Category: FunCycled News

Hi Friends! We have a week of big announcements for you! We’ve teamed up with two other local woman-owned businesses to take the guesswork out of the holidays… and it just so happens that these incredible creators are family! My…

Hi Friends, How are you? I hope you're doing well! Want to know a little trick for getting all those little projects around your house done? Just have your local newspaper ask to feature your house! That's what happened to…

Hi Friends!  How are you? Today, I want to talk to you about furniture. Not politic or COVID or anything else... just pretty furniture. This week's furniture makeover was for my dear friend Christy. Right at the beginning of COVID,…

Hi Friends, I'm so excited to share the full sized bedroom remodel that we did for our Urban Industrial Airbnb! Let's take a look at the room before we started working on it! I wanted the headboard wall to be…

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! Our FunCycled Stays Airbnb in Troy is available now! If you'd like to book your stay, you can book it here! This urban home is nestled on the front side of Prospect Park on upper Congress Street in…

Hi Friends! I hope you all enjoyed the weekend and have had a good start to the new week. We spent almost every free moment working on the new FunCycled Stays airbnb last week. We are pushing hard to finish…

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…

Hi Friends! How are you doing? We have some exciting news! Last fall, John and I looked at a building that we had actually looked at years ago. We loved it then, but it needed a lot of work... more…

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!! Yesterday, I turned 36! I don't need any big parties, but I do love to celebrate the whole month long. Not because I think I’m worth it, but because I have so much to be grateful for. My…

Hi Friends! I'm so excited to share this makeover with you. I absolutely love redoing tiny spaces and our half bath was one of those spaces in our Repurposed Idea House. I love that you can splurge a bit and…

Hi Friends!! As you may already know, we bought this old, beautiful home in December of 2018. FunCycled's Repurposed Idea House Every. single. room needs lots and lots of work. Some call us crazy, some call us brilliant, and to…

Hi Friends! As you know, I just got back from a trip to Waco, TX! Some people have asked me why I went or what there is to do in Waco. It's the town where Chip and Joanna Gaines have…

Ok, before we start talking about a kitchen makeover, I have to share with you a funny video we created about how much I want to meet Joanna Gaines when I go to Waco in May! If you could take…

Today at lunch, I'm leading a discussion on Embracing Failure: Taking risks and learning from mistakes for the Rensselaer County Regional Chamber of Commerce Wonder Women Mentoring Luncheon. I thought I'd share a little bit about of that talk with you…

When we recently closed on our 1805 Repurposed Idea House, the list of what needed to be done was so long that it would even scare Santa away... and Santa knows how to read long lists. 😂 We knew that…

Hi Friends! On December 3rd, we signed our names on a line around a table full of lawyers, mortgage brokers, and a realtor. I can't tell you how much it meant to have the best support around us when we…

Hi Friends, I just came home from an amazing weekend away with a small group of girlfriends and thought I'd share some tips on how to enjoy Waco, Tx and some hidden gems you may not have read about before.…

Hi Friends, As promised, I'm here to share with you some of our favorite items and designs from the Architectural Digest Design Show last weekend. John and I pursued through hundreds of booths, products, and new designs while we were there…

Hi Friends!!! We were able to visit Magnolia Market and Silo Baking Company in May! It was a work trip that we have been dreaming about since the Silos opened! As we all know, everything Chip and Joanna touch seems to turn…

Hi Friends, How was your week? It's been great here! A bit crazy trying to keep up with everything, but that's life for most of us, right?! I was able to work on my first ever commercial design job this…

If you missed Day One or Day Two of our experience on HGTV's Flea Market Flip, just click on the days to see the full blog post about it. Day 3, the last day of filming is the Sell Day. The timing of when the filming…

Here at FunCycled, we’d like to start the holiday giving early, but we NEED YOUR HELP! If this picture of our custom-made table gets 1,000 LIKES on our Facebook page, we’ll GIVE AWAY THE TABLE to one lucky commenter!  Yes, that’s…

If you haven't read our post about being on HGTV Flea Market Flip - Day 1, check it out here.  Today we head to day two of filming - Build Day!! On the build day, we went to Stamford, Connecticut…