Category: Before and After

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…

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…

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…

Hi Friends! How was your weekend? We had a great time enjoying our church being back open and an afternoon of my mom teaching all the kids how to make her applesauce. These fall days are some of my favorite…

Hi Friends! How was your weekend? I hope all went well, and that you were able to enjoy what felt like the first fall weekend in upstate NY. Autumn is my favorite with all the seasons best. Pumpkin spice lattes,…

Hi Friends! Who doesn't love a beautiful bedroom when you go somewhere to escape normal life for a bit! Today, I'm sharing the master bedroom makeover in the airbnb. If you’re looking for a place get away and relax; book…

Hi Friends! How was your weekend? I hope all is going well! This week, I wanted to share a simple way to update an older hutch. Don't get me wrong, I love a good hutch makeover, but sometimes a hutch…

Hi Friends! How are you? I hope all is going well! We wrapped up almost all of our projects at the #funcycledstays airbnb over the weekend. In less than 2 months we finished it and it was the hardest we've…

Hi Friends! How's your week going? I hope all is well there! I hit a wall of complete exhaustion this weekend. It's been too many long days, endless projects, and financial stress. We chose to buy the new building on…

Hi Friends! How was your holiday weekend? We had such a beautiful weekend. Last week, we were suppose to be on vacation for our family camping trip, but it was canceled because the camp site closed from COVID restrictions. We…

Hi Friends! How are you? I hope your weekend was sweet. The rain in NY slowed us down a bit which I think was a good thing. Our bodies needed one less busy day over the weekend. We've been putting…

Hi Friends! How's your week going? We have been busy, busy over here! This weekend, John started refinishing the floors at the new #funcycledstays airbnb which means we are one step further on it. I did more painting with Harmony…

Hi Friends! If you missed it, last week we announced that we purchased a building where we'll be moving our FunCycled storefront at the end of the summer or early fall. We're also planning to make the two bedroom apartment…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Hi Friends! How are you? We are into our 2nd week of social distancing and the word on the street is that we'll still be distancing through the month of April. I don't know about you, but hearing that it…

Hi Friends! How are you all doing? No really... How are you? I ask that because I would love for you to comment below and let me know. We are based in upstate NY and our state has been heavily…

Hi Friends! How's your week going? It's a beautiful, sunny day as I write this... the flowers have started to pop out of the ground and it's almost 60 degrees. That means spring is just around the corner and I…

Hi Friends, How's your week going? This past weekend, we were able to do a fun little project with our friends Kori and Mike. They've been redoing a bus to turn it into a tiny house. They didn't have the…