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We’ll be on HGTV! And a Rustic Desk For Sale – Tuesday’s Treasures

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 Flea Market Flip. I have been watching FMF for years. I don’t have cable, but my friend Marcie does. She would DVR all of the episodes and we would sit up late watching the show while eating ice cream, brownies and drinking coffee. Marcie told me I should try to get on the show because I love it so much and I laughed and thought… are you kidding me?? No one normal actually gets to be on TV. Well, I guess I was wrong because this normal girl was on TV!!! Woot Woot!! :) I can’t share the details or anything about the results until it airs (which won’t be for a while). I’ll keep you all posted once I know when it will air so stay tuned. :)

One of the many highlights of this experience was meeting Lara Spencer. I’ve had her book I Brake For Yard Sales for years. Her book helped me understand so many different design styles and it was really an honor just meeting her. She even signed my book!!! Ahhh!! God’s blessings have humbled us every step of this FunCycled way. Truly more than I ever dreamed.  FMF13
Sooooo exciting!!! Also this weekend John and I celebrated our 11th anniversary NYC style. I lalalove NYC if you haven’t already noticed that about me by now. We went to Chelsea Market and tried all different types of food. From Fig and Ricotta caramel candy to vegan sushi… it all made me want to convert into a food snob. John had never been to Chelsea Market which seems like an injustice for sure given his culinary degree. ;) He loved it! Then we headed up to Central Park for a walk through the park. The weather was beautiful and the walk was perfect!! We rented a row boat and rowed on the little lake in the park. Then had dinner on the water.

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You’re not here to see a furniture makeover are you? Ok, ok… on to that. We’ve had this oak desk and I’ve had a certain look in mind for it, but had to get time to work the magic on this piece! :) Here it is before.

We sanded and painted this piece using Benjamin Moore’s Silver Fox on the outside and Current Red on the drawer fronts. The hardware is from Lowes and we glazed it using Valspar’s Antiquing Glaze. If you want to see how we redo furniture, please check out our How To Paint Furniture post.

Here are the after pictures… and best of all THIS PIECE IS FOR SALE! Check it out on our Furniture For Sale page.
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The after pictures are done by Chelsea Bos Photography. I hope you all have a great week! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Having fun upcycling!
Sarah ;)

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Please sign up today! Last but not least, let us customize a furniture piece for you. We create custom furniture and will deliver for customers in upstate NY and will also ship throughout the US. Send us a note with what you would like using our contact page. Or buy something that we’ve already designed from our furniture for sale page.

 

 

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Magenta, Teal and Burnt Orange French Provincial Chairs – Tuesday’s Treasures

Hello from the busy, boisterous FunCycled world. It’s been another crazy week where I did more traveling and home decorating for my friend Marcie. Please feel bad for me, I had to leave warm sunny Florida and return home to single digit temperatures and snow. It was so so hard to do. ;) A huge thanks to Marcie for having me visit to help decorate her new home (a good excuse to get together, I’d say). Here we are, about to say hi to the famous Florida manatee.

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And apparently molesting a manatee is an issue in Florida. Please just read the sign. ;)
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And took just a couple of hours to enjoy the beach!
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Back to NY I came after what felt like a blink of an eye. Boy do I miss Marcie and her 4 little kiddos. Now that you’re all filled in on my week, let’s talk furniture shall we?

I bought these chairs last summer because I knew what they could be. You should have seen my mom and I trying to fit these in her Subaru.  lol Funny stuff!

Here they are before.

Jessica reached out to me about a hutch for her library which became our Teal and Chartreuse Hutch Turned Library. While she was checking out the barn, she looked at this chair set and thought it would work well with her huge rustic farm house table.

I loved the lines of these chairs, but the bases of the chairs needed to be completely rebuilt. We painted each chair Benjamin Moore Navajo White, built new bases by cutting wood to the shape of the seats, added all new high density foam cushioning and reupholstered them with coordinating velvet fabric. There were a total of 6 chairs – two magenta, two teal and two burnt orange. All of those colors are in Jessica’s dining room curtains.

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I can’t tell you how much fun it’s been working with Jessica. She’s such a delight! Every time I bring a new delivery, I hope for a clap and squeal of delight from her. We were walking out after one delivery lately and John looked at me and said, “Are you happy?” I said, “Yes. Why?”. “You got your clap and squeal” he said with a boyish grin. Yes, that’s what I was going for! :)

Here they are in her dining room with the chartreuse buffet that we just finished for her as well. ;)

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Happy redesigns everyone,
Sarah ;)

If you like what you see, please like FunCycled’s Facebook page to keep up to date on the newest finds, vote on colors and give your input on our creativity. There is a box at the top right of this page to enter your email address in to receive notifications by email when I post something new on this blog. Please sign up today!

Last but not least, let us customize a furniture piece for you. We create custom furniture and will deliver for customers in upstate NY and will also ship throughout the US. Send us a note with what you would like using our contact page. Or buy something that we’ve already designed from our furniture for sale page.

 

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From An Old Oak Dresser to a Modern Eye Catcher – Tuesday’s Treasures

Hi All! It’s been a wonderful, wonderful week here!!! My very dear friend Marcie planned a surprise 30th birthday party for me this past weekend. Don’t worry I’m still in my 20’s until next week, she had to do it early to surprise me! ;) Thank you so much, Marcie!!!

Marcie knows me better than most so she gets that the best birthday present I could ever have is not something you could buy, it’s quality time with the people I love. So, here we are… 15 of some of my very favorite people. Thanks so much for coming to make it such a special night everyone!

On Sunday, I had a little accident and cut my thumb to the bone while trying to remove a crystal knob.  It broke in my  hand -Ouch!! So, no lifting or painting much this week. I thought I would seize the moment and go on a day trip to Hudson, NY. My friend Jamie and I were supposed to be antique shopping, but she had to cancel due to the sudden illness of a couple of her close friends. I was thinking of canceling but my friend Sarah wanted to go enjoy the day with me, which worked out well since I am out of commission in the furniture department. She made the day amazing… a kindred spirit for sure.

If you haven’t been to Hudson, you must go! It was such a fun day of antique shopping, enjoying the architecture of the buildings, tasting AMAZING lavender ice cream, and walking along the river.  Here are some highlights in photos. :)

A waffle cone in honor of you Sarah Sprague! :)

OK, you’re here for the furniture, right?? I have to keep reminding myself of that. lol ! Here’s a dresser that we bought from Chris, who’s my friend Jo Ann’s friend. This was her late husband’s dresser and it traveled all around the country and as far as the Bahama’s. It was in great shape and Marian saw it on our Upcoming Projects page and asked us to customize it. I love how she saw an old piece with the right lines and knew we could make it modern. She picked out quite a few hardware pieces that she liked and then let me choose from there. She had a great eye so it was an easy choice. Here it was before.

 

We sanded and painted with chalk paint made from Benjamin Moore’s Van Courtland Blue HC-145. Then we very lightly glazed it and added new the new hardware. Always remember that if you paint anything with chalk paint, you have to seal it after. Whether it is with wax or a water based poly, seal it because it’s porous.

Here it is after!

I really couldn’t love this one more. I hope we did you proud Chris! Marian!!

And thanks to you, our readers, for your support and encouragement this week. The care and concern about my hand was overwhelming to me. You humble me with your kindness every time there is a struggle here at FunCycled.

Happy redesigns everyone,
Sarah

If you like what you see, please like FunCycled’s Facebook page to keep up to date on the newest finds, vote on colors and give your input on our creativity. There is a box at the top right of this page to enter your email address in to receive notifications by email when I post something new on this blog. Please sign up today!

Last but not least, let us customize a furniture piece for you. We create custom furniture and will deliver for customers in upstate NY and will also ship throughout the US. Send us a note with what you would like using our contact page. Or buy something that we’ve already designed from our furniture for sale page.


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Yellow Painted Dresser – Tuesday’s Treasures

Happy Tuesday everyone!! We’re all about change here at FunCycled… making the old new again with repair, color or classic styles. Sometimes I look at a piece and think that’s not too bad looking. Should I change it?? But then I make some adjustments whether that be color or hardware and wonder why I ever even thought about not changing it. It seems so much better. Sometimes I get that way in life, too. Since we are now official full time entrepreneurs, most people think I must love change. Nope, not true at all! John loves change. I eat the same things at the same restaurants, I have no desire to rearrange furniture,  I like little risk. That’s why we’re a great team.

That being said, this month has been a bit of a change for us. Our babies both started school full time Monday-Friday 8-3. That may not seem like much, but when I’ve had them with me every day for the last 5 years, it takes some getting use to. This month I also found out that my two very very dear friends, Marcie and Sarah were planning to move out of state. Sarah’s already gone and Marcie will be in about a month. It’s definitely sad to see them go. That being said, I’m reminded that God so often has to force changes in our lives for great reasons. School has been wonderful for the kids. They’re already writing much better, memorizing Bible verses and singing all about God’s grace. Sweetie wrote her own song this week and it went something like this, “Lord, please help me not say bad words or hit anyone. And make me happy! Teach me your ways”. lol! Apparently she has inner struggles with wanting to say bad words. I confidently believe that God is moving Marcie and her family to Florida and Sarah and her family to Michigan for wonderful reasons. I guess I say all this to remind you all that if you’re anything like me and if change isn’t easy, God wants to move and transform us into something beautiful. His kind of beauty… “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.” Galations 5:22-23a ESV

When you see our furniture transformations, I hope that you’re reminded that God makes beauty from ashes. This week’s piece wasn’t necessarily ashes, but definitely needed some beauty. Here she was before! My mom bought this one for me and even fit it in her Subaru! Love you mom. ;)

I loved the little tiny top drawers and the knobs. Brenda (who’s already bought pieces from us) saw this on our Upcoming Projects page and asked to have it custom painted. We repaired the veneer damage here and there and painted it all using chalk paint that I  made from Benjamin Moore’s Province Creme which is a buttery yellow. Then I distressed it a bit and sealed with a clear water based poly.

Could there be a cuter little dresser? I’m not sure! Love, love this one!!

Have a great week and we’ll see you in October!! I can’t believe September is almost over… wowzer! :)

Happy redesigns everyone,
Sarah

If you like what you see, please like FunCycled’s Facebook page to keep up to date on the newest finds, vote on colors and give your input on our creativity. There is a box at the top right of this page to enter your email address in to receive notifications by email when I post something new on this blog. Please sign up today!

Last but not least, let us customize a furniture piece for you. We create custom furniture and will deliver for customers in upstate NY and will also ship throughout the US.  Send us a note with what you would like using our contact page. Or buy something that we’ve already designed from our furniture for sale page.