Friends Befores & Afters Part V

Well, it took me almost til the end of the year, but I've finally finished the DLH Friends before and after series! This one is just as good as the rest and features several projects from some real talented people. I'll dive right in...

 First up is Sarah at Sweet Redemptions. Sarah does beautiful work and I was quite excited to pick her up not only as a customer but as a group member. The before looks like the piece of junk we've all got in the guest room or somewhere just begging to be tossed or upgrade. The final product is worthy of the showroom! Sarah also used our new baroque style hardware (which I guess I'll stop calling new eventually...LOL!) which makes me VERY happy. We'll have these cup pulls in three new finishes early next year.

Next up, DOUBLE J! Jeanne & Janice from Amazing Grace Furniture Revival! They took this boring old piece, which obviously had some potential which the great detailed doors and drawers, and turned it into truly unique piece. ANNNND  they used our other finish of baroque cup pulls in verdigris! I really love this piece!

I've known Colleen of Painted Gem Creations for awhile now and I'm lucky I do or she'd be putting someone else's hardware on her beautiful work! Again, we have a boring entertainment center like so many of us have sitting around being boring. Total change up and the result looks fantastic! The distressed blue paint job alone could brighten up a room! And the mission style hardware is an unexpected nice touch as this piece definitely isn't a mission style any more! This is why I don't choose hardware for people...only the artist knows what piece is perfect.





To finish up we haveTeri from Paint by Layers. I was just perusing Teri's page and it appears she's one of those super productive people that put the rest of us to shame, lol! Looks like she's putting out a piece of the same quality as below every week! I love the paint job and how it brings out all the nice details in the original wood! She used cup pulls instead of bails on the update and I think it look wonderful!

That's all til next time. If I forgot anyone that has given me before and afters it's just because I'm the least organized person in the world! So please just remind me or send again because I want to feature everyone! Also, join our mailing list!!

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Friends Befores & Afters Part III

Good morning! This is part three of our series of before and after furniture projects from the D. Lawless Hardware Friends group. I've got five more people to feature with their work. First though I want to remind everyone that will will be closed Thursday - Sunday for the holiday. But, we will return CYBER MONDAY WITH FREE SHIPPING ON EVERY ORDER! Sorry, but I have to exclude the HI, AK, and Canadian customers unless I figure something out. That is just too big a money loser for us to ship that far.

Here's how that goes: "Free shipping for everyone!" Canadian customer "I'll take 20 of your bulkiest item and I live by the North Pole!"  Haha, sorry guys!

Part I - Part II

First up is a lovely project from Renee using our restoration hardware collection. Renee cheats and switches out the furniture. She expects me to believe this is the same dresser. I'll humor her! She runs the page The Painted Home.

Next up are a couple of nice projects from Melissa of Vintage Keiralie. Melissa used these bail pulls on both of these projects I believe. Or at least one anyways, I see so much hardware...Melissa is a recent acquaintance of mine and I couldn't be happier to be allowed to post some of her work!

And now introducing my number one contributor! Tommye run ReDesigned by Doherty and she REALLY redesigns stuff. Hard to believe she started with the same piece on some of these! The first project is the perfect example. I don't know how she thought to do this with an old (sewing?) table
 but it's so cool! When Tommye does a piece, it's not just painting it up, it's totally rethinking how the piece will be used and figuring out how to get the best out of it like the last one where she chopped it in half!

Elizabeth Burns of Elizabeth Burns Designs has been a long time contributor to our website and I know for a fact that her beautiful photos have helped us sell a lot more of the pieces she uses. In particular these first brass drop pulls really got a boost from this gorgeous before and after!

And finally, Jessica from Parish Line Pieces turned this old junker into a work of art using some of our unfinished wood pulls. This project is gorgeous and reminds me that we really need to start carrying some more of the unfinished wood pulls so that people have more options to perfectly customize and get the pulls that look perfect with the piece. This is great detail with the pulls and I'm adding them to the product page soon. I also like how she ditched the old doors and left it open for storage. Thanks for that Jessica!

That's it for Part III, don't forget to look at the rest of the series and also join our mailing list below for deals and more great customer projects!

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Friends Befores & Afters

I don't always get the before pictures from people, but recently I got a couple which spurred me to ask the group for some before and afters and now this is going to be a five+ part series apparently!  It's really fun to see people turn so many pieces of essentially junk to beautiful pieces for the home. It's a true talent to have the vision to look at junk and imagine what it could be with work.

So, I have added work to the series in pretty much the order in came in. Except a few people that submitted multiple projects got shuffled around.

First up is my new acquaintance and friend Re-Luv'd Furniture submitted these before and afters of a dresser she recently finished using D. Lawless Hardware and General Finishes Paint. Looks great and she chose the perfect hardware!

Sue at The Browsing Butterfly was actually the second before and after I got in a row which is what spurred me to ask for more. She did a wonderful job on a dresser I'm sure many people would have tossed. I really love the way the venetian bronze hardware matches the top stain and mustard yellow paint job. Awesome result!

When Colleen from Painted Gem Creations sent in these befores I couldn't for the life of me think of what project she had posted that even resembled the bones of this piece. It's in such bad shape I couldn't believe it was the beauty in white below using some of our drop pulls!

Business partner Amanda at Pendulum Designs & Restorations sent in a nice before and after of a wood stained wash stand. This post is also the perfect example of a before and after of staging and photography. Everything looks great on top of the makeover too!

I get a ton of work and photos from Lee Ann at Creative Moments so I'm using her as the anchor for this post. She is quite the productive person and always has something in the works it appears. She not only has her Facebook page but also a blog, Creative Moments, she keeps running because she is a glutton for punishment!! Keep scrolling 'cause I saved the best for last!!

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