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Posted on November 17, 2020November 17, 2020 by Sarah — 2 Comments

3 Big Announcements – Tuesday’s Treasures

Hi Friends!

We have a week of big announcements for you! We’ve teamed up with two other local woman-owned businesses to take the guesswork out of the holidays… and it just so happens that these incredible creators are family! My two sister-in-laws.

Bring a little lightness and joy into someone’s year with a box full of thoughtful and carefully-made goods — home-roasted coffee and hand-poured candles. To order yours today, head to Thoughtful Gardner website. You can order online and have it shipped to anywhere in the US. Or you can choose local pick up to get the set at our store and save on shipping.

Our FunCycled storefront is moving!
In case you haven’t heard, we’re moving our store from downtown Troy to 336 Congress Street in Troy! Our new building has a parking lot and we’re excited about this change!

The new store will have more options for custom orders. You’ll be able to see the different barn door options, custom tables, exposed shelves, and kitchen cabinet painting options before placing a custom order. You can also order just about any custom sign that you might want for your home.

We’ll have furniture, our favorite signs (made in house), candles (The Thoughtful Gardner), DIY paint (MudPaint Vintage Furniture Paint), FunCycled merchandise, and other decor items.

Our LAST day at the 272 River Street store will be on November 28th. Small Business Saturday. We’ll be selling whatever we have left in the store that day with steep discounts.

Our FIRST day and grand opening at the new 336 Congress Street store is December 5th at 11am. Please mark your calendars and plan to join us both days. Until then… enjoy great deals on all your favorites and one of a kind home decor!

Home Decor: 40% off this weekend
Furniture: 40% off inventory still at the 272 River Street Location this weekend!

Our Repurposed Idea House was just featured in the Sunday’s Time Union! If you didn’t get a chance to pick it up, you can also read it online here.

Thank you for taking time to stay up to date on all the FunCycled news! You’re the best FunCyclers arounds!

Happy FunCycling Friends,
Sarah ;)

Posted on November 10, 2020November 10, 2020 by Sarah

Master Bedroom Makeover – FunCycled Repurposed Idea House

Hi Friends,

How are you? I hope you’re doing well! Want to know a little trick for getting all those little projects around your house done? Just have your local newspaper ask to feature your house! That’s what happened to us and sent us rushing to wrap up all the little left over details in the rooms that were ALMOST done in our house this week. It was actually a good thing because I’m not sure we’d every finish them without it. lol! Now I can share our master bedroom makeover with you all, too!

Grab a Times Union newspaper or checkout their website this Sunday the 15th to see the article about our house in the home section. We learned so much about our repurposed idea house when we did some research for the article, but I’ll save that for another time.

Let’s start with the before pictures of our master bedroom. As you could see… it didn’t lack in wallpaper or mint green. lol!

Whoa baby!!! My eyes are tired. 😂 My mom came to help me remove the wallpaper but there were soooo many layers and they didn’t want to come off. So we ended up ripping out all the lath and plaster was a really good thing. Once we ripped it out, we realized there was no insulation in the walls. So we insulated everything, too! Right after we bought the house, we also had all new windows installed.

We painted the walls Stonington Gray by Benjamin Moore. Instead of adding a headboard, we installed a full wall of Shiplap where the headboard would be and paint it Black by Benjamin Moore. I actually wanted to keep the mint accent color in the room so we left the mint doors and I incorporated that color with accent pillows from Hobby Lobby. We added all new baseboard and trim and painted all of that Simply White by Benjamin Moore.

We ripped out the carpet and found beautiful wood floors underneath that we refinished as well. Then we added this area rug under the bed.

I wanted a very specific dresser set so we waited quite a while to find a mid century set on Facebook Marketplace and then refinished it to give the look I wanted for this room.

The plant in the corner was actually from the original owner. I’m trying to keep it alive since it came with this house!

You may also like the blinds from Amazon that we added to the windows or the chandelier over the bed.

Ready for the afters?

If you have any questions about other elements in the room, please comment below and I’d be happy to help! I would love to hear what your favorite part of the redesign is!

You can use our Contact Us form to hire me to help with design work in your home. Check out our Interior Design page for more information about the process.

Please sign up for our weekly newsletter by adding your email in the little box below my picture.

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. We also offer interior design, kitchen cabinet painting, and custom built tables, barn doors, and furniture. We can 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 online shop.

Posted on November 3, 2020November 10, 2020 by Sarah

Repainting an Christy’s Old Painted Dresser

Hi Friends!

How are you? Today, I want to talk to you about furniture. Not politic or COVID or anything else… just pretty furniture. This week’s furniture makeover was for my dear friend Christy. Right at the beginning of COVID, Christy reached out in the kindest way (as always) to see how she could send a project our way to keep money coming in. That meant more than she even knows and helped our family!

She had painted this dresser for her son when he was a little boy and now she wanted to use it in a different way in her house.

Here it is before:

We repainted it Benjamin Moore’s Simply White and sprayed it all with protective clear coat.

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

We also changed it from pull to knobs and, to me, it doesn’t even look like the same dresser.

What do you think?

This was done as a custom order, but you can check out new pieces on our For Sale page:

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Happy FunCycling Friends,
Sarah ;)

Posted on October 27, 2020January 12, 2024 by Sarah

FunCycles Stays Airbnb Geometric Bedroom Design

Hi Friends,

I’m so excited to share the full sized bedroom remodel that we did for our Urban Industrial Airbnb! Let’s take a look at the room before we started working on it!

I wanted the headboard wall to be the first thing to catch your eye when you walked into the room. I also knew I wanted everything about this room to be geometric and fun. I started by designing the furniture with a triangle pattern.

Then I moved to the headboard wall design. I knew I wanted a shelf to add decor so I used this repurposed barn board that we already had. I also added triangle decals to the bottom area and painted above the board with Benjamin Moore’s color Black.

To save space and add more texture to this wall, we attached antique crates directly to the wall to create end stands.

We also added pendent lights to this wall and made our own Sleep Sign and Troy Sign. If you’d like either sign, we can custom make one for you. Use our Contact Us form to order and pick up locally.

We also used mustard as our pop of color in this space with throw pillows and throw blankets.

It would mean so much if you would share this link with any friend you think might be interested. You can book your stay on Airbnb’s website today!

We loved being able to do all the design for this space. We focused on using as much repurposed items we could for accents and furniture throughout the space! Making it green, beautiful, and one of a kind for your home away from home stay.

If you’d like me to help you with design in your home (can be done virtually to help anyone in the US) or if you see anything in the photos you’d like in your home locally, let me know. We made most of the signs ourselves and build many of the furniture items throughout the space.

Thanks for being the best funcycler’s around!

Sarah Trop

Posted on October 20, 2020October 13, 2020 by Sarah

Black Empire Dresser Makeover

Hi Friends!

How’s your week going? I just wanted to share a quick before and after of a really old dresser that we bought a month or so ago. Here’s a look at it before we brought it back to life:

We painted it Benjamin Moore’s Black, lightly distressed it, sanded and stained the top, and then sprayed it all with protective clear coat. We also added leather pulls. Available now in store or online!

Ready for the afters?

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

This desk is available to purchase on our website or in our store now, but you can check out more new pieces on our For Sale page:

Please sign up for our weekly newsletter by adding your email in the little box below my picture.

Happy FunCycling Friends,
Sarah ;)

Posted on October 13, 2020October 13, 2020 by Sarah

Gentleman’s Gray Desk – Tuesday’s Treasures

Hi Friends!

How are you? We’ve been enjoying the beautiful fall weather in upstate NY. Including a walk through Olana Historic Site.

For this week’s makeover, I wanted to share this beautiful desk that we recently redid. We purchased it at a barn sale that we go to every year in Columbia County. All the money they raise goes to an orphanage. It’s my favorite place to buy old furniture.

Here’s the desk before:

We painted it Benjamin Moore’s Gentleman’s Gray, lightly distressed it, and then sprayed it all with protective clear coat. Available now in store or online!

Ready for the afters?

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

This desk was done as a custom order so it isn’t available to purchase on our website or in our store now, but you can check out more new pieces on our For Sale page:

Please sign up for our weekly newsletter by adding your email in the little box below my picture.

Happy FunCycling Friends,
Sarah ;)

Posted on October 6, 2020October 5, 2020 by Sarah — 1 Comment

Gray Secretary Desk For Sale – Tuesday’s Treasures

Hi Friends!

How was your weekend? October is my favorite month for so many reasons. 💗💗
For the hills that exploded with “all the colors of the rainbow” as my son says.
For the calm before the storm of the holidays.
For the camp fires on cold nights.
For apple picking and hayrides.
For sweet family time and the reminder of the changing seasons – how quickly time passes.
For my favorite dessert – apple crisp.
For the dates sprinkled through the month with friends for my birthday.
Excited today for a new month and all the joy it brings. 👩🏼‍💻 + 🍂 = 💗

We enjoyed a hike in Thatcher Park and pumpkin picking this weekend. I loved every minute of it!!

For this week’s makeover, I wanted to share a secretary desk that we just finished and will be down at our store this week for you to purchase. Or you can purchase it online!

Here’s the desk before:

We painted it Benjamin Moore’s Amber Slate, lightly distressed it, and then sprayed it all with protective clear coat. Pictures don’t even do it justice. We also added new white rose knobs. Available now in store or online!

Ready for the afters?

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

This desk is available to purchase on our website or in our store now, but you can check out more new pieces on our For Sale page:

Please sign up for our weekly newsletter by adding your email in the little box below my picture.

Happy FunCycling Friends,
Sarah ;)

Posted on September 29, 2020September 28, 2020 by Sarah

Two Tone Teal Buffet Makeover – Tuesday’s Treasures

Hi Friends,

If you’re a furniture nerd like I am and love to watch the furniture trends online, one you’ve probably seen lately is that people are leaving the furniture legs stained and painting the boxes. I love that look and I’ve been waiting for just the right piece to do that with. This buffet had the legs for it, but it also had beautiful wood graining on the drawer and door fronts. So I decided this would be a perfect piece to combine some wood and some paint.

Here it is before:

To do that, you have to take the doors off, the drawers out, and tape off the legs!

We freshened the wood up with stain and painted the box with Benjamin Moore’s Gentleman’s Gray, glazed it, and then sprayed it all with protective clear coat. Pictures don’t even do it justice. Available now in store or online!

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

This buffet is available to purchase on our website or in our store now, but you can check out more new pieces on our For Sale page:

Please sign up for our weekly newsletter by adding your email in the little box below my picture.

Happy FunCycling Friends,
Sarah ;)

Posted on September 22, 2020September 21, 2020 by Sarah

French Provincial Dresser Set – Tuesday’s Treasures

Hi Friends!

How was your weekend? We had a great time enjoying our church being back open and an afternoon of my mom teaching all the kids how to make her applesauce. These fall days are some of my favorite days. With crisp nights and sunny days, warm apple apple crisp and pumpkin spice latte. Once the leaves start changing, I think upstate NY is one of the most beautiful places in the country.

We’ve also been adjusting to home schooling. I would say week 1 went much better than the first 3 days. I love having the kids home and I love field trips even more! We went to the Saratoga Battlefield last week and had such a wonderful time. We also celebrated Harmony’s birthday this week. Her gift was a kitten – meet Phoebe!

For this week’s makeover, I wanted to show you this bedroom set that came together pretty quickly for Courtney who reached out to me on Facebook. She had been looking for dressers and a bed that have detailing or French provincial designs. She hadn’t had any luck finding what she wanted so we set up a time to talk and I showed her what we could find to purchase for the bed. I went shopping at an annual barn sale and found just what she was looking for with the dresser. Here’s all the pieces before:

We took all three pieces and painted them Simply White by Benjamin Moore and then did a slightly more than light distressing and added new hardware. We also sprayed them with a protective clear coat.

Here are the completed pieces:

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

This set was done as a custom order so it isn’t available to purchase on our website or in our store now, but you can check out more new pieces on our For Sale page:

Please sign up for our weekly newsletter by adding your email in the little box below my picture.

Happy FunCycling Friends,
Sarah ;)

Posted on September 15, 2020September 14, 2020 by Sarah

White Basset Dresser Set for Sale

Hi Friends!

How was your weekend? I hope all went well, and that you were able to enjoy what felt like the first fall weekend in upstate NY. Autumn is my favorite with all the seasons best. Pumpkin spice lattes, apple picking, crisp nights and camp fires, fall decor, and hayrides. 💕

For this week’s makeover, I wanted to share a dresser set that we just added to our store.

Here are the dressers before:

We painted both dressers with Benjamin Moore’s Simply White. Then we spray painted the hardware gold and also sprayed the whole piece with a protective clear coat.

Here’s the after’s for you!