Hi Friends! How's your week going? I just wanted to share a quick before and after of a really old dresser that we bought a month or so ago. Here's a look at it before we brought it back to…

Hi Friends! How are you? We've been enjoying the beautiful fall weather in upstate NY. Including a walk through Olana Historic Site. For this week's makeover, I wanted to share this beautiful desk that we recently redid. We purchased it…

Hi Friends! How was your weekend? October is my favorite month for so many reasons. 💗💗For the hills that exploded with “all the colors of the rainbow” as my son says. For the calm before the storm of the holidays. For the camp…

Hi Friends, If you're a furniture nerd like I am and love to watch the furniture trends online, one you've probably seen lately is that people are leaving the furniture legs stained and painting the boxes. I love that look…

Hi Friends! How was your weekend? We had a great time enjoying our church being back open and an afternoon of my mom teaching all the kids how to make her applesauce. These fall days are some of my favorite…

Hi Friends! How was your weekend? I hope all went well, and that you were able to enjoy what felt like the first fall weekend in upstate NY. Autumn is my favorite with all the seasons best. Pumpkin spice lattes,…

Hi Friends! Who doesn't love a beautiful bedroom when you go somewhere to escape normal life for a bit! Today, I'm sharing the master bedroom makeover in the airbnb. If you’re looking for a place get away and relax; book…

Hi Friends! How was your weekend? I hope all is going well! This week, I wanted to share a simple way to update an older hutch. Don't get me wrong, I love a good hutch makeover, but sometimes a hutch…

Hi Friends! How's your week going? I hope you had a wonderful weekend! I wanted to share the kitchen remodel at our #funcycledstays airbnb. Here's what we started with - basically an empty room that needed a lot of love.…

Hi Friends! How are you? I hope you're doing well! We had a beautiful weekend! Took whole Saturday off and enjoyed kayaking and having dinner out! It was such a fun time! I wanted to share a buffet makeover that…

Hi Friends! Our FunCycled Stays Airbnb in Troy is available now! If you'd like to book your stay, you can book it here! This urban home is nestled on the front side of Prospect Park on upper Congress Street in…

Hi Friends! How are you? I hope all is going well! We wrapped up almost all of our projects at the #funcycledstays airbnb over the weekend. In less than 2 months we finished it and it was the hardest we've…

Hi Friends! I hope you all enjoyed the weekend and have had a good start to the new week. We spent almost every free moment working on the new FunCycled Stays airbnb last week. We are pushing hard to finish…

Hi Friends! How was your weekend? We're plugging along at the airbnb and pushing to open it the second weekend of August! It's really looking beautiful! I can't wait to share all the details with you! Here's a silly picture…

Hi Friends! How's your week going? I hope all is well there! I hit a wall of complete exhaustion this weekend. It's been too many long days, endless projects, and financial stress. We chose to buy the new building on…

Hi Friends! How was your holiday weekend? We had such a beautiful weekend. Last week, we were suppose to be on vacation for our family camping trip, but it was canceled because the camp site closed from COVID restrictions. We…

Hi Friends! How are you? I hope your weekend was sweet. The rain in NY slowed us down a bit which I think was a good thing. Our bodies needed one less busy day over the weekend. We've been putting…

Hi Friends! How's your week going? We have been busy, busy over here! This weekend, John started refinishing the floors at the new #funcycledstays airbnb which means we are one step further on it. I did more painting with Harmony…

Hi Friends! If you missed it, last week we announced that we purchased a building where we'll be moving our FunCycled storefront at the end of the summer or early fall. We're also planning to make the two bedroom apartment…

Hi Friends! How are you doing? We have some exciting news! Last fall, John and I looked at a building that we had actually looked at years ago. We loved it then, but it needed a lot of work... more…

I don't want my silence during this last week to be seen as apathy. I've had more words to say than I know what to do with and at the same time I don't want to say the wrong thing.…

Hi Friends! I hope you all had a nice holiday weekend. It was so nice to have a warm weather, beautiful weekend! We are so thankful for those who have sacrificed for our freedom. For this week's makeover, I wanted…

Hi Friends! How are you this week? It was an absolutely gorgeous weekend here in upstate Ny and we couldn't have loved it more! We spent the whole day Saturday working outside on the landscaping and gardening. As I was…

Hi Friends! Hope all of you had a wonderful Mother's Day weekend! We had a sweet day that started with this delicious breakfast. All my favorites... French toast and chocolate covered strawberries. The flowers were from our flowering tree.... I…

Hi Friends!  This weekend we celebrated Josh's 12th birthday! He's changed so much in the last year... he's almost as tall as me now, his voice is deep, he has become so self disciplined... gets up at 6 to read…