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From an Old to a New White Kitchen – Tuesday’s Treasures

Hi Friends!

How are you? I hope your week is going well! Everything is going really well around here. I can’t take professional pictures of our most recent basement project until all of the accents are installed, but I wanted to share a sneak peak of some of the work we’ve done so far… we built a custom barn door, built a new wall, and added a kitchenette area.  

Susan and Jerry also let us install a black shiplap wall and black floating shelves. 

For this week’s Tuesday’s Treasures, I want to show you a recent kitchen cabinet job that we finished. Not that the kitchen cabinets were the biggest part of the transformation, but I still thought you’d enjoy the before and after. It’s hard to tell in the before pictures but the white cabinets were more of a creamy white and in need of an update. Here it is before:

We painted the whole kitchen with Benjamine Moore’s Chantilly Lace and sealed it with a satin clear coat. We added all new hardware as well! Klassic Stone in Albany replaced the counters with a gorgeous quartz that looks like marble. Rory and her husband did a great job picking out wall colors and tiling.
Here’s the after!

Would you like your kitchen redone? Use our Contact Us form to let us know! Just email us a picture of your kitchen, a count of how many doors and drawers, and let us know where you are located. Then we can send you  an estimate for redoing them for you! It will up the value of your home at a fractions of the price of buying new cabinets!
Please also check out new furniture for sale on our website here or let us know if you could use some help with decorating. Please use our Contact Us form or stop by our store at 272 River Street, Troy, NY.

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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 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.

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Two Cedar Trunk Makeovers

Hi Friends,

How was your week? We started a mid-century modern basement renovation project so that has been a dream come true for me. I love mid century designs and it’s not every day that someone is willing to go with that style. Susan has been a dream client; trusting, patient and willing to let me think outside the box. Can’t wait to show you all, the finished project!

This week’s project is as far from mid-century modern as possible, but it was a sweet Christmas present that we were able to custom make for Charlotte’s kiddos. They had a rough year.

Vera loves birds so we went with a gray trunk with yellow birds! People often ask if I use stencils, but these designs are not with stencils; they are hand painted originals by yours truly.

For a little more masculine vibe, we went with a dark gray trunk with birch trees for Raymond.

These pieces are not available to purchase, but you can check out other new furniture for sale on our website here or let us know if you could use some help with decorating. Please use our Contact Us form or stop by our store at 272 River Street, Troy, NY. I also added quite a few other new pieces to the store!

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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 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.

 

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Benjamin Moore’s Wind’s Breath Painted Kitchen Cabinets

  1. Hi Friends,

How are you? I hope you’re having a good week so far! I’m excited to show you this week’s makeover. This kitchen project is different because I thought the kitchen was pretty to begin with! The painted cabinets only enhanced the beauty of this kitchen. Here’s the kitchen before:

I loved the old wood in the kitchen so I recommended adding barn board to the back of the island.  Check out the difference:

Our clients also asked if we could take the glass out of the upper cabinet doors and install wood instead. I’m so glad they requested this option, I think it made the kitchen much more updated. We painted the whole kitchen with Benjamine Moore’s Wind’s Breath and sealed it with a satin clear coat. We added all new hardware as well!

Would you like your kitchen redone? Use our Contact Us form to let us know! Just email us a picture of your kitchen, a count of how many doors and drawers, and let us know where you are located. Then we can send you  an estimate for redoing them for you! It will up the value of your home at a fractions of the price of buying new cabinets!
Please also check out new furniture for sale on our website here or let us know if you could use some help with decorating. Please use our Contact Us form or stop by our store at 272 River Street, Troy, NY.

There is a box at the top right of this page to enter your email address to receive notifications by email when I post something new on this blog. Please sign up today!

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 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.

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Light Gray Dresser Set

Hi Friends!

How was your week? We had a nice one and the boys even went camping… in a cabin! :) I was happy to stay home in the warmth and hold down the fort until they came back!

For this week’s furniture makeover, I’m excited to show you this dresser set that was redone as a custom order. It’s hard to tell from the picture but there was a lot of surface damage on these pieces. Scratches and dings!  Here they are before:

We painted it using Benjamin Moore’s color Silver Fox. If you’d like to see how we paint furniture, check out our How to Paint Furniture post. After we painted it, we distressed it lightly and sprayed it with a protective clear coat. New hardware always helps.

Ready for the after??

These pieces are not available to purchase, but you can check out other new furniture for sale on our website here or let us know if you could use some help with decorating. Please use our Contact Us form or stop by our store at 272 River Street, Troy, NY. I also added quite a few other new pieces to the store!

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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 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.

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Empire Dresser Makeover

Hi Friends!

How was your first week in the 2018? If you’re not from upstate NY you may not know that we’ve had record cold temperatures this week! Cold temperature and paint don’t like either other too much. So we had to crank up the heat to keep our paint building warm enough for the paint to cure correctly. I’m a little scared to see what our heat bill is going to be this month. Also, our 1805 house is pretty drafty! Last year was so mild that I forgot what a typical upstate NY winter was going to feel like in our old/new to us home. We also decluttered from Christmas and I love seeing the house come back together again!

For this week’s furniture makeover, I want to share a gorgeous empire dresser that we think is probably from the late 1800’s/early 1900’s. The dovetailing is hand done and the piece is absolutely beautiful. Here it is before:

It had quite a bit of veneer damage on the box and very top drawer, but the fronts of the rest of the drawers were in good shape! I just didn’t like the color of the drawer fronts – too orange for me. So, we repaired all of the damaged veneer and painted the outside with Benjamin Moore’s color Gentleman’s Gray. Then we sanded down the drawer fronts and stained them with  Minwax’s Dark Walnut.  New hardware was a must and I wanted to give this piece a feminine touch when choosing hardware.

If you’d like to see how we paint furniture, check out our How to Paint Furniture post. After we painted it, we glazed it lightly and sprayed it with a protective clear coat.  Then the new hardware .

Ready for the after??

This dresser is available online and in our store now! Check out other new furniture for sale on our website here or let us know if you could use some help with decorating. Please use our Contact Us form or stop by our store at 272 River Street, Troy, NY. I also added quite a few other new pieces to the store!

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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 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.

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2017 Most Popular Repurposing Projects

Hi Friends!!

The time has come to share our most popular posts in 2017! These are chosen from the Tuesdays Treasures posts of 2017 not all of our posts. This is one of my favorite things to look back on and remember all of the projects in the last year!

1. Kitchen Makeovers

Toping the chart are our Kitchen Projects this year! That seems fitting because we’ve done so many kitchen transformations this year! Check out a few of them on our Kitchen Projects page. Here’s my favorite kitchen makeover this year – my own kitchen!

Before:

After:

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After:

2. Interior Design for a Troy Fireman

I love that this also topped the charts because it shows how much interior design has grown for us this past year. I’ve had the privilege of working in so many of your homes and helping you create a comfortable place that makes you proud to have others visit.

3. Mid Century Hutch

I was a little surprised at this one! This hutch is adorable but it took a long time to sell in our store! Thanks to everyone who loved it!

4. Tips about going to Magnolia Market

Again, love that this toped the charts because it was a highlight of my year. A dream come true really! Getting to go to one of my bucket list spots with my husband was such a blessing.

5. Transitional Interior Design

This was another beautiful interior design project that included custom furniture that we built or repurposed as well as interior design for two rooms!

6. How to Update a Cedar Trunk

Again, this one surprised me just because I kind of forgot about it. I do love a good cedar trunk makeover and apparently you guys do too!

7. Beige China Cabinet Makeover

This is a newer piece and I absolutely love it! The good news? It’s still available to purchase here.

8. Chic Teal and Gray Dining Room

I was so excited to see this one, too, because it included interior design and furniture. The dining room set that we repurposed was so stunning! Head over and check it out!

9. Sea Foam Desk/Dresser

This piece is so unique and really beautiful. I’ve had it for a bit and am surprised it hasn’t sold! I love how it turned out! You can purchase it here.

10. Ugly Dresser Turned Into a Hutch

This was another very special project to me so I was giddy to see that it made the top 10! A really, really, really ugly dresser that we turned into a hutch!

Thank you to all the wonderful people who made this year really special for us! You come out and shop local which makes what we do possible.  We never want to take that for granted!

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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 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.

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New Gray Hutch For Sale

Hi Friends,

How are you? We had an amazing weekend thanks to so many blessings! We were given ticket to see Disney on Ice this weekend and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever at the Cohoes music hall! Both were awesome and we cherished the family time! Such special memories! So fun that I forgot to take a good family picture. lol

We love experience gifts for Christmas so one of the kids gifts was going to the Tech Center of Gravity for a class on how to make electronic textiles. We had so much fun and special memories were made!

For this week’s before and after, I wanted to show you a hutch that we just finished! If you’d like to buy it, you can even have it delivered on Friday if you purchase it by tomorrow! Here are the before pictures:

We painted it using Benjamin Moore’s color Silver Fox. If you’d like to see how we paint furniture, check out our How to Paint Furniture post. After we painted it, we distressed it lightly and sprayed it with a protective clear coat. New hardware always helps.

Ready for the after??

These pieces are available online and in our store now! Check out other new furniture for sale on our website here or let us know if you could use some help with decorating. Please use our Contact Us form or stop by our store at 272 River Street, Troy, NY. I also added quite a few other new pieces to the store!

There is a box at the top right of this page to enter your email address to receive notifications by email when I post something new on this blog. Please sign up today!

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 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.

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Perspecta by Kent Coffey Dresser Set Makeover

Hi Friends,

How was your week? We had our first snowfall of the season here in upstate NY this week and the kids loved sled riding and even tried out new snowboards! I can’t believe how big they are getting but also love that they are still small enough to be enamored by the first snow fall!

For this week’s furniture makeover, I wanted to share a mid century set that we just finished up! They were actually in need of some veneer repair and sanding, but overall good structurally so I knew they were worth saving. Here they were before:

These were both made by Perspecta by Kent Coffey with dovetail drawers. We painted the boxes with a Black enamel and then stained the drawers with a whitewash, gray wash, and black. After painting, I sanded the drawers to give it a more distressed look!

If you want to see how we paint furniture, check out our How to Paint Furniture post.

Ready for the after pictures?

These pieces are available online and in our store now! Check out other new furniture for sale on our website here or let us know if you could use some help with decorating. Please use our Contact Us form or stop by our store at 272 River Street, Troy, NY. I also added quite a few other new pieces to the store!

There is a box at the top right of this page to enter your email address to receive notifications by email when I post something new on this blog. Please sign up today!

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 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.

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Modern Chic Kitchen Makeover

Hi Friends,

How are you? We’ve had our busiest week of the year with Small Business Saturday and then the Troy’s Victorian Stroll. If you missed it, we were on WNYT News about the stroll and had a quick family picture!

Now those are some pretty cute kids! 😍

This week, I wanted to show you before and after pictures of our kitchen makeover. We’ve been wanting to redo the kitchen for awhile but we had other projects that needed to be done first so this one waited two years. :) Here are the before pictures:

It wasn’t that our kitchen was horrible, but it definitely didn’t reflect our style or show the work we could do so we decided to give it a face lift. We painted all the cabinets Revere Pewter by Benjamin Moore, had new counters installed, and John installed the subway tile, shiplap and built the new table. In the week’s to come, I’ll go into more detail about the different parts of a kitchen remodel, but wanted to show you the overall makeover first.

Ready for the afters??

Removed some cabinets for exposed shelves, tiled, installed new sink and painted the cabinets a warm taupe gray.

   

What a transformation, right? If you’d like us to create this transformation for your kitchen, use our Contact Us form or check out other kitchen projects on our For Sale page. We’ll need to see a picture of your kitchen, a list of how many doors and drawers there are, and were you are located to email you an estimate. This change ups the value of your home and gives you a whole new look at a fraction of the cost of new kitchen cabinets!

Also, check out our store for new furniture available this week:

There is a box at the top right of this page to enter your email address to receive notifications by email when I post something new on this blog. Please sign up today!

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 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.

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Tricks to Transform Oak Kitchen Cabinets

Hi Friends,

How are you? I hope you had a nice Thanksgiving weekend! Thank you to all who came out to shop small this Saturday. Those of you who support us are a gift – stopping by FunCycled to shop, to say thank you, and to reminisce on projects past. If you had only seen the morning we had when a “quick” project at the store at 9am turned into one disaster after another with kids in tow for over 3 hours. One kid was sick, sleeping on my coat behind the counter, our dog ran out of the store and almost got hit by a car, and I felt not so great myself. I looked around at all the chaos happening on one of the biggest sales days of the year for us and I actually found it so symbolic of this thing called small business. It’s working on the sick days, it’s bringing the whole family – even the dog, and it’s finding a way to succeed! I didn’t get annoyed actually; I just thought how will we make this work?. That’s one of many things that owning a small business teaches you; how not to freak out. You learn that it only makes things worse. Embrace the challenge and kick its butt… and that’s what happened Saturday. You all were gracious as my husband was drilling a barn door in the middle of the check out area, you were kind to my kids, you were encouraging to me, and you sent business our way to help us live our dream. Because even on the tough days, we are so very thankful to be doing this every day. We love watching things go from broken to beautiful, we love creating, and we love helping you love your home so it feels welcome to everyone who walks in. Thank you, thank you, from the bottom of our hearts.

For this week’s Tuesday’s Treasures, I wanted to share another kitchen project that we recently wrapped up. This is a set of kitchen cabinets are all oak!

This is probably the most common kitchen style that I see and this one had quite the transformation with a coat of paint and a new backsplash. Here’s a couple of tips for redoing oak cabinets.

1) Don’t sand too deeply into the wood when you’re prepping it because it will make the already deep grain stand out more. Just lightly scuff it with 150 grit sand paper.

2) Don’t go with a gloss sheen; go with satin. Gloss makes the grain stand out even more.

3) Paint them – trust us, it looks better and increases the value of your home. I know it’s ok, it’s ok. Just let us paint them.

For this kitchen, we painted the main cabinets Manchester Tan HC-81 and the island Dry Sage 2142-40 by Benjamin Moore. We also changed out all of the hardware and that helped significantly with this transformation. Ready for the afters?

What a transformation, right? If you’d like us to create this transformation for your kitchen, use our Contact Us form or check out other kitchen projects on our For Sale page. We’ll need to see a picture of your kitchen, a list of how many doors and drawers there are, and were you are located to email you an estimate. This change ups the value of your home and gives you a whole new look at a fraction of the cost of new kitchen cabinets!

Also, check out our store for new furniture available this week:

There is a box at the top right of this page to enter your email address to receive notifications by email when I post something new on this blog. Please sign up today!

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 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.