Category: Before and After

Hi Friends! How are you? I hope you enjoyed the last peak weekend in Upstate Ny! We had a beautiful weekend opening our home for the first time for tours at our Repurposed Idea House. We had such a blast!…

Hi Friends, How was your weekend! Autumn in NY is my favorite and the leaves are just starting to change. I went on a ladies retreat in the Adirondacks last weekend, and to say it was beautiful is an under…

Hi Friends! I hope you all had a great weekend! We enjoyed a weekend with some church and fall festivities and, of course, enjoyed our new puppy, June! For this week's makeover, I wanted to share a dining room design…

Hi Friends, I hope you had a nice weekend! I feel like the rhythms of normal life are back into full swing over here and I'm really enjoying it. I always crave travel and adventures, but I also love rhythms…

Hi Friends! I hope you had a nice weekend! For many of us here in upstate Ny, last week was the start of the new school year. Our kids have been bounced around quite a bit from private school, to…

Hi Friends, If you missed our prior post or are new to the FunCycled blog, we started specialty finishes on furniture inspired by old doors. This door was another door from our Paris trip and will be part of our…

Hi Friends! How are you? I hope your week is going well! Diane reached out to me to her design her kitchen. She was very easy going and kind to work with. She wanted the kitchen design to incorporate as…

Hi Friends! I hope you had a wonderful week! We spent some time in Ocean City, NJ on our annual family trip. The weather was wonderful and it was so nice to hear the waves and relax in the sun.…

Hi Friends! Remember the kitchen lake house I've been working on for almost 2 years? Well, today is the day that I get to share the kitchen makeover. Here it is before: Beams are going in, too, but that's for…

Hi Friends! How is everyone in upstate Ny holding up to all of this heat and humidity? Don't hate me... but I love it! I swear I was designed to live in the south. I'd take this any day over…

Hi Friends, When I started FunCycled over 10 years ago, the passion to pick this style of business was driven by a love of painting and recycling. I loved painting acrylic on canvas actually, but furniture seemed to bring art…

Hi Friends! I've been working on a lake house interior design project since 2020! It's been a whole house remodeling project and I just went to photograph it last week. I'm so excited to start sharing some of the project…

Hi Friends! How's your week going? We just got back from a beautiful trip to France and London. I'll do a post about the trip soon, but this week I have to keep it short while I'm playing catch up…

Hi Friends! How was your weekend? We had a great one!! I'll share more details soon, but for this week's makeover, I wanted to show you a dresser that we recently redid for our store. Today, John and I celebrate…

Hi Friends! Do you have any childhood memories where you spent your Saturday's pealing off old wallpaper? Remember that smell of vinager and water in a spray bottle, the little round tool that would scrape up the paper to let…

Hi Friends! I'm so excited to share this week's makeover with you because it's a kitchen that feels like brand new thanks to painting the cabinet. I also love all the colors we've been asked to paint cabinets this year.…

Hi Friends! Hope you're having a great week so far! I know, I know, it's only Tuesday, but still! :) We are giddy happy over here because we just finished the makeover of our master bathroom. This bathroom technically worked…

Hi Friends, How are you today? I hope you had a nice weekend! We had a beautiful weekend celebrating Josh's 14th birthday and Mother's Day! John also added a screen door on our front door for the first time this…

Hi Friends! How was your weekend? We had a beautiful one! Filled with church, friends, and family. One of my favorite moments was doing ministry side by side with my daughter. This is one of things I've dreamed about for…

Hi Friends! For all of you in upstate Ny with kids in school, I hope you all had a nice spring break last week and were able to enjoy time together as a family. We went on a weekend trip…

Hi Friends, How are you? I hope your week is going well! We have had fun, busy month! Working hard to create beautiful spaces and repurpose as much as we can along the way! For this week's makeover, I wanted…

Hi Friends! This week's makeover is a cute, small transformation that makes a huge difference. We made this piece for FunCycled, but it sold before I could do a post about it. Here it is before: We painted it Benjamin…

Hi Friends! For this week's makeover, I'm not sharing a blue kitchen like last week's makeover, but I AM sharing a navy hutch makeover that I adore. I especially like this one because it's a unique hutch. Different from most…

Hi Friends, How was your weekend? If you have been a friend or FunCycled fan for long, you probably know that I love quality time with friends and family. The busier I am, the more it feels like a special…

Hi Friends! How are you? I hope you had a wonderful weekend. We celebrated John's birthday over the weekend! John keeps me dreaming, keeps me on my toes while also making me feeling safe and loved. He works every day…