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Early 1900’s French Bedroom Set For Sale

Hi Friends!

How is everyone in upstate Ny holding up to all of this heat and humidity? Don’t hate me… but I love it! I swear I was designed to live in the south. I’d take this any day over being cold.

Want to see a really unique bedroom set? I found this one online and couldn’t wait to get it!

It had some veneer damage, but nothing that we couldn’t fix! We wanted to go with two tone and I’m really happy with the results. We painted it Benjamin Moore’s colors Simply White and Silver fox, then painted the hardware black, 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 afters?

If you’d like to snatch up this set, it’s now available (online only). Check our online shop to see if it’s still available by clicking here: Shop Page. 

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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. 

Happy FunCycling Friends,
Sarah ;)

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Traditional Bathroom Design

Hi Friends!

Do you love a good bathroom makeover?? Good, good! So do I. :) This bathroom makeover doesn’t have a before picture because it was just an empty storage closet that was turned into a bathroom. It was part of a full lake house design project that I’ve been working on for the last two years.

So… imagine. An empty room with concrete floors. There, you’ve got it. :) I started with taking measurements and working on a design board for the space.

This design was done almost all virtually… I created the design board with product links for the contractor and he did an amazing job installing it all.

Love the vanity from Pottery Barn! I also really love the combination of tiles used for the flooring in the room, in the shower, and on the shower walls.

Herringbone Shower Tile

The counter top on the vanity was stunning, too!

Shower Sliding Glass Door

Would you like help redesigning your bathroom? Let me help you with the design! Check out more details about our Interior Design Services. 

Thank you all for following along! If you’d like to get this blog in your email once a week, please sign up for our weekly newsletter by adding your email in the little box below my picture. 

If you’ve enjoyed this post, please like FunCycled on  Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest if you don’t already. Keep up to date on the newest finds, vote on colors and give your input on our creativity. We share fun tutorials, great before and after, and new design inspirations. 

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. 

Happy FunCycling Friends,
Sarah ;)

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Specialty Door Finish – Paris Moody Seascape

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When I started FunCycled over 10 years ago, the passion to pick this style of business was driven by a love of painting and recycling. I loved painting acrylic on canvas actually, but furniture seemed to bring art into the home in a timeless, practical way that attracted me. I’m always looking for design ideas; whether that’s in creation, old abandoned buildings, or even the color gray in my daughter, Harmony’s, eyes. It’s all beauty that I hope to capture and share in unique ways.

I’ve always loved looking at old doors and taking photos of them when I travel so on our recent trip to Paris and London, I snapped lots of pictures of Paris Doors and London Doors. Click either to see them on our Instagram page. As I was looking at the doors, I felt inspired to start a new speciality finishes project. I’ll take door finishes and artistically translate that finish to furniture. Because art is in my heart and I just love sharing beauty in unique ways.

Without further ado, here’s our first Specialty Door Finish – Paris Moody Seascape. A mix of chipping, dark glue gray paint, glazing and bright gold accents.

Our inspirational door…

This hutch felt like the perfect piece given the detailing at the top of each door and of the piece. It just felt right!

The finished furniture…

Also, Lydia, who is new to FunCycled in the last year, has been such a great addition to the team. She agreed to use her artistic ability to paint miniature paintings of each door in the series.

If you’d like to snatch up this first piece in the series, it’s now available (online only). Check our online shop to see if it’s still available by clicking here: Shop Page.

Thank you all for following along! If you’d like to get this blog in your email once a week, please sign up for our weekly newsletter by adding your email in the little box below my picture. 

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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. 

Happy FunCycling Friends,
Sarah ;)

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Helping You Design a Successful Airbnb

Hi Friends!

As you may already know, we own an Airbnb in Troy that is very successful, but what you may not know is that we also help property owners create one of kind designs for their Airbnb’s as well. Check out this short video for more information.

Just a couple of weeks ago, I did a design consult helping a developer in Schenectady pick the layouts and set up for his new properties on airbnb.

Last week, I was able to help my friend MaryGrace design and finish setting up her airbnb. She had bookings the very next day after posting the listing on Airbnb. That’s because design makes a HUGE difference when you’re trying to get your Airbnb booked.

Check out some of the photos!

A huge congrats to MaryGrace and Mark. They worked so hard to create this beautiful space and I’m thrilled to get to see their dreams coming to life. If you’d like to book it, click here.

Would you like help redesigning your airbnb or creating a new airbnb? Let me help you with the design! Check out more details about our Interior Design Services. 

Thank you all for following along! If you’d like to get this blog in your email once a week, please sign up for our weekly newsletter by adding your email in the little box below my picture. 

If you’ve enjoyed this post, please like FunCycled on  Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest if you don’t already. Keep up to date on the newest finds, vote on colors and give your input on our creativity. We share fun tutorials, great before and after, and new design inspirations. 

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. 

Happy FunCycling Friends,
Sarah ;)

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Small Half Bathroom Design

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I’ve been working on a lake house interior design project since 2020! It’s been a whole house remodeling project and I just went to photograph it last week. I’m so excited to start sharing some of the project with you!

There are plenty of rooms and ideas to share, but I wanted to share the smallest room in the house that we designed. We changed the layout of the house a bit and with the new design, we were able to add a small, half bathroom by the new front entry.

There’s not a great before picture because it was originally part of a bedroom that turned into an entry way, closet, and half bathroom.

Here’s the design board for the original product selections.

Here’s the entry way now that it’s all done!

Entry way created from where a bedroom was.
New half bathroom installed.

Would you like help redesigning your bathroom? Let me help you with the design! Check out more details about our Interior Design Services. 

Thank you all for following along! If you’d like to get this blog in your email once a week, please sign up for our weekly newsletter by adding your email in the little box below my picture. 

If you’ve enjoyed this post, please like FunCycled on  Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest if you don’t already. Keep up to date on the newest finds, vote on colors and give your input on our creativity. We share fun tutorials, great before and after, and new design inspirations. 

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. 

Happy FunCycling Friends,
Sarah ;)

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Mahogany Dresser Set Makeover

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How was your weekend? A huge thank you to everyone who stopped by our side walk sale. We had many pieces go to their new forever home that day and the support means so much!

This makeover is one of the sets that sold at the store on Saturday, but I can’t let that stop me from sharing this transformation.

Here’s the furniture before:

We painted it Benjamin Moore’s color Blue Note, painted the hardware black, 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 afters?

This dresser set is sold, but head to our Shop Page to check see if it’s available! 

Thank you all for following along! If you’d like to get this blog in your email once a week, please sign up for our weekly newsletter by adding your email in the little box below my picture. 

If you’ve enjoyed this post, please like FunCycled on  Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest if you don’t already. Keep up to date on the newest finds, vote on colors and give your input on our creativity. We share fun tutorials, great before and after, and new design inspirations. 

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. 

Happy FunCycling Friends,
Sarah ;)

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Our Trip to Paris

Hi Friends,

As you may have already seen on our social media channels over the last week, we recently went on a trip to Paris. I’m excited to share some of the highlights with all of you!

Eiffel Tower

The first thing we did once we landed was drop our bags at the hotel and head down to the Eiffel Tower to take a look.

Such a beautiful piece of architecture!

We rented scooters to get around the city quickly on this day since it was as short day. We also passed by ARC DE TRIOMPHE so we had to stop and get a picture.

The next morning we spent some time people watching at an adorable little cafe. The seating in Paris cafes face toward the road not toward the person you’re with. This was also where I tried my first French hot chocolate. It was so much better than in the states! It isn’t as sweet and it comes with one tube of sugar to sweeten it if you’d like.

Up next we went to SACRÉ-CŒUR and climbed 292 steps to the top section behind us for a full view of the city. 

The architectural details throughout Paris was stunning. Everywhere we looked we saw balconies, roof top gardens, beautiful old doors, ornate details.

The next day we went on a food walking tour of Paris and enjoyed the fresh croissants, world famous chocolates, and cheese that was the most delicious cheese I’ve ever had!

My favorite day in France was a day where we went on a day tour of the Palace of Versailles.

It started with a bike ride while it gently rained.

We rode the bikes to a market where we picked out lunch and dessert for our lunch on the lawn later in the day.

Then we went on a tour through the gardens. Over 2,000 acres of stunning symmetrical French gardens.

Then we hopped back on our bikes and went to a different area where there were play houses that Marie Antoinette had built for her children.

Then back for our picnic and into the front of the palace for a tour of the inside.

Then we biked back the train station in the pouring rain to finish the day!

The doors in Paris are BEAUTIFUL! Just so stunning. Take a look at this one:

The flowers were so unique and dainty!

Oh, and the ice cream looked like flowers, too!

Last, but not least, we got as close as we could to Notre-Dame de Paris.

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In addition to traveling the world lol, 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. 

Happy FunCycling Friends,
Sarah ;)

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Kitchen Cabinet Painted Hushed Hue by Benjamin Moore

Hi Friends!

How’s your week going? We just got back from a beautiful trip to France and London. I’ll do a post about the trip soon, but this week I have to keep it short while I’m playing catch up at work.

We recently did a kitchen makeover that I really loved and wanted to share photos for you!

Here’s the kitchen before:

We painted the kitchen cabinets with Benjamin Moore Hushed Hue #1520, added new hardware, and sprayed them with a protective clear coat. The client did a beautiful job taking care of the rest: new tile, new hood, beautiful island, moved the sink, altered some of the cabinets. Wow! What an amazing transformation!! You can barely tell it’s the same kitchen.

If you’d like to see how we paint Kitchen Cabinets, click here to check out our video on YouTube.

Ready for the after photos?

Could your kitchen use an update? We’d love to help!! We can help pick out colors, finishes, product and do the cabinet painting, tiling, add new hardware. You can use our Contact Us form to request our design services or a quote for painting your kitchen. Please 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 where 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!

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If you’ve enjoyed this post, please like FunCycled on  Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest if you don’t already. Keep up to date on the newest finds, vote on colors and give your input on our creativity. We share fun tutorials, great before and after, and new design inspirations. 

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. 

Happy FunCycling Friends,

Sarah ;)

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Behr’s Secluded Woods Dresser Makeover

Hi Friends!

How was your weekend? We had a great one!! I’ll share more details soon, but for this week’s makeover, I wanted to show you a dresser that we recently redid for our store.

Today, John and I celebrate our 19th anniversary! Nineteen years is enough reason to celebrate, but today feels even more special because I was married when I was 19. So this marks the start of being married more than half my life! If you want to see what special ways we are celebrating, be sure to follow our stories on Instagram and Facebook this week.

Here’s the dresser before:

We painted it Behr’s Secluded Woods color and added new hardware. We also removed some of the decorative details on the front that we didn’t like. We also 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 afters?

The green from the trees throws off the coloring a bit. For a better representations, check out this photo from Home Depot:

This dresser is available soon to purchase! Head to our Shop Page to check see if it’s available! 

Thank you all for following along! If you’d like to get this blog in your email once a week, please sign up for our weekly newsletter by adding your email in the little box below my picture. 

If you’ve enjoyed this post, please like FunCycled on  Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest if you don’t already. Keep up to date on the newest finds, vote on colors and give your input on our creativity. We share fun tutorials, great before and after, and new design inspirations. 

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. 

Happy FunCycling Friends,
Sarah ;)

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Sick of peeling off wallpaper? Try this!

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Do you have any childhood memories where you spent your Saturday’s pealing off old wallpaper? Remember that smell of vinager and water in a spray bottle, the little round tool that would scrape up the paper to let the vinegar and water solution soak in, and then the hours and hours and hours of pealing, scraping, and more pealing??? Well… me, too! That was many of my memories as a kid and I swore to myself that I would NEVER wallpaper a room in a house when I grew up. Never ever. No matter what.

Thankfully, I’ve learned there are some tricky ways around pealing old wallpaper off the wall. Plus, wallpaper has come a long way (a much less messy job to install).

This process isn’t something everyone would pick, but it really looks amazing in our foyer and saved us a SO MUCH time.

Here’s the foyer on the day we purchased our Repurposed Idea House:

If you have any pealing paper or damaged walls, fill it with spackle, sand it smooth, and clean it well before applying the wallpaper or vinyl to the walls.

We added 4′ plastic panels on the bottom half of the wall over top of the wallpaper and added wood strips between them to create board and batten with a top wood chair rail. Just used a little adhesive and a nail gun to hold them onto the wall with the boards supporting it.

We waited to install the chair rail until after we installed the wallpaper.

This wallpaper is a peal and stick wallpaper so it’s mess free to install and easy to remove if you change your mind. You can purchase it here:

We painted the boards and vinyl Simply White by Benjamin Moore.

John built this hallway bench out of an old 1800’s bed and I couldn’t love it more!

This vanity was my grandmothers and I painted it mustard.

My very favorite part of the design was this stair runner! The DIY for that will be in another post soon, but take a look at how beautiful it is!

Do you know how hard it is to find a pretty stair runner? Really hard! :)

Let me know your favorite part of the design in the comments below!

Could your foyer or mudroom use a facelift? Let me help you with the design! Check out more details about our Interior Design Services. 

Thank you all for following along! If you’d like to get this blog in your email once a week, please sign up for our weekly newsletter by adding your email in the little box below my picture. 

If you’ve enjoyed this post, please like FunCycled on  Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest if you don’t already. Keep up to date on the newest finds, vote on colors and give your input on our creativity. We share fun tutorials, great before and after, and new design inspirations. 

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. 

Happy FunCycling Friends,
Sarah ;)