A Place to Gather Hi, friends! Well, my guess is that in a few short weeks, many of us will be hosting people for Thanksgiving Day. I am not sure about you, but I have often found that this holiday is sometimes glossed over,…
Kitchen Design That’s Made in the USA Hi friends! I love this time of year! And even though most weekends are filled with family events and picnics, especially during Fourth of July, the pace of life is a little more casual, some might even say forgiving! With…
Flipped Furniture Frenzy! Hi Friends! If you follow us on social media, you probably know that FunCycled has been generating some really great furniture flips recently, and the best part...EVERYTHING you see here is IN STOCK!! But what you might not know is…
Polo Blue Dresser Makeover 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…
Tables, Tables Everywhere – Tuesday’s Treasures Hi Friends! How was your week?? It was a fun week for me!! In addition to repurposing furniture, I had a few interior design consultations, spoke at the Clifton Park Library, and taught a class on painting furniture at the Art…
For Sale! Pale Grey Hutch I know, I know, two posts in one day?? lol I just finished up this makeover and put it on our Furniture For Sale page. If you're interested in buying it please use our Contact Us form or email me…
Black French Provincial High Boy Dresser Set For Sale If you aren't a fan of our Facebook page yet, you might have missed that we added this beautiful Black French Provincial Dresser Set to our For Sale Page. I thought I would surprise you this Monday morning and share the…
Kelly Green Dresser For Sale Hello friends! I just wanted to quickly share the before and after pictures of a Kelly Green dresser that we just finished. It's St. Patrick's day this month so OF COURSE we had to help them out with a Kelly…
New Life to an Old Chair Hi All! You've probably already seen pictures of this chair on our For Sale page, but we just brought it down to Anchor No. 5 in downtown Troy to be part of their Valentine's Day window display. I wanted to…
Old Door Turned into a Coat Hanger – Tuesday’s Treasures Good morning! I had a Tuesday's Treasures all set for you this morning, but woke up and had to type up another one to share with you. Which means no time for proofing so forgive any of my typos please.…
FunCycled’s Best of 2012 Putting together a list of the top ten posts this year brings back so many memories. Thank you to all of our customers and blog followers this year. I can't believe it's only been a year since we've started all of this…
FunCycled at the Troy Victorian Stroll – Dec 2nd We are going to be a vendor at the 30th annual Troy Victorian Stroll this year. On Sunday, December 2nd from 11am-5pm we will be in the Atrium. If you aren't familiar with downtown Troy, you can pop this address…
Antique Windows with Photos by Sandy Pratt Hi All! I'm so excited to share this new, fun home decor item that we have for sale. We now offer Home Decor items on our website using reclaimed woods, natural fabrics and OF COURSE fun color. You can check them out here.…
FunCycled Pieces Featured at Dang, that’s Cherry! Boutique We've got an exciting announcement!! In addition to featuring furniture pieces at Anchor No. 5 boutique we are going to have some pieces also available at the brand new 1950's shop, Dang, That's Cherry! Their grand opening is tomorrow night, October 26th…
November at Anchor No 5 Tomorrow night, October 26th, is the city of Troy's monthly Troy's Night Out. Our new pieces are up and looking cute as can be at Anchor No. 5 boutique. We designed this Elephant Dresser to compliment Alisson Clarke's breathtaking artwork. She has created…
Antique White and Raw Wood Buffet Antique White and Raw Wood Buffet Black Distressed Dresser with grey washed drawers and Kelley green knobs White and Grey Chevron Dresser with yellow knobs And last but most certainly not least... this Chevron and Eiffel Tower Chair Set. Yup, there are…
FunCycled Featured at Anchor No. 5 – August Items Hi All! Thanks to Petra over at Anchor No. 5 Boutique in downtown Troy, we are now featuring new furniture pieces each month at her shop. I thought it would be fun to post each month letting you know which…
Why does Polycrylic yellow? Have you spent hours and hours working on a piece of furniture, got to the final step of sealing the piece, and the Polycrilic turned your piece yellow in spots? I've read so much about the fact that you shouldn't…
End Table Makeovers 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…
Shabby Chic Style White and Teal Hutch This hutch redesign was fun and required some creative thinking. Thankfully, John and I like being creative. We drove almost an hour from home to buy this hutch from a nice family who had so kindly allowed Spiderman to live…