Category: DIY

Hi Friends!! Happy rainy week in upstate NY! We've had so much rain I think I saw Noah's ark floating by. 😂 Paint doesn't like to dry on rainy days so it's made the work flow a little tricky lately.…

Hi Friends! This week has been a busy one for me! So sorry for the late post. It's only the start of summer and I'm remembering how tricky it is to balance summer fun and work. :) I love both…

Hi Friends! How was your week? As you might have seen on our facebook or Instagram page, after many many years of camping with our 1974 Lark Pop up camper, we decided to upgrade this year to a retro style camper.…

Hi Friends! Since we paint kitchen cabinets almost every week of the year and because I do a lot of interior design work on kitchens, I decided it might be nice to share some of my favorite "go to" hardware…

Hi Friends! How are you? I hope you had a nice weekend and were able to take some time to think about the sacrifice so many have made for our freedom. Such a humbling, overwhelming thought. I'm more than grateful…

Hi Friends! Say what?!?! Keep the cherry cabinets?? If you know much about us, you know that painting the cabinets are almost always my first go to, but in this case, our design client, Andrea, wanted me to make her…

Hi Friends, We had a sad weekend with the passing of our 13 year old lab, Mel. She was such a sweet girl and we've had her our kids whole life so it's been an adjustment since Saturday. We are…

Hi Friends! How's your week going? Today, I'm sharing a hutch makeover that may be hard to appreciate all the work it took to create this transformation. This hutch was a custom order for Britany. This was originally her partner…

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…