Category: DIY

Hi Friends! One little thing you may not know about me is that I'm a pianist. I've been playing the piano since I was 8 years old. I started playing in nursing homes when I was 12, and have been…

Hi Friends! Last week we wrapped up a kitchen makeover that started back in January! In 2 1/2 months our client, Sarah, had her dream kitchen without moving walls or buying new cabinets. First, Sarah started by booking her week…

Hi Friends! I'm a little later in the day posting about this week's Tuesday's Treasures. I'm wearing a few too many hats this week, but no worries! We'll get through this! ;) I wanted to show you a makeover from…

Hi Friends! How was your weekend? I hope everyone enjoyed it! This week, I'm sharing one of my favorite style furniture makeovers. This style takes a certain type of dresser to start with. The dresser needs to have a frame…

Hi Friends! BIG NEWS! In honor of Earth Day in April, we're calling on all our awesome FunCyclers to join the repurposing movement and get a chance to win free things! It's winter in upstate, with not much to do…

Hi Friends, Even though we've been in business for 9 years now, we still get asked if we will paint furniture that our clients own. The answer is yes! We have a professional grade air sprayer and can get a…

Hi Friends! How are you? We are doing well! This week, I wanted to share a quick custom order project that we redid for a design client of ours - Kathy. She had this steamer trunk: She loved it, but…

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…

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! 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! 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 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! 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 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…