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Pine Hutch Painted Black – Tuesday’s Treasures

Hi Friends!

How are you? I hope your week has been going well! We’ve been enjoying the fall festivities with apple picking! I’m not much of a baker but I can make a mean apple crisp!

We’ve already had an apple crisp girls night while watching Anne of Green Gables… the original of course. We made hot chocolate from scratch using real chocolate bars. Oh my word… so amazingly delicious!

Ok, I’m getting hungry… best to stop talking about all this yummy goodness. ;)

Speaking of yummy goodness, I think you’re going to like this makeover. We took a pretty outdate pine hutch and gave it a delicious makeover.

Here it is before:

For this piece, we went with Benjamin Moore’s color Black. If you want to see how we paint furniture, check out our How to Paint Furniture post. After we painted it, we lightly distressed it, and sprayed a protective clear coat over the top. All new hardware also created such a different look!

Although this was a custom piece, no worries, we have other new pieces available for you to buy on our for sale page right now. Here are just a few:

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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. Last but not least, let us customize a furniture piece for you. We create custom furniture and will 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 furniture for sale page.

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Painting Laminate Kitchen Cabinets in Delmar, Ny

Hi Friends!

How’s your week going? I’ve been busy with so many interior design projects and loving every minute. From an adorable house in Troy, a condo in Schenectady, to a brand new lake house in Lake Luzerne, I’ve been running here and there!

I also had a chance to go photograph a kitchen painting project that we did a few months ago in Delmar, Ny. Ellen didn’t want to break the bank with her kitchen makeover but wanted to update the old laminate cabinets, flooring and tile. We decided to paint the laminate cabinets (yes, with the right prep work and tools you can paint laminate cabinet)! We also decided to take the old backsplash and paint it instead of buying new and I’m so glad we did! It made such a difference.

Here’s the kitchen before:

We painted the island Kendall Charcoal HC-166 and the main cabinets Simply White by Benjamin Moore. We also painted the backsplash Kendall Charcoal. I think adding that dark gray contrast made such a huge impact in the space. We also painted the walls Stonington Gray by Benjamin Moore. She hired a general contractor to install the vinyl flooring and they were able to lay it right over the tiling so that saved a lot of money, too! The lighting above the island was another adorable design element and the hardware made it look like a brand new kitchen!

Here are the afters for you!

Would you like your kitchen cabinets painted? Use our Contact Us form to let us know! Just email us a picture of your kitchen, a count of how many doors and drawers, and let us know where you are located. Then we can send you an estimate for redoing them for you! It will up the value of your home at a fractions of the price of buying new cabinets!

Please also check out new furniture for sale on our website here or let us know if you could use some help with decorating. Please use our Contact Us form or stop by our store at 272 River Street, Troy, NY.

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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. Last but not least, let us customize a furniture piece for you. We create custom furniture and will deliver for customers in upstate NY and also 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 furniture for sale page.

 

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Mid Century Modern Dresser Makeover

Hi Friends!

How’s your week going? We had a pretty amazing week last week when Elisa Streeter from News 10 called and asked if she could do a special report on FunCycled. I’ve been watching Elisa on the news since I was a little girl and it was such an honor that she asked us for the interview. She was so professional, classy, caring. I felt like Barbara Walters or Diane Sawyer was in my living room – genuinely caring and asking all about our life. She also told me she would be announcing her retirement the next day and this was probably going to be her last special report – a special thing for her. Here are some pictures from the special day:

It should air in about a month and I’ll keep you all posted on when that will be!

This week’s furniture makeover started as a mid century piece that needed some love:

We painted the outside Black by Benjamin Moore, sanded and stained the drawer fronts, and added a gold on the edge of each drawer. We also sprayed it with a protective clear coat and sprayed the hardware gold to make it pop. If you want to see how we paint furniture, check out our How to Paint Furniture post.

Ready for the afters?

This beauty is already sold but check out some of the many new pieces on our For Sale page now:

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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.

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Navy Dresser with White Drawer Fronts

Hi Friends!

How’s your week going? With the kids starting school last week, I’ve been doing interior design jobs like they’re going out of style and helping finalize kitchen cabinet painting projects every day! It’s been fun and busy! I’m thankful to get back to the normal work schedule again. Check out these cuties on their first day of school! 💕

We went to the annual barn sale that we love to go to and picked up these dressers over Labor Day weekend:

They are so well made and everything worked well on them, they just needed a facelift on the outside. :) My favorite job! We painted the outside of the boxes Polo Blue and the drawer fronts Simply White by Benjamin Moore. We also sprayed it with a protective clear coat and sprayed the hardware silver to make it pop. If you want to see how we paint furniture, check out our How to Paint Furniture post.

Ready for the afters? I bet you’ll barely recognize them!

So pretty, right?? This beautiful set is up on our For Sale page, but my gut says it won’t last long so snatch it up if you love it friends.

If this isn’t quite what you’re looking for, we have more. Check out some of the many new pieces on our For Sale page now:

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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.

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Gray French Provincial Buffet Makeover

Hi All!

How are you? We enjoyed a beautiful week in Ocean City, NJ last week and are back to getting everything into high gear for the holidays and for school starting this week. Nine years ago John and I decided we wanted to have a place our kids would remember as being “our family vacation spot”. We picked Ocean City, Nj because it was family friendly, in our budget, and a dry town with no partying. Each year has been a little different as far as which part of my family could join us, but we have almost a decade of memories in this special place with the people we love so dearly. Thanking God for this gift (even on years when we couldn’t afford it and others made it possible for us to be here). It’s a gift I’m grateful for every year!

Here’s our family picture on the beach!!

This week, I wanted to show you a beautiful french provincial dresser makeover that we did as a custom order. Here it is before:

Our clients home was beautiful but they wanted to move out of the french, chic style and add a little bit more of a traditional, glam look to their entryway. For this piece, we went with Benjamin Moore’s color Chelsea Gray. If you want to see how we paint furniture, check out our How to Paint Furniture post. After we painted it, we lightly glazed it, and sprayed a protective clear coat over the top. All new hardware also created such a different look!

Although this was a custom piece, no worries, we have other new pieces available for you to buy on our for sale page right now. Here are just a few:

There is a box at the top right of this page to enter your email address to receive notifications by email when I post something new on this blog. Please sign up today!

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. Last but not least, let us customize a furniture piece for you. We create custom furniture and will 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 furniture for sale page.

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White Rustic Chic Buffet for Sale

Hi Friends!

How are you? I hope your week is going well! It’s been a rough week here with two cars breaking down and our 11 year old lab getting very sick. We thought she wasn’t going to make it, but found out that she has two tick born illnesses. She is feeling much better and is on lots of meds!! So thankful for that!

I’m keeping this week’s post short and sweet because the pictures speak for themselves (and I’m a little behind on work). ;)

Here’s the before:

I liked the overall shape of the piece but didn’t like the front doors and wanted to give it some rustic charm. So we removed the middle doors, added some trim to frame it out, painted the whole piece Simply White by Benjamin Moore, distressed it, and added rustic hardware to add even more character.  If you want to see how we paint furniture, check out our How to Paint Furniture post.

I also added some rustic crates on the bottom two shelves and they are included with the buffet if you purchase it!

Here are the afters:
 

So pretty, right?? This beauty is up on our For Sale page, but my gut says it won’t last long so snatch it up if you love it friends. The crates are included in the sale. If this isn’t quite what you’re looking for, we have more. Check out some of the many new pieces on our For Sale page now:

There is a box at the top right of this page to enter your email address to receive notifications by email when I post something new on this blog. Please sign up today!

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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Painting Kitchen Cabinets in Nassau Ny

  1. Hi Friends!

How are you? I hope all is going well and your savoring every minute of the summer in upstate NY. I absolutely love the warm weather and long, sunny days. I’m also thankful for the rain – despite how difficult it makes work for us. None of the paint wants to dry and all of it wants to drip down furniture! Even when I photographed this kitchen, it down poured the whole time! I’m just thankful for the rain for my gardens and grass. My yard was starting to resemble the sahara dessert. lol

I can’t wait to show you this kitchen! This whole house was all part of an interior design job that I’ve been working on over the past few months. I loved working with the home owner! She was hard working, kind, and trusting. A real treat for any designer! She already had a beautiful home that was over 200 years old and she had designed it beautifully about 13 years ago, but she wanted my help to bring in newer trends and colors. Here’s one example of her living room makeover. Simple, not overly costly; we moved some furniture in from other spaces in her house, changed the couch covers to white, changed out the carpet, and brought white into the space with a new clock for above the fireplace and decorations!

Here it is before:

After:

In the same way, the kitchen was already pretty! The cabinets had a timeless style and the counters are beautiful! They just wanted to update it from the beige, chippy finish.
Here it is before:


The homeowner wanted to do some of the sanding herself (remember? she’s a hard worker!), then we came in to finish up the sanding to give it a fine, professional finish. We painted the cabinets Stonington Gray (HC-170) by Benjamin Moore and the island Amherst Gray (HC-167) by Benjamin Moore. Then we sealed it with a protective clear coat. We also changed out the pulls on the refrigerator.

Ready for the after?
 

Would you like your kitchen cabinets painted? Use our Contact Us form to let us know! Just email us a picture of your kitchen, a count of how many doors and drawers, and let us know where you are located. Then we can send you an estimate for redoing them for you! It will up the value of your home at a fractions of the price of buying new cabinets!

Please also check out new furniture for sale on our website here or let us know if you could use some help with decorating. Please use our Contact Us form or stop by our store at 272 River Street, Troy, NY.

There is a box at the top right of this page to enter your email address to receive notifications by email when I post something new on this blog. Please sign up today!

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. Last but not least, let us customize a furniture piece for you. We create custom furniture and will deliver for customers in upstate NY and also 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 furniture for sale page.

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Gray Mid Century Modern Dresser with Patchwork Design

Hi Friends,

How’s your week going? We’ve been busy school shopping and prepping for the new school year. We’ve also been getting little house projects done that I’ve stalling on all summer. For some reason, the beginning of school year can feel more like the beginning of a new year than January 1st does. Watching the kids move into a new school year feels like a new season. Starting the routine again feels like the start of a new year. I’ll miss being with them so much! In the summer, I lose my sanity a bit just from trying to get so much work done while also doing my best to be a present, purposeful mom, but I wouldn’t trade time with these two for anything! We had some wonderful adventures together this summer. They’ve been to more Vacation Bible Schools than most kids. lol They’ve had to be patient some days as I worked or went with me to clients homes when that was appropriate. All together, we’re doing well and I’m so thankful for the gifts of these two in my life. Every day is a gift. Every day!

Now, on to furniture makeovers we go! This week’s furniture makeover is for a mid century buffet makeover. Here it is before:

We painted the box Chelsea Gray by Benjamin Moore, left the doors in the original finish, and stained the drawers with a white wash, light gray wash, and dark gray wash. We also added feet to get it off the ground a bit! I loved the contrast and thought the doors were so beautiful! If you want to see how we paint furniture, check out our How to Paint Furniture post. After we painted it, we lightly distressed it, and sprayed a protective clear coat over the top.

Ready for the after?

This piece is available for sale now online or in our store. We have other new pieces available for you to buy on our for sale page right now. Here are just a few:

There is a box at the top right of this page to enter your email address to receive notifications by email when I post something new on this blog. Please sign up today!

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. Last but not least, let us customize a furniture piece for you. We create custom furniture and will 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 furniture for sale page.

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Painting Kitchen Cabinets in Clifton Park, Ny

Hi Friends,

How are you?  I hope you’re all having a great summer. I’m on a quick weekend getaway with my mom and my daughter. This is the first time we’ve ever done a girls weekend away with the three of us and I’m loving every minute. Such many memories to cherish for the rest of our lives.

This week’s kitchen makeover was for a wonderful client, Brooke! She wanted to transform her kitchen cabinets from an almond color with a black island to a bright white with a dark gray island. They questioned if that slight of a color change would make a big enough difference in the space, but the makeover was like night and day.

Here are the pictures before:

It’s really hard to tell in these pictures but there are patterns on every door with X’s engraved into the doors. Brooke decided to have us sand them all the way out so they wouldn’t show once the cabinets were painted. We also changed out the fancy, outdated hinges for hidden, soft closing hinges.

We painted the cabinets with Benjamin Moore’s Simply White and sprayed them with a protective clear coat. We painted the island Benjamin Moore’s Amherst Gray. I love the contrast! Thank you for being so fun to work with, Brooke!

Ready for the afters?

Would you like your kitchen redone? Use our Contact Us form to let us know! Just email us a picture of your kitchen, a count of how many doors and drawers, and let us know where you are located. Then we can send you an estimate for redoing them for you! It will up the value of your home at a fractions of the price of buying new cabinets!

Please also check out new furniture for sale on our website here or let us know if you could use some help with decorating. Please use our Contact Us form or stop by our store at 272 River Street, Troy, NY.

There is a box at the top right of this page to enter your email address to receive notifications by email when I post something new on this blog. Please sign up today!

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. Last but not least, let us customize a furniture piece for you. We create custom furniture and will deliver for customers in upstate NY and also 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 furniture for sale page.

 

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Singer Sewing Machine Repurposed Into a Bathroom Sink

Hi Friends!

How’s your week going? We had a spur of the moment weekend away to visit our friends in Rochester! It has been a really busy month of work so it was nice to unplug and get some energy back. It was also so great to see old friends and laugh the day away.

This week’s makeover is from something you’ve probably seen before if you’ve been to a flee market. It’s an antique Singer sewing machine!

We wanted to turn it into a sink to sell in the store. So we refinished the wood and sealed it with a Waterlox tung oil. Then John installed the sink bowl on top which I LOVE. It even has a built in faucet. So adorable!!

Ready for the after pictures?

Singer Sewing Machine Sink

So pretty, right?? This beauty is up on our For Sale page, but my gut says it won’t last long so snatch it up if you love it friends. The crates are included in the sale. If this isn’t quite what you’re looking for, we have more. Check out some of the many new pieces on our For Sale page now:

There is a box at the top right of this page to enter your email address to receive notifications by email when I post something new on this blog. Please sign up today!

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.