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Author: Sarah Trop

Sarah Trop is the Founder & Principal Designer of FunCycled, a Design + Facelift studio in Wynantskill, NY. She won HGTV's Flea Market Flip and BYUtv's Survivalist, is the lead interior designer for the Albany Capital Center expansion, and wrote Created to Create: Designing Spaces That Renew the Soul.

Oh Colorful Chairs How I LOVE YOU!

Oh Colorful Chairs How I LOVE YOU!

I hope you are all having a great weekend. I just couldn't wait to share these colorful chairs with you. We just created them as a custom order for my friend Tiffany. Stay tuned for this weeks Tuesday's Treasures to…

Tuesday’s Treasures Aqua Dresser with Mirror

Tuesday’s Treasures Aqua Dresser with Mirror

This week's Tuesday's Treasure started in shambles - read through and you'll see what this beauty was to begin with. Here's what she looked like before. I really couldn't even do a before picture of the mirror because it was…

Tuesday’s Treasures – Antique Patio Set

Tuesday’s Treasures – Antique Patio Set

Tomorrow is the 4th of July! I hope you all have some fun plans for the day. We are planning to take the kids to the roof top of a parking garage in downtown Albany to watch the fireworks. We…

Tuesday’s Treasures – Cedar Chest Turned Into a Coffee Table

Tuesday’s Treasures – Cedar Chest Turned Into a Coffee Table

Hope you all had a great weekend! This week's redesign was a lot of fun! It was one of those project where everything went RIGHT for once. :) Gotta love those! My friend Jo Ann and I went shopping at…

Tuesday’s Treasures – Antique Aqua Desk

Tuesday’s Treasures – Antique Aqua Desk

Hello to our new fans and to all those we met at the Troy River Street Festival this past weekend. I hope you had a great time at the festival, I know we did! It was so much fun working…

Tuesday’s Treasures – Distressed Sage Green Dresser

Tuesday’s Treasures – Distressed Sage Green Dresser

If you aren't a fan of our Facebook page, you may not know yet that I quit my job. I officially finished last week and I'm nervous, but really excited about having the extra time to devote to FunCycled and…

Why does Polycrylic yellow?

Have you spent hours and hours working on a piece of furniture, got to the final step of sealing the piece, and the Polycrilic turned your piece yellow in spots? I've read so much about the fact that you shouldn't…

How to Paint a Chevron Dresser

How to Paint a Chevron Dresser

I've been wanting to do something with a chevron design for what feels like a bazillion years. OK - maybe 4-5 months and here it was, finally - this dresser screamed "give me chevron!". My mom called me because she…

1970’s Console TV Makeover

1970’s Console TV Makeover

As you know, we've been busy here and I'm not complaining!! I'm loving the custom jobs and new creations! It's just that I haven't had a ton of time to post all of the fun things. I simply MUST make…

End Table Makeovers

End Table Makeovers

We've been busy here redoing a few different end tables. Instead of doing a post about each one, I thought I would show you the before and after of them. To see how we painted each one, visit our post…

Retro Dresser

Retro Dresser

Ok, please don't hate me, but I forgot to take a before picture of this next piece. How could I do that?? I'm sorry! So, it was all wood and it was in good shape, but just looked outdated. I…

Elegant Black Dresser

Elegant Black Dresser

This dresser was in really good shape to start with so it made for an easy makeover. To see the steps on how to paint furniture so our post How To Paint Furniture We used Benjamin Moore Low Luster Wood…

Revitalizing an Antique Dining Room Set- Part 3

Revitalizing an Antique Dining Room Set- Part 3

Some projects that we work on go quickly, some are tedious and some are just a huge pain in my booty! This dining room table was redone so many times, but it also shows that you shouldn't settle for less…

Oval Coffee Table Makeover

Oval Coffee Table Makeover

I liked the shape of this coffee table from the get go and wanted to buy it. John gave me a look in front of the guy selling it like, Are you kidding me! Then smiled and said, "If you like…

Vera’s Reading Corner Bookshelf

Vera’s Reading Corner Bookshelf

This little book case was given to us by a man we met right near our house who was throwing out a dresser. My dad saw it and asked if we could come get it. We started talking to him…

Roaring Like a Lion

Roaring Like a Lion

I fell in love with the design of this dresser. I know you can't tell from this picture, but even the handles of the middle drawer are lion heads. I wanted to give this a distressed look. If you want…

Yellow Dresser Makeover

Yellow Dresser Makeover

Here's the before picture of this monster! It was in pretty rough shape, sitting at the end of the road, waiting to be junked. It was right down the road from our house and John and I were on the…

How To Paint Furniture Like a Pro

How To Paint Furniture Like a Pro

Hi FunCycled Friends!! Are you stopping by to see how to transform your furniture? We're here to help you repurpose your furniture piece! Since painting has the same steps no matter what the piece, we've created this page to help everyone!…

Revitalizing an Antique Maple Dining Room Set- Part 2

Revitalizing an Antique Maple Dining Room Set- Part 2

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…

How to Update Your Dining Room Chairs

How to Update Your Dining Room Chairs

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…

How to Repaint a Chandelier

How to Repaint a Chandelier

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…

How to paint your dresser with a Pottery Barn-ish style!

How to paint your dresser with a Pottery Barn-ish style!

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…

Try, Try Again Argyle Dresser

Try, Try Again Argyle Dresser

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…

Grey Dresser with Black Glazing

Grey Dresser with Black Glazing

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…

Tree Room Ideas

Tree Room Ideas

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…

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