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Posted on August 27, 2019August 26, 2019 by Sarah — 3 Comments

Commercial Design – Albany Apartments

Hi Friends,

We had am unexpectedly hard day on Friday. Just one normal happy morning that ended in the hospital… the scariest day of my life.

Harmony and Josh went with friends to a town park while I was getting the car worked on. They had just shuttled me home and John was out doing work deliveries.
My friend called to say Harmony fell off the diving board and hit her head then handed me off to the EMT on-site. He said they already called 911 and an ambulance was on its way.
I ran outside and asked Matt (who works for us) to throw me his keys. He so kindly gave them without any hesitation. Thanks Matt!!

I went as fast as I could but 10 minutes from the park got a call that they couldn’t wait any longer and she was headed to the hospital. THANK GOD John made it there before me as they were putting her in the ambulance and rode with her to the hospital!
I turned back around to head to the hospital. I don’t even remember much of the drive except that there was a couch in the middle lane of the highway that I had to swerve around.

I just kept praying and called a couple people to spread the word to pray.
When I arrived at the hospital, they weren’t there yet so I paced and prayed and paced and prayed.

When I walked in to see her, instant tears. It was the saddest thing I’d ever seen as a mom. I found out she was getting a running start for the dive on a 9 feet high diving board. While she was backing up, she went too far and fell backwards off the board down to the concrete. We think her head hit a step first and then her left side took most of the impact on the concrete.

Harmony and I cried and hugged. I tried to ask how everything happened so we knew what to have checked but she said talking about it made her sad and would just cry. She slowly told me more details all night and even now.

The grace part??? This could have been so much worse. All the doctors couldn’t believe how good she was for the fall she took! Two of the lifeguards at the pool were my good friends kids (thank you Emma and Sevi). Harmony told me how kind you both were and telling me about you was the first smile I saw on her face.

Harmony has a laceration at the top of her head that needed staples, has a concussion, and has huge bruising on her left side. But nothing is broken. Nothing. All the doctors kept saying she’s so lucky. I choose to believe God was watching over her and thank Him so much for a happy ending to this story.
We are home now. She’s sore but in good spirits!!

Harmony said to me the day it all happened, I’m so thankful we have God to give us strength on days like today. He makes it so much better. 💕💕 You’re right sweet Harmony Grace. So right. I know this isn’t the ending to everyones story, but I’m so grateful it’s the ending to ours today.

Posted on August 20, 2019August 19, 2019 by Sarah

Barely Blush Antique Vanity Makeover

Hi Friends!

How are you all? I can’t wait to show you this weeks furniture makeover. I bought this vanity recently:

I wanted it to have a slightly pink hue to it so I painted it with Benjamin Moore’s Proposal. Then we heavily distressed it and sprayed it with a protective clear coat. We also added new hardware.

If you want to see how we paint furniture, check out our How to Paint Furniture post.
Ready for the transformation??

Posted on August 13, 2019August 12, 2019 by Sarah

Black Patchwork Mid Century Dresser

Hi Friends!

How was your week? Last week felt like the typically summer week with jam packed days, but I was able to balance work and family time better than normal last week which felt really great. So thankful for that! John and I were able to go on a date, too!

This week, I want to show you a furniture makeover that I absolutely love.

Here it is before:

We painted the whole thing Black by Benjamin Moore then we stained each drawer a different color. We added new hardware and sprayed the whole piece 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 transformation??

This dresser is available to purchase! You can also check out even more new pieces on our For Sale page.

Posted on August 6, 2019August 5, 2019 by Sarah

Mid Century Credenza For Sale

Hi Friends!

How are you? Can you believe it’s August??? Yeah, me either. It’s crazy how fast the summer flies by. Actually, life just seems to be flying by for me lately. My toddlers seem to have turned into little pre-teens this summer. They’ve matured. I’ve watched them change in what seems like such a short time. Also, if you think we make cute furniture – furniture’s got nothing on the kids we make *swoon*. Not that I had any choice in how they turned out, but I had to show you a couple pictures that I took this week on a random ice cream outing as a family.

Posted on July 30, 2019August 1, 2019 by Sarah — 2 Comments

FunCycled’s Repurposed Idea House – Tiny Half Bath Makeover

Hi Friends!

I’m so excited to share this makeover with you. I absolutely love redoing tiny spaces and our half bath was one of those spaces in our Repurposed Idea House. I love that you can splurge a bit and sometimes need to create one of a kind pieces to make it work in the space. This bathroom was so small, I couldn’t even get a good picture of it. Here’s the only one I have though:

We ended up ripping out the walls and insulating them and then adding white shiplap. I wanted to keep this room light and airy. The biggest change to make the space feel larger was building the sliding barn door and taking off the door that opened INTO the bathroom. It helped so much!!

My friend Carrie mentioned the idea of adding Hi to the floor and I absolutely loved it! I knew I had to right away! This is the cute little detail that makes a small space special.

We also had to find a very tiny vanity because anything other than that wouldn’t work in this space. Antiques are really hard to find in petite sizes so off I went to the “normal” stores with a tape measure to find a piece that would fit into the space. We found this adorable metal cabinet at Hobby Lobby and then had to alter it for piping, tung oil it to be able to handle the moisture from the sink, add the vessel and sink top, and shorten most of the drawers so they fit in front of the pipes. It took quite a bit of work, but it was worth it!

To warm up the space, I added wainscoting to the ceiling as well!

We also spray painted the radiator and pipes black!

Above the sink we added a small mirror and black light fixture as well.

Next month, I’m hoping we’ll be able to share the before and afters of our new kitchen! Sign up for our weekly newsletter so you don’t miss out 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 July 23, 2019October 14, 2024 by Sarah

Custom Built Sliding Barn Doors

Hi Friends!

How was your week? It’s hot here in upstate NY so we switched from some outside projects around the house to focus on some inside projects. John worked tirelessly when he wasn’t working at FunCycled, to refinish our kitchen floor. The rest of the house went pretty easily, but the kitchen floor kept clogging up the sanders and not wanting to work it us. So, it ended up becoming a lot longer job than we anticipated.

Since we’ve had some friends stop by to see our living room makeover, some of them have asked if we built the barn door that goes into our bathroom. I was so surprised by that because I wrongly assumed that by now most people know that we build custom barn doors. Looking back, I haven’t talked about it on the blog or on our website much so I thought I’d share some of the doors that we’ve built. I don’t have pictures of them all, but this will give you an idea of some of the styles.

Black X barn door with brass slider and door pull.

White bottom X with black oversized barn door slider | Dark Walnut stained pine barn door with 1/2 X door style

Aged Barnboard barn door with straight boards and flat black slider.

Barnboard double door | One stationary and one sliding (can also be done as a double slider)

Industrial barn door with frosted glass on top and corrugated tin on the bottom.

For any of these styles, please email us the size that you would like to sarah@funcycled.com and we can send you over an estimate for the job. If you’d like a different style, just send a picture of the style that you would like instead.

Plus, FunCycled also offers Custom Built Tables for your home. Choose the size and style that is right for you! Check out some of our projects and find the link for more information below.

Custom Table Designs by FunCycled

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Happy FunCycling Friends,
Sarah ;)

Posted on July 16, 2019July 23, 2019 by Sarah

Cloud White Kitchen Cabinets

Hi Friends!

How are you? I hope you’re having a great week so far. We had some fun this weekend. We decided to become a kayaking family. I wasn’t sure how it would go, but it went really well! We loved the sunshine and quiet. The water was warm and the wind wasn’t strong so it made for a great first day out.

On Sunday, we went to Polo in Saratoga for the first time with our dear friends and had a blast!

For this week’s Tuesday’s Treasures, I wanted to share a kitchen makeover with you that we recently finished in Delmar. I don’t share every kitchen makeover because we typically do one kitchen a week, but I wanted to share this one for a couple of reasons. Some clients have this style granite and think they can’t make it work in their house with new cabinet color. I think this shows how much it still updated the kitchen to have painted cabinets while still keeping this style granite.

Posted on July 9, 2019July 8, 2019 by Sarah

Hutch Makeover with Wainscoting

Hi Friends!

How are you? Before I share the before and after of this week’s Tuesday’s Treasures, I wanted to share a big announcement. We are brining back Broken To Beautiful! We will redo one piece of furniture for free per quarter! You can read all about how to submit for it here.

Helping to spread the love – one dresser at a time. 💕

For this weeks furniture makeover, we took this outdate hutch:

We painted the whole thing Simply White by Benjamin Moore and lightly distressed it. We also added new hardware and sprayed it with a protective clear coat. One of my favorite parts is that we added wainscoting to the back of the hutch in a medium brown/gray combination.

If you want to see how we paint furniture, check out our How to Paint Furniture post.
Ready for the transformation??

This buffet is available to purchase! You can check out even more new pieces on our For Sale page.

Gray Tall Dresser
Black Entertainment Center
Secretary Desk

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Happy FunCycling Friends,
Sarah ;)

Posted on July 2, 2019July 1, 2019 by Sarah — 6 Comments

FunCycled’s Repurposed Idea House – Living Room Makeover

Hi Friends!!

As you may already know, we bought this old, beautiful home in December of 2018.

Every. single. room needs lots and lots of work. Some call us crazy, some call us brilliant, and to be honest, some days I feel a little bit of both. I adore making this beauty our own, but with a busy, thriving business, coming home to more work feels daunting some days. I can’t tell you how many days I’ve cried to John and said, I just need one room done, just one room. For those of you who have never remodeled a home, the tricky part is that no matter how hard you try, it’s always a complete mess. Dust in the air, wood everywhere, tools everywhere. It hard to have that everywhere and feel like inviting friends over or relaxing and watching a movie. It feels embarrassing to have people over because even though you’re working as hard as you can, it still looks like you’re not. John is very good at setting boundaries on when we won’t work on the house or reading the pulse of the family mood and deciding that it’s time for dinner out and movie. He works so incredibly hard and loves us even harder. I tend to be the one saying, just one more thing and then….

That being said, after 7 months, we have a room done in our house and I’m so excited to have our home be a Tuesday’s Treasures! Yay! I would say that despite the tears and the lack of relaxing this year, I would do it again now that I have one room done. It feels better than I can even explain to have a space to sit with friends that’s comfy and cute. It’s not always about having the best things, but I do believe having a relaxing space that’s inviting – however that looks to you – is so important in a home. Now we do, we do!! One room is done and more will be soon! I can’t wait to share this transformative journey room by beautiful room with all of you. Thanks for following along! I love reading your comments and getting your input! It makes the journey even sweeter.

Here’s the living room before:

Many of the windows were cracked or wouldn’t close. All new windows needed.

Tiny little bathroom in the corner needed a remodel.

Everything that’s going to be beautiful in the end gets really ugly to start. We had to rip out almost all the lath and plaster in this room. Either from water damage in the roof or to install new electric and insulation. There were very few outlets in this room so we wanted to add more and an overhead light switch.

Coming home to all the lath ripped out and on top of our brand new rug and some home decor. 🤔

Making a way for an overhead light at the ceiling and ripping out more lath for electrical and insulation.

New windows are in! Shiplap is almost done and the radiators are painted black. We refinished the floor by this step, too.

Starting to shiplap the exterior of the little bathroom.

The kitchen in our house has picture rail at the top to hang pictures from so we wanted to keep that look in this room as well.

My design has changed a lot over the years. Even though I loved my last house so much, I’m leaning toward a more midcentury farmhouse look now. I’m not sure if that’s even technically the name of a design style, but I think it best describes the look I’m going for. A little bit of farmhouse charm mix with clean lines and mid-century furniture.

Ready for the afters??

Shiplap walls, mid century couch and love seat, FunCycled midcentury credenza, artwork that the kids and I made from old sheet music, and home decor.

All new windows, real greens, the sun pouring into the space, and a dark teal couch = dreamy!

The infamous door… I left it chippy like this for now. I may change it out later to black, but I really loved all the character and beauty it brought to the space.

A faux fireplace until we get time to install a gas fireplace in this area. Family picture is a must for me!

Mid century light – a gift from my dear friend Nancy!

Black barn door with brass barn door slider. Made by John! :)

Teal coffee table centerpiece from my bestie MaryGrace. 💕

A fake plant just in case I kill the real ones. lol

Who recognizing that Magnolia blanket? It’s another cute gift from Nancy.

Mid Century Farmhouse Living Room Makeover

Here’s a list to answer some of the questions I thought you might ask.

Walls: 8″ shiplap painted Benjamin Moore’s Simply White
Joybird Couch in Lucky Turquoise Fabric
Gray Mid Century Love Seat

Next month, I’ll be sharing the before and afters of the tiny little corner bathroom in the living room area. Sign up for our weekly newsletter so you don’t miss out by adding your email in the little box below my picture.

Happy FunCycling Friends,
Sarah ;)

Posted on June 25, 2019June 24, 2019 by Sarah

Painted Vintage Side by Side Secretary Desk

Hi Friends,

How are you? I feel like every week I say I’m going to show you the completed pictures of our living room, but every week, something comes up that causes us to not quite be done… patience. If nothing else, I’m learning patience in a fixer upper house. lol I’m hoping but not promising that I’ll have some updates to show you next week though. :)

Last week, we had the first week of summer break for the kids combined with the week after vacation. If any of you own your own business, you know how lethal of a combination that is! On top of that, I had a kidney stone. It’s almost laughable writing about it now, but it definitely wasn’t in the moment. I may have cried about 20 times last week. I’m so thankful for the army of women around me who encouraged, helped, prayed over, and listened last week. God knew I needed each and every one of you!! Guess what? This is a new week. Today is a new day. We have so much to be thankful for! Those kids who keep me busy are my favorite gift. That work load that seems crushing at times is a load of all things that I absolutely love doing. That kidney stone reminded me of how thankful I am that I’m healthy usually. Aligning my feelings with truth over here. :)

For this week’s furniture makeover, I wanted to show you a gorgeous secretary desk makeover for Peg and Lou. Here it is before:

We painted the inside pull down area Spirit in the Sky by Benjamin Moore and the outside area Meadow Mist by Benjamin Moore. We also glazed it with a brown glaze 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 transformation???