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Game Room Remodel – FunCycled Stays Airbnb

Hello Friends!

For this week’s makeover, I wanted to show you another room in our FunCycled Stays airbnb! If you’re looking for a spot to stay while visiting anyone in Troy, Ny, we’d love for you to stay with us! You can also check out other completed rooms in the airbnb here.

Here’s the game room from the day we went to go look at it to consider buying it:

Most of this room was changed with new furniture and flooring. The green rug had to go!! We ripped it up first thing and installed a new flooring. Since this room was narrow, we were able to use roll out sheet vinyl for this space. It was super easy to lay and is really durable for this area since it gets a lot of traffic.

What a difference it made!

In this picture, we had just laid out the vinyl and painted the window trim white.

Then we brought back in the air hockey table, installed baseboard, and added all the decor.

Boho Game Room in the Urban Industrial Airbnb

This whole room design started with the couch. It’s a vintage velvet couch that my friend Monica gave me! It was her mom’s for years and in perfect condition. Thank you, Monica! I loved the lines of the couch and the rich rosy color. The next step in the design was finding a rug. I couldn’t find one online that I liked. I knew I wanted it to be bohemian, but I also wanted it to have some of the rose color in it. I took a trip to Home Goods and found this adorable rug! It was perfect! Had all the colors, the style and the size I wanted. I was so excited!!

For the coffee table, I wanted to do a narrow piece and we had this old reclaimed wood board at our house. So we added the hairpin legs onto the table. Bam – repurposed and adorable.

We painted old lockers, removed one of the doors and added wooden shelves to the middle.

We replaced the fan and added wooden blinds which really helped bring warmth to this space, too.

Custom Made – Time to Relax Sign

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

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Farmhouse Kitchen Makeover with Painted Cabinets by FunCycled

Hi Friends,

How are you? I hope you’re having a great week so far!

I could jump up and down with excitement over this week’s kitchen makeover. It’s one of my favorite in 2020! Lynn started by hiring me to do a 1 hour consult for her kitchen design and then had us paint the kitchen cabinets and install all the new tile for her as well. It’s so helpful to make a solid plan before starting work in any room, but especially in the kitchen. Making sure the counters, backsplash, wall colors, cabinet colors, backsplash, and flooring all blend together well before you purchase anything will save you money in the long run. Trust me! The consult is worth every penny.

Here’s the kitchen before:

Kitchen Cabinets before Paint
Kitchen Cabinets before Paint
Kitchen Before

The granite was in wonderful shape so we didn’t want to change that out. We pulled colors from the granite for the island and painted the island Chelsea Gray by Benjamin Moore.

She replaced the valance with a bamboo roman shade and I think it’s so beautiful.

All new hardware always helps to update as kitchen, too. I love the matte black hardware in this kitchen, too.

4×12 subway tile with a medium gray grout was a perfect compliment to the counters, too!

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

 

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!

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

White Buffet with Wood Top
Gray Secretary Desk
Teal and Wood Front buffet

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.

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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.

Order Today – limited quantity!

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 ;)

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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!

Headboard wall before

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.

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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:

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.

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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

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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:

  • Gray Secretary Desk
  • Teal and Wood Buffet
  • FunCycled Stays Airbnb
  • Mid Century Dresser Set

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.

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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:

  • Gray Secretary Desk
  • Black Empire Dresser
  • Teal and Wood Buffet
  • Kitchen Cabinet Painting
  • Interior Design

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.

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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:

  • Black Empire Dresser
  • Teal and Wood Buffet
  • Custom Built Headboards
  • Long White Dresser
  • Tall White Dresser
  • Mid Century Dresser

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.

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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:

  • Black Empire Dresser
  • FunCycled Stays Airbnb
  • Custom Built Headboards
  • Long White Dresser
  • Mid Century Dresser
  • Gray Dresser

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.