Author: Sarah

So, this dining room set was purchased from a man on craigslist who was moving into a smaller house. He and his wife wouldn't have room for this set and their loss was our gain. I believe he told me…

Do you have an old dining room set that you would like to replace? Think about repainting it instead. This is step 1 of 3 in our redesign project - revitalizing an antique maple dining room set. The table is…

So many people don't notice the lighting in a room and settle for the run of the mill brass or silver light, but in this post we'll show you a cheap way to add new life to your room by…

I bought this dresser at the same time as the Grey Dresser with Black Glaze. She had quite a few scratches, but I knew she could become a beauty in no time at all. First, we filled in all the…

This dresser is the heaviest dresser I've carried so far! Holy heaviness batman! It wasn't in bad shape, but it had some scratches and the paint had yellowed (probably from using polyurethane instead of polyacrylic). I wanted to try this idea that…

This was in great shape so it was a quick, easy makeover. Here's a quick overview! Fill the top two handle holes with wood filler so I could make it one knob Lightly sand the whole piece Prime Used the…

Right now we are working on a dresser for Sweetie's room. This is the first step of her room redesign. I really want to repaint her room and put a tree on one wall. Here's a couple sites that have…

This hutch redesign was fun and required some creative thinking. Thankfully, John and I like being creative. We drove almost an hour from home to buy this hutch from a nice family who had so kindly allowed Spiderman to live…

This buffet is actually the first piece of furniture John and I ever worked on together. When we first got married we had VERY little money  so our friends John and Devon gave us this buffet. It was almost that…

My next furniture project came from my dear friend, Lara. When I was a little girl, she was a teenager  who went to the same church as I did. I remember watching her and admiring her joy, beauty, compassion, and love for God.…

This was a really fun coffee table redesign! I wanted to push myself to try something new. We got this at a yard sale two summers ago. Sad, I know, that it sat for so long. Let's get right to…

This is part 2 of our Ladies and Gentleman's dressers. This is the hardest dresser we've done so far, but definitely one of my favorite finished products. Thanks for pushing me to try new things, Macknenzie! This dresser was so…

For this dresser repurposing project, we had quite the task ahead of us. My friend from work, Mackenzie, asked us to design two dressers for her and her boyfriend. We had two non matching dressers that we wanted to make…

This solid pine, antique dresser was so much fun to make over; my favorite project so far. We found this on craigslist and drove 40 minutes into the country to pick it up. The trip out there on a Sunday…

This is a really simple chair makeover that was a lot of fun! Here's the before picture: My mom grabbed this chair at a yard sale for me last summer. I really like the style, but it needed a pop…

This night stand was in rough shape when it was given to us. The nice part about getting a furniture piece for free is that I don't feel so nervous about messing it up! This is my first attempt at…

Our good friend, Jo Ann,  (you will probably hear her name mentioned quite a bit) had this little hall table that was her grandmothers. It had a crack on one side and she wanted that fixed, to have us paint…

This buffet was given to us from a dear friend, Janet. It was her great grandmother's. We still have the matching table set, but the buffet ended up not fitting in our new dining room. Our friend Jo Ann had…

My Aunt Alice gave us this rocking chair. I loved the style instantly, but it needed some work. Here's step by step instructions on how we fixed it up. The wood underneath the back of the chair had split so…

Welcome to FunCycled! This is all about our families adventures, trying to find new ways to upcycle and recycle furniture or other products into stylish works of art or helpful hints to save you time. We love modern designs, we…