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Grandma Chic Is Having a Moment (and We Are Here for It)
Grandma Chic Is Having a Moment (and We Are Here for It)
There is a trend happening right now that we are absolutely thrilled about, and it has a name: Grandma Chic. Think gingham curtains, geese on the wall, hand-painted florals, and... Read more...
Hop into Spring Style Guide
Hop into Spring Style Guide
Spring is all about change and it does not have to be big. Sometimes it is just swapping out the hardware on a dresser or finally replacing those tired knobs... Read more...
Style Guide: New Year New Style
Style Guide: New Year New Style
Out with the old, in with the bold The New Year is the perfect time for a fresh start, and there is no easier way to transform your space than... Read more...
Style Guide: Sleigh the Season
Style Guide: Sleigh the Season
Style Guide: Sleigh the Season Welcome to the season of shimmer and joy. Our Sleigh the Season Style Guide brings together a festive collection of holiday inspired hardware in rich... Read more...
Fall Refresh: Cozy Hardware Picks
Fall Refresh: Cozy Hardware Picks
When the air turns crisp and the sweaters come out, it’s the perfect time to make your home feel as warm and inviting as your favorite fall candle. You don’t... Read more...
Cabinet Hardware 101 Week 7 - Drawer Slides
Cabinet Hardware 101 Week 7 - Drawer Slides
Welcome to Cabinet Hardware 101 – your go-to guide for all things cabinet hardware.  Over the next few weeks, we will be going over everything you need to know about selecting the... Read more...
Cabinet Hardware 101 Week 6- Hinges
Cabinet Hardware 101 Week 6- Hinges
Welcome to Cabinet Hardware 101 – your go-to guide for all things cabinet hardware.  Over the next few weeks, we will be going over everything you need to know about selecting the... Read more...
Cabinet Hardware 101 Week 5 - Common Mistakes
Cabinet Hardware 101 Week 5 - Common Mistakes
Welcome to Cabinet Hardware 101 – your go-to guide for all things cabinet hardware.  Over the next few weeks, we will be going over everything you need to know about... Read more...
Cabinet Hardware 101 Week 4 - Budget
Cabinet Hardware 101 Week 4 - Budget
Welcome to Cabinet Hardware 101 – your go-to guide for all things cabinet hardware.  Over the next few weeks, we will be going over everything you need to know about... Read more...
Cabinet Hardware 101 Week 3 - Measuring
Cabinet Hardware 101 Week 3 - Measuring
Welcome to Cabinet Hardware 101 – your go-to guide for all things cabinet hardware.  Over the next few weeks, we will be going over everything you need to know about... Read more...
Cabinet Hardware 101 Week 2 - Style
Cabinet Hardware 101 Week 2 - Style
Welcome to Cabinet Hardware 101 – your go-to guide for all things cabinet hardware.  Over the next few weeks, we will be going over everything you need to know about... Read more...
Welcome to Cabinet Hardware 101
Welcome to Cabinet Hardware 101
Welcome to Cabinet Hardware 101 – your go-to guide for all things cabinet hardware.  Over the next few weeks, we will be going over everything you need to know about... Read more...
Trendy Ideas to Transform Your Space
Trendy Ideas to Transform Your Space
Looking to give your kitchen or bathroom a fresh look without a full renovation? Swapping out your cabinet knobs and pulls can make a surprisingly big impact. From mixing metals... Read more...
Excerpt from Furniture of the Olden Time (1903)
Excerpt from Furniture of the Olden Time (1903)
This book was written and published in 1903 by Frances Clary Morse and features a large number of plates depicting furniture that was already antique at the time of publication.... Read more...
Furniture of our Forefathers Excerpt (1919)
Furniture of our Forefathers Excerpt (1919)
The following is an excerpt from The Furniture of Our Forefathers by Esther Singleton. I collect antique furniture books for reference and often find things of interest I figure others... Read more...
Storing Furniture Hardware
Storing Furniture Hardware
We deal with a lot of furniture professionals that buy a lot of hardware and need a place to store it.. One of our best customers is Roberta from Eastern... Read more...
Hardware of the Past Buyout
Hardware of the Past Buyout
We are excited to announce that we have acquired the inventory of the long standing hardware store and website Hardware of the Past! Hardware of the Past is in St.... Read more...
New Teardrop Pendant Pulls!
New Teardrop Pendant Pulls!
I am very happy to finally announce that our long awaited set of pendant pulls is finally here! Late last year we came out with the original teardrop pendant pulls... Read more...
D. Lawless Hardware Friends Furniture Makeovers from January!
D. Lawless Hardware Friends Furniture Makeovers from January!
I was gone for the beginning of this month and when I returned there were a ton of project submitted to our Facebook group! What a lucky guy I am!... Read more...
Antique Sheraton & Hepplewhite Furniture
Antique Sheraton & Hepplewhite Furniture
While perusing my collection of antique furniture catalogs I came across some nice looking pieces that I would thought would be of interest to our readers and folks in general.... Read more...
D. Lawless Depression Glass Cabinet Knobs
D. Lawless Depression Glass Cabinet Knobs
We have carried our line of depression glass knobs for over twenty years now. Our collection was originally created for customers building antique reproductions and were priced at a wholesale... Read more...
New “Vintage” French Provincial Drawer Pulls
New “Vintage” French Provincial Drawer Pulls
This article is about our French provincial drawer pulls, which is one of our most successful renewals of a vintage piece. We put "vintage" in quotes because these French provincial... Read more...
The Great Georgian Furniture Designers - Chippendale, Hepplewhite, Sheraton
The Great Georgian Furniture Designers - Chippendale, Hepplewhite, Sheraton
Throughout the uneven career of American furniture design three names have always been in its background - Chippendale, Hepplewhite, Sheraton. Sometimes they have stood out clearly, when design was good;... Read more...
Copper Knobs Can Work with a Lot of Styles
Copper Knobs Can Work with a Lot of Styles
Antique copper and copper knobs are both great for creating a warm feel and look for your space or piece. We have a nice selection with copper knobs varying from... Read more...
Chippendale Part One
Chippendale Part One
Of English cabinet makers, the name that overshadows all other is that of Thomas Chippendale. Many of his successors gained a renown that has endured, but his name is popularly... Read more...
Chippendale Part Two
Chippendale Part Two
Continued from Part One..."After Chippendale's work, there appeared, in the year sixty-five, a book of designs for chairs only, though it is called The Cabinet-Maker's real Friend and Companion, as... Read more...
Wood Appliques
D. Lawless Hardware carries a wide range of wood appliques for furniture or for styling and decorating rooms. Our line of appliques is tried and tested over nearly 40 years! Dave Lawless started D. Lawless Hardware on the heels of his successful furniture building business (practically destroyed in two years by NAFTA). He used many of these exact appliques when building reproduction antique style pie safes, hutches, dressers, hall chairs, and more.Over the years, as we moved from building furniture to supplying other builders we have widened our line of... Read more...
Chippendale Part Three
Chippendale Part Three
Continued from Part Two...To Mr. Smith, whose unlovely productions were being bought by the Prince Regent, the noblity and gentry, it would have been a great surprise to learn that... Read more...
Wood and Shop YouTube Channel - Great Resource for Woodworkers!
Last couple days we had a big bunch of traffic coming from YouTube, which is unusual, so I went to track it down and found Wood and Shop had done called "How to Make Workbench Dogs, Dog Holes & Holdfast Holes". The video had 25,000 views in just two days so no wonder we were getting traffic! I took the time to watch the video and also to check out the rest of Joshua's channel and it is a great resource for all things woodworking. It was an honor to... Read more...
Scenic Route Studio - Update the Hardware with Old World Accents
Scenic Route Studio - Update the Hardware with Old World Accents
We recently had the pleasure of working with Scenic Route Studio on a wonderful dresser makeover featuring Liberty's modern geometric black knobs. It's in a southwestern style and is absolutely... Read more...
Got Good Bones
Today I just want to do a quick introduction to one of my favorites websites. Got Good Bones is a fixture of the vintage and furniture restoration communities since 2014 and grows each year.From their website:Established in 2014, Got Good Bones ® is a creative commerce and informative group of buyers, sellers, pickers, painters, collectors and business owners featuring Antiques, Vintage, Home Decor, and furniture items. Tools of the trade are also available, such as paint, brushes, materials, etc. And the advice… and bragging rights….well those are yours and are... Read more...
Chippendale Part Four
Chippendale Part Four
Continued from Part Three...Who was William Hallet, Esq.? The Great Dictionary is silent concerning him, notwithstanding his purchase of a fine the estate of the Duke of Chandos. The "person... Read more...
Cup Hooks Collection
Cup Hooks Collection
D. Lawless Hardware carries a wide line of cup hooks and there is no one we've ever seen that can come close to the prices we offer. We are no... Read more...
Designs by Dee
Designs by Dee
As most of our customers have seen, our site is full of wonderful photography and projects from businesses, customers, and hobbyists. I have been collecting photos and working with other... Read more...
Coming D. Lawless Hardware Products Preview
Coming D. Lawless Hardware Products Preview
Short post. All these products are coming by the end of the year. The clear pulls there are an acrylic version of our depression glass knobs. The bin pulls are... Read more...
Flippin Furniture Design
Today I am featuring one of the top contributing artists to the D. Lawless Hardware website and newsletters. Belinda from Flippin Furniture Design in Washington, IL is a specialist at finding pages on our website with no customer photos and helping me improve the entire website with her photography! If I remember correctly I found Belinda by just searching for local refinishers after I moved to Peoria, IL. Now it is years later and we probably have 100 of her photos on the website. This very week she just sent... Read more...
What Length of Screw Should I Use for Cabinets & Drawers?
What Length of Screw Should I Use for Cabinets & Drawers?
We recently got a short question in our DLH Friends hardware group about what size of screws is most common or should be used for installing fresh hardware in the... Read more...
Desks & Secretaries - Thomas Ormsbee's History of American Furniture
Desks & Secretaries - Thomas Ormsbee's History of American Furniture
The following is an excerpt from The Story of American Furniture (1937) by Thomas OrmsbeeDesks & SecretariesFrom the settlement of Jamestown to the close of the first quarter of the... Read more...
Our Better Business Bureau Rating
Our Better Business Bureau Rating
Today I just want to feature a quick shot of our Better Business Bureau page. We recently got a bunch of nice ratings from our hardware group and that combined... Read more...
February Best Painted Furniture Contest
February Best Painted Furniture Contest
The February contest is live and the theme is "Cupid's Pick"!  To enter all you have to do is click through to the Best Painted Furniture contest main page and... Read more...
Customer Project Feature - Larry in Indiana
Customer Project Feature - Larry in Indiana
I recently got a piece sent in from a friendly customer, Larry in Indiana. What a piece! I'd love to have that in my office. Looks like quite a nice... Read more...
Oil Rubbed Bronze Knobs Ideas & Projects
Oil Rubbed Bronze Knobs Ideas & Projects
Oil rubbed bronze knobs are great for projects and rooms where you might have some wood tones or other warm, natural color schemes. Bronze cabinet knobs and bronze door knobs... Read more...
Pneumatic Tube Video Reached 20,000 Views!
Pneumatic Tube Video Reached 20,000 Views!
My father and brother made this video demonstrating how to make a pneumatic tube system for delivering inter office packages and paper work. Now it's been seen over 20,000 times!... Read more...
Unique Furniture Hardware For The Win
Eastern Shore Chic - D. Lawless All-Star Today we highlight possibly the largest contributor to our website and our marketing success. Roberta from Eastern Shore Chic is one of the most prolific furniture artists in the country. She partners with D. Lawless hardware to get the furniture hardware she needs to churn out over a piece a day! She chooses unique cabinet and drawer hardware for her custom work, bringing a style that will go great with any number of home design themes. Stylish and classic is the order of... Read more...
Maureen from Second Chance Flips (Guest Post)
Maureen from Second Chance Flips (Guest Post)
This tall vintage dresser was refinished in a serene shade of lavender and finished off with these gorgeous ceramic knobs, Leaves and Flowers, from D. Lawless Hardware. The knobs were... Read more...
Furniture Artist Feature
Furniture Artist Feature
Today I'm getting back into blogging now that our new site has been up long enough to get settled. But I'm going to wade in nice and easy by making... Read more...
The Difference Between Hepplewhite & Sheraton Style Furniture
The Difference Between Hepplewhite & Sheraton Style Furniture
There are many, many differences in the furniture styles of George Hepplewhite and Thomas Sheraton. These two furniture artists of the mid-18th century each had a style of their own... Read more...
Elizabeth Burns Design
Elizabeth Burns Design
Today I'm happy to show off our hardware as used in series of posts by Elizabeth of Elizabeth Burns Design. We've worked with her several times in the past and... Read more...
How To Measure Overlay Hinges For Cabinet Doors
How To Measure Overlay Hinges For Cabinet Doors
When referring to an "overlay" people will often mean two different things. There is an overlay on your cabinets and an overlay of the hinge itself. In order for the... Read more...
How to Install Partial Wrap Overlay Hinges
How to Install Partial Wrap Overlay Hinges
There are many, many different types of hinges for many different applications including inset, butt, concealed and European to name a few. In this article, we will be discussing partial... Read more...