Category: Living Room

Capturing a bold living room design (or really for any room in your home) does not happen without intention and planning. In order to effectively achieve the desired outcome for one homeowner, we decided that mixing design styles in her…

Hi, friends! Ahh...winter! For us in upstate New York, we are accustom to dark mornings and braving the cold winds. After all, it does come with the territory, right? But what might not be widely talked about or embraced is…

Hi Friends! I hope you are having a good start to your week! Every Sunday, I am reminded to be thankful for whatever might lie ahead for the coming week, and here we are on a Tuesday, already part way…

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…

Hi Friends! Happy first day of Spring! Sometimes we are tempted to think it will never come, especially after a cold and snow-filled Winter (which we have not had), but here it is! Spring has arrived! In today's Tuesday's Treasure,…

Hi Friends! I hope you had a nice weekend! It was a rough one here with a surprise root canal on Friday morning and the flu the next day. The kids and I are hacking our days away on the…

Hi Friends! How are you? I hope you're all enjoyed the last few weeks of fall in upstate! Remember the lake house I’ve been working on designing for the last 2 years? Well, today is the day that I get…

Hi Friends! How are you? I hope your week is going well and you've been able to enjoy some holiday traditions! I've been really busy with interior design and loving every minute of it. I even shared our first design…

Hi Friends, Last week, I shared one of my favorite kitchen makeovers fro Jim and Johanna. Check it out here! Today, we're headed one room over to their living room makeover. Here it is before: Living Room Before Built In…

Hi Friends! Thank you to those who came out to our Open House and Vendor Market on Monday night. The turnout was small because of the huge snow storm, but we had a great time with those brave souls who…

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! How are you? I hope you all enjoyed Thanksgiving with family or friends! We debated on whether we should decorate for Christmas this year since we close on the new house next week. A good friend spoke truth into…

Hi Friends! How's your week going? We are knee deep in packing and getting ready to close on the new house. If you haven't seen it already on our Facebook or Instagram pages, we're selling our house because we are…

Hi Friend! How are you? I had a great day at HGTV's blogger's block party yesterday! Renee (who works for us helping with our social media) joined me for the trip and we had a blast! I was able to…

Hi Friends! How's your summer going so far? Can you believe we are more than half way through? I can't!! You know another thing I can't believe? How great this furniture makeover came out! Raymond sent me this picture and…

Hi Friends! How was your winter break from school? We had a great time! Typically, this is our slow season so we decided to make vacation happen a little earlier than we normally would in order to seize the slow…

Hi Friends, How was your week? We were blessed with another  busy work weekend with the Victorian Stroll happening in downtown Troy. The streets were filled and our store followed suite. So much fun! Thanks again to all of you…

Hi Friends! Thank you to everyone who's been keeping me so busy with interior design work!! We started to officially offer interior design in May and have been busy with it ever since. Getting the right design is the result…

Hi Friends, How's your week going? We've had a really nice one here. I could talk family and fun trips, but I want to talk design and work for a bit. It's been a great design week for us! We…

Hi Friends! How's your week going? We had another busy one! My kiddos finished 1st and 2nd grade last week. I'm so proud of how well they did!! Both made high honor roll all  4 quarters! Josh won the highest academic…

Hi Friends, This week John and I celebrate 13 years of marriage! Wowzer! I can't even believe how old that makes me sound... er, I mean, how quickly time flew by! I'm so thankful for all we've been through together. John…

Hi Friends! How are you? I hope you're enjoying a great week! We are enjoying some much needed family time this week. Taking a quick break before the hectic (yet fun) summer begins!! I can't wait to share this transformation…

Hi Friends! How are you?? If you follow us on Facebook, you know that two weeks ago was rough, but this week was much better. Thanks to all of you who took time to send me encouraging notes, texts and…

Every year, I get so excited to pull the reports and see which of our blog posts were the most viewed in the prior year. Then I compile them into a quick list for you all to see and enjoy! You can…

Hi Friends! How are you? These couple of weeks are some of the busiest of the year for retail shops.  We barely got a chance to take a breath after Thanksgiving before we were thrown into Black Friday and Shop…