Category: Living Room

Hi Friends, How are you? We are living in what feels like a bed and breakfast... our new 1805 dream house! We have been arms deep in paint and light demo. It's been long days but we've been loving every…

Hi Friends! I hope you're all having a great week! School started here last week and boy oh boy do I feel like my kids have changed so much since last year. I'm loving driving the kids to school this year!…

Hi Friends! The weather has been amazing hasn't it? We've been soaking up the sun while creating so many new furniture pieces for the store. We are ALMOST restocked and I'm more excited than ever about the design of the new…

Hi Friends!! How are you?? We have been INSANELY busy and if I haven't said it in a while; thank you ALL so much for this job. You make it possible and we love it. Last week more than half…

What is the Vanguard Show House? The Vanguard is an organization that raises money to help support the Albany Symphony Orchestra. You can see the Vanguard's website for pertinent details such as the hours the house is open. This year's…

Hi Friends! How was your weekend? As you know, we celebrated Easter. My favorite celebration... because as the old hymn says,  -John Wilbur Chapman You can order that canvas here. Happy Easter from our family to yours. This Easter was…

Hi Friends!! How are you all holding up?? We have been feeling like normal life is starting to set in. Do any of you small business owners out there know what I'm talking about? During the first few years of…

Hi friends! How was your weekend? I hope if you are local you had a chance go to Troy's 32nd Annual Victorian Stroll. It was SO MUCH FUN! John and I have gone to the stroll for at least 7…

Hello friends!  Last week this girl turned 5. I can't believe it!! I really, really can't. She's a quality time little girl (I don't know where she got that from??). ;) I love spending time with her. For realz. She…

It's been a great week here at our house. The best kind of week! Some may want their kids to be rich and live a care free life, others want them to be cute, popular and good in sports. I…

Hi Friends! It's been such an awesome week here! We were just given the a-ok to fill you in on a little bit of the excitement around here. Back in the spring, we were selected to be on the HGTV show…

Happy Christmas Eve!! If you've stopped by today, thank you so much! I'm sure your schedule is pretty booked today so it means a lot to us that you came to see what's up here at FunCycled. From our family…

Hi All! How was the first week of school for most of you in upstate NY??? It was our first year for both our Little Man who started kindergarten and for Sweetie going into Pre-K. If you want to see…

Hi All! I'm enjoying some family time this week before school starts next week. That means I'm keeping today's Tuesday's Treasures on the kind of short and sweet side. :) I loved the lines and quality workmanship with this piece.…

One more quick makeover today... my pal Lara went to a yard sale and saw these dressers for sale. She sent them to me in a text to see if I'd like her to pick them up for me. I…

Another Tuesday's Treasures today? What!! We've had so many fun pieces and I am having a hard time narowing everything down to just one piece a week. This cute little cabinet was given to us when we went to buy…

Has it really been a week since I wrote my last blog post?? I feel like I was just here telling you all about John starting to work with me, I blinked and now I'm back at the computer again.…

It's been quite the week here at the FunCycled home. John's first week working with me was AMAZING. What most people take as normal, I was able to enjoy for the first time. John and I went to bed together…

Hi All! I hope you had a wonderful week. I'm sure for most of you, it was filled with graduation parties, father's day celebrations, and yard work. Tis the season around here! Congrats to my little niece Emma for graduating…

Happy Tuesday everyone!! I'm beyond excited to share this week's Tuesday's Treasures with you. If you haven't seen it yet, I also did a post on our recent NYC trip for John and my 10th anniversary. This armoire was in…

Happy Memorial Day from the daughter of a Marine. “The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it.” - Thucydides. We are so thankful…

I'm really excited to share these before and after pictures with you. This kidney shaped buffet is stunning! I loved it from the day I bought it. I really wanted to keep it myself, but decided that it was way…

So, who remembers this desk from our Upcoming Projects page? The leg was broken, but we had all the pieces to bring it back to life. :) It's a beautiful piece, right? I fell in love with it right away…

Hi Everyone! I hope you had a great weekend. We had a busy Saturday reorganizing the barn and trying to make room for over 30 new furniture pieces. We've added most of them to our Upcoming Projects Page so please…

Well... dumpster diving may be a tiny bit of an exaggeration. My friend Jo Ann who reads all of these blog posts and makes sure I use "English" and don't write something I could one day regret (except maybe that post about…