we unplugged for a much needed family day. Here’s some of the pictures from Indian Ladder farm which I’ve never been to before and we absolutely loved it! Continue reading Drippy Map Buffet
How are you? I hope you’re enjoying a great week! We are enjoying some much needed family time this week. Taking a quick break before the hectic (yet fun) summer begins!!
I can’t wait to share this transformation with you!! It combines my favorite colors and favorite new fabric.
Here’s the secretary desk before we got started! It’s not that this piece was in bad condition, it was just that it had an outdated look. I wanted to take people’s breath away when they opened the front.
Closed: Wait for it…. OPEN! We painted the outside with Valspar’s Lincoln Cottage Black and the interior with Repurpose Recolor paint in Mohair Blue. You can purchase Repurpse Paint from our store any time! If you want to see how we paint furniture, check out our How to Paint Furniture post. After we painted both pieces, we lightly distressed them and put protective clear coat over the top.
Teal and Gray Secretary Desk
The best part?? This set is for sale on our Furniture For Sale page right now!! Here are a few other new things, too!
Kid’s Locker
Mid Century Coffee Table
Wood Front Cream Dresser
Slate/Navy Dresser Set
Black Queen Anne’s High Boy
Bird and Tree Dresser
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Happy FunCycling Friends,
Sarah ;)
If you like what you see, please like FunCycled’s Facebook page to keep up to date on the newest finds, vote on colors and give your input on our creativity. Last but not least, let us customize a furniture piece for you. We create custom furniture and will deliver for customers in upstate NY and also help you ship throughout the US. Send us a note with what you would like using our contact page. Or buy something that we’ve already designed from our furniture for sale page.
Can you believe school is starting in two weeks? For many of you, it’s already started. I can’t believe summer break is almost over. This summer has not been what I expected it to be, but I not saying that in a bad way. I didn’t expect the store to be as busy as it was. We made it through and I’ve learned so much for next year. I’ve learned how to manage a busy work schedule. I’ve learned how to say no… if you know me at all you know how hard that is for me. At the same time, I’ve missed my kids. Next summer I’ll definitely get some extra help so I can be with them more. I’ve missed my friends because almost every night I worked after the kids went to bed until midnight. I say all that to say anything worth doing is worth growing through. If it doesn’t challenge you, it probably won’t change you. A friend said the other day that my life is a vacation. In some ways it was a compliment and also showed me that I’m faking it well to her apparently. At least she knows I enjoy my work. I’m doing what I love every day, but my life is DEFINITELY not a vacation. Running a business like this requires so very many hours, hot days, heavy lifting, and taxes. So much taxes. lol
Someone also asked me the other day how I did everything I do. How do I balance work and family and church and friends? I replied with this…
Thanks to the Lord who really did give me His strength on days that seemed too short for the to do lists, when the nights seemed to end too quickly and the morning came too soon. He lifted me up and He will continue.
So I say thank you for the yesterdays and for what tomorrows He may give me. If you feel this way, too, lean heavily into Him. Ask for His strength. Read the Bible for encouragement. Be part of a church family who will lift you up and love on you like no one ever has. He is faithful.
Oh and some exciting news!! As of this week we will be a Repurpose Repaint Retailer. It’s a DIY water based paint (not chalk paint) that doesn’t require sanding. It’s a perfect option for you DIYers out there that love to get your hands dirty and are ok with brushed finish.
As for the makeover today, I wanted to share this hutch transformation. If you liked our Rustic Chic Dresser Set, you will probably like this hutch transformation, too!
Before:
We removed the fancy details on each drawer and the inside frame on the doors. That gave us the depth we would need to add wood to the front.
Once we did that, we used aged wood so it had a naturally gray finish. I didn’t stain or do anything to the color of the wood. Just stained the side where the cuts were to make it match the original gray color of the wood. If you end up trying a project like this, you have to be very careful to keep the wood exactly the right size so it sits perfectly on the drawer.
We painted the box Simply White by Benjamin Moore. If you’d like to see how we paint furniture, check out our How to Paint Furniture post. Ready for the afters?
A quick Before and After pic for Pinterest:
This hutch is for sale right now! We just brought it into the store last week. If you’d like to purchase it, please use our Contact Us form or stop by our store at 272 River Street, Troy, NY.
Mark your calendars! This Friday Night is Troy Night Out and we will be open from 12-8pm. We would love for you to stop by to see all the new pieces, paint line and of course home decor! All on street and garage parking is free after 5pm so it’s a perfect date night, girls night out, or heck a night out by yourself. You won’t be able to NOT have a fun time. :)
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Happy FunCycling Friends,
Sarah ;)
If you like what you see, please like FunCycled’s Facebook pageto keep up to date on the newest finds, vote on colors and give your input on our creativity. Last but not least, let us customize a furniture piece for you. We create custom furniture and will deliver for customers in upstate NY and also ship throughout the US. Send us a note with what you would like using our contact page. Or buy something that we’ve already designed from our furniture for sale page.
It’s not that this piece was in bad condition, it was just that it had an outdated look. I wanted to take people’s breath away when they opened the front.
Wait for it…. OPEN!
We painted the outside with Valspar’s Lincoln Cottage Black and the interior with
