Category: DIY

Hi All! It's our family tradition to decorate for Christmas the weekend after Thanksgiving so we've been spending all of our time the last two days making the house look festive as can be. This is our favorite holiday!! I've…

Hi All! Happy Thanksgiving a few days early! I hope you all have a wonderful week, take time to thank God for the many blessing He has given to you, and enjoy laughing until it hurts with your family. If…

Happy Tuesday everyone!! This weekend I was able to be a part of a Craft4Love day. A group of 60 ladies came together to craft all day and raise $3,680 for Love146. LOVE146 is a non profit organization that is working to…

To all of our readers who have experienced the devastation of hurricane Sandy. You are in our prayers today!! We still have power and our house fared very well last night. Thanks to all of the kindness we received through emails and blog posts from…

Hello All!  Do you remember this boring old bedroom set on our Upcoming Projects page?? You don't? I don't see how you could have forgotten about it. ;) Well, my mom and I went to pick this set up and…

Hello friends! Since last week's Tuesday's Treasures, I became another year older. I now have only one more year to enjoy the times that I can say, "Yeah, I'm in my 20's!".  It was a fun filled weekend with my…

Happy Tuesday everyone! Before I get to the coveted before and after pictures for all the pieces on display this month, I have to share the exciting news of this week. We were featured on Domino Magazine's facebook page this…

Happy Tuesday! So, if you haven't heard me say it before, of all the things I love about redoing furniture, my favorite is doing custom orders. Both of these buffets were custom orders from a couple who just moved to…

Happy Tuesday everyone! My little sweetie will turn 3 before I say Happy Tuesday's Treasures again. So sad! I can't believe how fast she's growing up. This week, I thought I would show you two before and after's of recently…

It's a rainy day here in NY so I thought I'd share the before and after pictures of this primitive red hutch that we recently finished. Here it is before- definitely in need of some color... if you ask me.…

A custom furniture request came in from our fan, Theresa, who was looking for something special for her nursery decor. Theresa and her husband are keeping the gender of their soon-to-be-arriving miracle a surprise so she wanted to go with something…

Have any of you readers with little ones been out and about this weekend buying school supplies, clothes and shoes? Even though my little monkeys aren't school age yet, I feel like that has been the resounding chatter I hear…

Note: I originally saw this design on Pinterest and something like it at a local restaurant near our house. The pin I saw did not direct me to the originator so I didn't know who to give credit to.  Thankfully,…

I am so excited about this week's Tuesday's Treasures. Do I say that too often? Not only was this a really fun and different redesign, it went to an amazing couple and their two beautiful little girls. (Who both of…

Hello Friends! This week's Tuesday's Treasures brings you another piece that went to my friend Tiffany... this baby was what started the entire process and led to Dining Room Chairs, that led to a Red Chandelier, that led to a vintage…

Here's another makeover for you. I found these beauties along side the road for free. Who throws something like this out?? Ahhh... ! Want a quick history lesson about them? No... yeah sure you do. :) They are called Panton…

Tomorrow is the 4th of July! I hope you all have some fun plans for the day. We are planning to take the kids to the roof top of a parking garage in downtown Albany to watch the fireworks. We…

Hope you all had a great weekend! This week's redesign was a lot of fun! It was one of those project where everything went RIGHT for once. :) Gotta love those! My friend Jo Ann and I went shopping at…

Hello to our new fans and to all those we met at the Troy River Street Festival this past weekend. I hope you had a great time at the festival, I know we did! It was so much fun working…

If you aren't a fan of our Facebook page, you may not know yet that I quit my job. I officially finished last week and I'm nervous, but really excited about having the extra time to devote to FunCycled and…

I've been wanting to do something with a chevron design for what feels like a bazillion years. OK - maybe 4-5 months and here it was, finally - this dresser screamed "give me chevron!". My mom called me because she…

As you know, we've been busy here and I'm not complaining!! I'm loving the custom jobs and new creations! It's just that I haven't had a ton of time to post all of the fun things. I simply MUST make…

We've been busy here redoing a few different end tables. Instead of doing a post about each one, I thought I would show you the before and after of them. To see how we painted each one, visit our post…

Ok, please don't hate me, but I forgot to take a before picture of this next piece. How could I do that?? I'm sorry! So, it was all wood and it was in good shape, but just looked outdated. I…

This dresser was in really good shape to start with so it made for an easy makeover. To see the steps on how to paint furniture so our post How To Paint Furniture We used Benjamin Moore Low Luster Wood…