Hi Friends! How's your week going? We've been dealing with some health issues on the home front, but doing well other than that. My son, Josh, and I were able to go on a day trip to NYC on Saturday…

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 you enjoyed the last peak weekend in Upstate Ny! We had a beautiful weekend opening our home for the first time for tours at our Repurposed Idea House. We had such a blast!…

Tips for Visiting the Ark Encounter and Creation Museum If you're planning a faith-based family trip or group outing, the Ark Encounter and Creation Museum are two must-see destinations in Northern Kentucky! Whether you're going with a youth group, school,…

Hi Friends, We have exciting news! We want to personally invite y'all to join us for Fall Tours of our Repurposed Idea House. We will talk you through the history of our home, give you a tour of the projects…

Hi Friends, How was your weekend! Autumn in NY is my favorite and the leaves are just starting to change. I went on a ladies retreat in the Adirondacks last weekend, and to say it was beautiful is an under…

Hi Friends! I hope you all had a great weekend! We enjoyed a weekend with some church and fall festivities and, of course, enjoyed our new puppy, June! For this week's makeover, I wanted to share a dining room design…

Hi Friends, I hope you had a nice weekend! I feel like the rhythms of normal life are back into full swing over here and I'm really enjoying it. I always crave travel and adventures, but I also love rhythms…

Hi Friends! I hope you had a nice weekend! For many of us here in upstate Ny, last week was the start of the new school year. Our kids have been bounced around quite a bit from private school, to…

Hi Friends, Are you planning a trip to Grand Rapids? Maybe you love Magnolia Network's show The Established Home or follow Jean Stoffer's Designs online. If that is the case, I do too! We went on a trip to find…

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…

Hi Friends! How are you? I hope your week is going well! Diane reached out to me to her design her kitchen. She was very easy going and kind to work with. She wanted the kitchen design to incorporate as…

Hi Friends! I hope you had a wonderful week! We spent some time in Ocean City, NJ on our annual family trip. The weather was wonderful and it was so nice to hear the waves and relax in the sun.…

Hi Friends! Remember the kitchen lake house I've been working on for almost 2 years? Well, today is the day that I get to share the kitchen makeover. Here it is before: Beams are going in, too, but that's for…

Hi Friends! How is everyone in upstate Ny holding up to all of this heat and humidity? Don't hate me... but I love it! I swear I was designed to live in the south. I'd take this any day over…

Hi Friends! Do you love a good bathroom makeover?? Good, good! So do I. :) This bathroom makeover doesn't have a before picture because it was just an empty storage closet that was turned into a bathroom. It was part…

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…

Hi Friends! As you may already know, we own an Airbnb in Troy that is very successful, but what you may not know is that we also help property owners create one of kind designs for their Airbnb's as well.…

Hi Friends! I've been working on a lake house interior design project since 2020! It's been a whole house remodeling project and I just went to photograph it last week. I'm so excited to start sharing some of the project…

Hi Friends! How was your weekend? A huge thank you to everyone who stopped by our side walk sale. We had many pieces go to their new forever home that day and the support means so much! This makeover is…

Hi Friends, As you may have already seen on our social media channels over the last week, we recently went on a trip to Paris. I'm excited to share some of the highlights with all of you! Eiffel Tower The…

Hi Friends! How's your week going? We just got back from a beautiful trip to France and London. I'll do a post about the trip soon, but this week I have to keep it short while I'm playing catch up…

Hi Friends! How was your weekend? We had a great one!! I'll share more details soon, but for this week's makeover, I wanted to show you a dresser that we recently redid for our store. Today, John and I celebrate…

Hi Friends! Do you have any childhood memories where you spent your Saturday's pealing off old wallpaper? Remember that smell of vinager and water in a spray bottle, the little round tool that would scrape up the paper to let…

Hi Friends! I'm so excited to share this week's makeover with you because it's a kitchen that feels like brand new thanks to painting the cabinet. I also love all the colors we've been asked to paint cabinets this year.…