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Posted on June 9, 2020June 9, 2020 by Sarah — 4 Comments

FunCycled’s New Building and an Airbnb Coming Soon

Hi Friends!

How are you doing? We have some exciting news! Last fall, John and I looked at a building that we had actually looked at years ago. We loved it then, but it needed a lot of work… more than we could do at the time so we passed on it. We’ve been casually keeping an eye out for a building in Troy that we could use as a store with a parking lot, but also really wanted to do an airbnb, too. We’ve wanted to be able to create a beautiful space for our FunCycled friends from around the world to visit our beautiful city in addition to having a permanent store space in Troy with parking.

We were suppose to close on it the week that everything was put on PAUSE because of COVID. Then life stood still for a bit… we didn’t know what to expect. We felt like it was important to wait until June to close on the building. Both financially and so we could work in it ASAP once we closed.

This was the morning that we bought it… exactly one week ago today!

Our plan is to move the FunCycled store to the 1st floor of this building. The floors above it make up a 2 bedroom apartment that we are planning to create a one of a kind airbnb in. We’re planning to use repurposed furniture and decor as much as we can throughout the space. We may even make all the furniture in the apartment available for purchase as well. Comfy, refined, urban and a big enough to bring friends. It’s going to be so adorable! I’ll be sharing the pictures of the process and more info on renting it as we go along.

Posted on June 2, 2020June 2, 2020 by Sarah

Tiny Bathroom Makeover – Tuesday’s Treasures

I don’t want my silence during this last week to be seen as apathy. I’ve had more words to say than I know what to do with and at the same time I don’t want to say the wrong thing.

I weep for those who weep. Black lives matter. What was done last week to George Floyd was horrible; racism is real and unacceptable. I’m a privileged white American who grew up being taught that color makes no difference. I believed racism was a thing of the past, but I’m learning more and more every day that it’s not. To my brothers and sisters who have a different skin color than I do, I’m sorry for being ignorant to your pain for so long. I won’t be able to ever truly understand all that you go through. I’m listening, and learning, and trying to grow to change the narrative. I love you.

Posted on May 26, 2020May 25, 2020 by Sarah — 1 Comment

Mustard Mirror Dresser For Sale

Hi Friends!

I hope you all had a nice holiday weekend. It was so nice to have a warm weather, beautiful weekend! We are so thankful for those who have sacrificed for our freedom.

For this week’s makeover, I wanted to share a dresser makeover that we just added to our online shop. Here’s the before picture:

We painted the outside with the mustard from the paint line in our store and glazed it. Then we added new hardware 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.

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

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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. 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 May 19, 2020May 18, 2020 by Sarah

Lightly Distressed Black Hutch Makeover

Hi Friends!

How are you this week? It was an absolutely gorgeous weekend here in upstate Ny and we couldn’t have loved it more! We spent the whole day Saturday working outside on the landscaping and gardening. As I was working on planingt more fruit trees in the soon to be orchard, Josh came up to me and said, “Mom, we’re turning into farmers aren’t we?” “We have a garden, flower gardens, the orchard, and now chickens.” Then he quickly asked if we could get a pig. Slow down son… haha! I don’t talk about our little homestead much, but having space for our own little gardens at this Repurposed Ideas house has been a bonus I didn’t even know I wanted. I’m loving it more and more!! John and Josh have also been building a tree fort! Having to be “stuck” at home with a place like this doesn’t feel like a bad thing most days. Especially on sunny days… So I thought I’d share some of the flowering trees and ferns on our property. I took these pictures on Friday right before a storm; it was such a beautiful calm before the storm.

For this week’s furniture makeover, I’m sharing a hutch makeover that we did as part of an interior design job at the beginning of this year.

Here’s the dining room before and you can see the hutch to the left:

Here’s the design board that we created for the space (inspiration photos and product links):

We painted the hutch with Benjamin Moore Advance Black. Then we lightly distressed it, sprayed it with a protective clear coat, and added new hardware.

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

Here are the after pictures of the hutch:

This hutch was done as a custom order so it’s not available to purchase, but you can check out even more new pieces on our For Sale page:

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Happy FunCycling Friends,
Sarah ;)

Posted on May 12, 2020May 11, 2020 by Sarah

White Distressed China Cabinet For Sale

Hi Friends!

Hope all of you had a wonderful Mother’s Day weekend! We had a sweet day that started with this delicious breakfast. All my favorites… French toast and chocolate covered strawberries.

The flowers were from our flowering tree…. I think the kids did a great job setting up the table and John did an amazing job with the food! 💕

For this week’s makeover, I wanted to share the before and after of a china cabinet that we recently redid for our online store!

Here it is before:

We painted the cabinet with Benjamin Moore’s Simply White. Then we lightly distressed it, sprayed it with a protective clear coat, and added new hardware.

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

This cabinet is available to purchase on our website or in our store now, but you can also check out even 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 May 5, 2020May 5, 2020 by Sarah

Two Piece Mid Century Black and Gray Dresser Set for Sale

Hi Friends!

This weekend we celebrated Josh’s 12th birthday! He’s changed so much in the last year… he’s almost as tall as me now, his voice is deep, he has become so self disciplined… gets up at 6 to read his Bible, do his chores, practice guitar. He’s so sweet to me! Couldn’t be prouder of the man he’s becoming!

For this week’s makeover, I wanted to share a beautiful set that we recently picked up from a client, Barbara. I loved the lines of this set! Here it is before:

We painted the outside of each dresser with Benjamin Moore’s Black Enamel. Here’s a picture of it because you may have trouble finding it:

Then we sanded all the drawers fronts and stained them with Minwax Classic Gray.

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?

John Stuart Mid Century Dresser Makeover

This set is for sale and up on our Shop page now!

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Happy FunCycling Friends,
Sarah ;)

Posted on April 28, 2020April 28, 2020 by Sarah

Family Desk Brought Back to Life – Tuesday’s Treasures

Hi Friends!

How are you? I hope you’re having a great week! We’ve had a good week here. Getting back to school and having a sunny Saturday was absolutely wonderful! Quick reminder that we now have online design consult available and they are on sale for half price from now until June 1st.

Also, we have free shipping for any online furniture purchase now until our store can open up again.

For this week’s furniture makeover, I wanted to share a desk makeover that we did for Amanda. This desk was used as a workbench for years and years by her father. She wanted to keep the piece in her family and restore it. The top was really damaged from being a workbench for years. So we spent quite a bit of time filling holes and repairing damage. John also built a matching handle for the drawer. I was impressed by how close he was able to get it to match the original.

Here’s the desk before:

We painted the desk with Benjamin Moore’s Black Enamel. Here’s a picture of it because you may have trouble finding it:

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?

Thank you so much for letting us be a part of the story for this beautiful antique, Amanda! We love that you chose to restore it instead of sending it to a land fill!

This set was done as a custom order so it’s not for sale. You can check out available furniture on our For Sale page:

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Happy FunCycling Friends,
Sarah ;)

Posted on April 21, 2020April 21, 2020 by Sarah

Simply White and Chelsea Gray Kitchen Cabinet Makeover – Tuesday’s Treasures

Hi Friends!

How was your week? I think we had the hardest quarantine week so far last week, but the warm weather and encouragement from church online over the weekend has started this week with new energy and encouragement. Our store was vandalized last week, we had some other work complications with work, and the kids were off from school and missing the normalcy of seeing friends and doing fun things on spring break. It’s ok to have a tough week and we knew that those types of weeks would come.

For this week’s makeover, I wanted to show you some before and after pictures of a kitchen makeover with one of my favorite color combinations. I absolutely love the combination of Chelsea Gray and Simply White in a kitchen. Both colors compliment each other and look amazing!

Here’s the kitchen before:

We painted the cabinets with Benjamin Moore’s Advanced paint; The main cabinet color is Simply White and the island color Chelsea Gray, sealed it with a water based protective clear coat, and added new hardware.

We also removed the wood in two of the cabinet doors and installed glass in its place which made a huge impact in this space.

Thank you for working us Michael and Juliana! We so enjoyed working with you both!

Ready for the afters?

You can 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 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!

Check out some fun new furniture for sale in our store now:

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Happy FunCycling Friends,
Sarah ;)

Posted on April 14, 2020April 13, 2020 by Sarah

Pine Bedroom Set Makeover – Tuesday’s Treasures

Hi Friends,

How was your Easter weekend? It probably looked different than other Easters. I know it did here! We missed being with our church family and then hosting a big Easter meal with my family. It definitely felt a little weird not being able to celebrate one of my favorite holidays like “normal”. At the end of the day, we asked the kids how they liked this Easter and they said it was their favorite Easter ever. Such a sweet day together celebrating our risen Savior.

We even had time to do some Easter photos that I thought I’d share with you!

For this week’s furniture makeover, I wanted to share this dresser and bed set that we recently redid for Barb and Vinny. They were so sweet to work with!

Here are the before pictures:

This set was done as a custom order!

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 did a medium distressing and sprayed it with a protective clear coat. New hardware always helps. If you’re going for a traditional look, try hardware like we used!

Ready for the after??

This set was done as a custom order so it’s not for sale. You can check out available furniture 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 April 7, 2020April 8, 2020 by Sarah — 2 Comments

Oak Dining Room Set Makeover – Tuesday’s Treasures

Hi Friends!

How are you? I know this has been a tough week for NYS. So many sick, so many deaths, and life just doesn’t look like normal right now. We’re in this together… one day at a time my friends. The joy of the Lord really is our strength right now. That’s the beauty of having a relationship with Christ. The hard days feel doable and joy can survive even when things seem to be crumbling around us. So thankful for that!

In light of all the changes, I wanted to let you know about three specials that we are running through the month of April. If you purchase any of our furniture pieces online, we will deliver them for free (up to 30 minutes from our store).

Because we can no longer do in person design consults, I’m now offering online consults. We’ll be using Facetime or Skype to walk through the rooms you’d like help with. Then I’d email you ideas as we talk to show you colors, finishes, and designs. I can also pick out products with you and send you links of what you should order.

Another change is that you can now purchase some of our most common signs online and have them shipped to your home. Anywhere in the US! Or schedule curbside pick up at our store to skip the shipping cost.