Hi Friends!

You may have noticed that a big trend lately is to have thin wood strips on the fronts of dressers, bars, or reception desks. If you haven’t noticed, that’s ok. My days are filled with looking at designs and furniture so don’t feel bad. I’ll keep you in the know. :)

I’ve been wanting to try doing this to a dresser set, but it’s an expensive project to try. The wood strips are pricey (there may be a cheaper way to do it that I haven’t found yet). If I do find a cheaper wood product, I’ll update this post. If you know of a way, please comment and let me know below. I love the look of having the wood strips on the front of dresser drawer so I waited until I found just the right set to do the transformation.

This is the next in the series of furniture that has bee inspired by doors that we saw on our anniversary trip to Paris. I selected all the colors based on this photo.

Here are the dressers before:

I did a time lapse video to show the steps of how we removed the trim on the drawers and added the fluted wood. You can check it out on Instagram here.

We removed the drawers, and removed all of the trim work on the drawer to give us room to add the fluted wood strips. Then we repaired, prepped, primed, and painted the boxes.

Box Color: Benjamin Moore Mythic CSP-510

If you want to see how we paint furniture, check out our How to Paint Furniture post. We also added furniture feet onto the dressers. We did have to spray them a different gold so they matched the hardware.

New Hardware: Gold Tab Pulls

Furniture Feet: Triangle Furniture Feet

Then we bought pole wraps with fluted wood from Home Depot and stained them with Valspar’s Sunbleached stain. It took 3 of those pole wraps for these two dressers.

After the stain was dry, we glued them onto the drawer fronts and secured it with pin nails. You may have to plane down the tops of the drawers to be sure none of them hit each other. Then we added all the hardware and we were all set! This project did take a couple of days to finish. It’s not a fast process.

Ready for the after photos?

This dresser set is available to purchase on our shop page. Be sure to visit our SHOP page to see if it’s still available, and check out what other pieces we have available for purchase or custom order.

Or contact us to get a quote to let us redo your furniture for you! 

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We offer interior design, kitchen cabinet painting, and custom built tables, barn doors, and repurposed furniture. Thank you, again, for working with us and for taking the time to spread the word about what we do. 

Happy FunCycling Friends,
Sarah ;)

Hi Friends, 

If you missed our prior post or are new to the FunCycled blog, we started specialty finishes on furniture inspired by old doors. This dresser was inspired by another door from our Paris trip and will be part of our specialty finishes posts. 

Here’s the door I loved in Paris:

We did a mix of teal on the drawer fronts and Revere Pewter on the box with glazing. We also added all new hardware and sprayed the piece with a protective clear coat.

Ready for the after photos?

Sooooo the only problem is…. this one already sold, but we can redo your furniture piece in the same specialty finish if you’d like us to! Contact Us today!

Thank you all for following along! If you’d like to get this blog in your email once a week, please sign up for our weekly newsletter by adding your email in the little box below my picture. 

If you’ve enjoyed this post, please like FunCycled on  Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest if you don’t already. Keep up to date on the newest finds, vote on colors and give your input on our creativity. We share fun tutorials, great before and after, and new design inspirations. 

We offer interior design, kitchen cabinet painting, and custom built tables, barn doors, and repurposed furniture. Thank you, again, for working with us and for taking the time to spread the word about what we do. 

Happy FunCycling Friends,
Sarah ;)

Hi Friends,

If you missed our prior post or are new to the FunCycled blog, we started specialty finishes on furniture inspired by old doors. This door was another door from our Paris trip and will be part of our specialty finishes posts.

Here’s the door we loved:

I was keeping an eye out for a piece with the right color and feel to recreate this door finish and came across this beautiful on Facebook marketplace.

I loved the look of the maple veneer and wanted to keep as much of that showing as possible, but so much of it was damaged. So we repaired the damaged sections and painted over them and then kept the wood in good condition as is. This piece even had the original key that locks all of the drawers.

Color: Benjamin Moore Smoke Embers with a dark glazing.

Ready for the after photos?

Sooooo the only problem is…. I loved it too much to sell it. This beauty is staying in our home! I hope you enjoyed the transformation! We can redo your furniture piece in the same specialty finish if you’d like us to! Contact Us today!

Thank you all for following along! If you’d like to get this blog in your email once a week, please sign up for our weekly newsletter by adding your email in the little box below my picture. 

If you’ve enjoyed this post, please like FunCycled on  Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest if you don’t already. Keep up to date on the newest finds, vote on colors and give your input on our creativity. We share fun tutorials, great before and after, and new design inspirations. 

We offer interior design, kitchen cabinet painting, and custom built tables, barn doors, and repurposed furniture. Thank you, again, for working with us and for taking the time to spread the word about what we do. 

Happy FunCycling Friends,
Sarah ;)

Hi Friends,

When I started FunCycled over 10 years ago, the passion to pick this style of business was driven by a love of painting and recycling. I loved painting acrylic on canvas actually, but furniture seemed to bring art into the home in a timeless, practical way that attracted me. I’m always looking for design ideas; whether that’s in creation, old abandoned buildings, or even the color gray in my daughter, Harmony’s, eyes. It’s all beauty that I hope to capture and share in unique ways.

I’ve always loved looking at old doors and taking photos of them when I travel so on our recent trip to Paris and London, I snapped lots of pictures of Paris Doors and London Doors. Click either to see them on our Instagram page. As I was looking at the doors, I felt inspired to start a new speciality finishes project. I’ll take door finishes and artistically translate that finish to furniture. Because art is in my heart and I just love sharing beauty in unique ways.

Without further ado, here’s our first Specialty Door Finish – Paris Moody Seascape. A mix of chipping, dark glue gray paint, glazing and bright gold accents.

Our inspirational door…

This hutch felt like the perfect piece given the detailing at the top of each door and of the piece. It just felt right!

The finished furniture…

Also, Lydia, who is new to FunCycled in the last year, has been such a great addition to the team. She agreed to use her artistic ability to paint miniature paintings of each door in the series.

If you’d like to snatch up this first piece in the series, it’s now available (online only). Check our online shop to see if it’s still available by clicking here: Shop Page.

Thank you all for following along! If you’d like to get this blog in your email once a week, please sign up for our weekly newsletter by adding your email in the little box below my picture. 

If you’ve enjoyed this post, please like FunCycled on  Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest if you don’t already. Keep up to date on the newest finds, vote on colors and give your input on our creativity. We share fun tutorials, great before and after, and new design inspirations. 

We offer interior design, kitchen cabinet painting, and custom built tables, barn doors, and repurposed furniture. Thank you, again, for working with us and for taking the time to spread the word about what we do. 

Happy FunCycling Friends,
Sarah ;)