Had to switch things up and gold bold! Teal base with a black gel stain top
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2017 Entries
Bold Teal coffee table
Classic end tables
By Danielle-DLM Design-Fort Meade, MD at DLM Design
Winning Category
Always keeping it classy with black gel stain and white paint!
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Coffee table
By Danielle-DLM Design-Fort Meade, MD at DLM Design
Winning Category
SImple and sweet coffee table! I used a cream paint on the base and gel stained the top with antique walnut.
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Gray China Cabinet
By Danielle-DLM Design-Fort Meade, MD at DLM Design
Winning Category
Holy Canoli this beauty was a big one! I love how this turned out. I painted the out side of the china cabinet in a very light gray and did the lip and inside of the cabinet in candlelite gel stain!
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Antique washstand
By Danielle-DLM Design-Fort Meade, MD at DLM Design
Winning Category
When I got this antique washstand I knew I had to do something classic with it. I sanded down it down, primed it, cleaned up the original hardware and put on a few layers of java gel stain. Looks brand new again!
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Dinning Room set
By Danielle-DLM Design-Fort Meade, MD at DLM Design
Winning Category
Love that this set isnt matchy matchy and has a pop of color. My client wanted a bold blue and neutral cream on the pedestal.
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Two Toned Hutch
By Danielle-DLM Design-Fort Meade, MD at DLM Design
Winning Category
Love this sweet little hutch. My client for pintrewt pictutes for inspiration and I fell in love with the two toned look. Java gel stain and cream paint.
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Big Bertha Buffet
By Danielle-DLM Design-Fort Meade, MD at DLM Design
Winning Category
One of my absolut favorite pieces! This color combo is to die for and I only wish I had a buffet this size of my own!
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Gray Buffet
By Danielle-DLM Design-Fort Meade, MD at DLM Design
Winning Category
Love this style my client picked put. I transformed this buffet into a wine rack, just popped out the center wood and inserted a wine rack! Used candelight gel stain for the top for a hint of red and a softy gray on the body.
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Mossy Green Coffee Table
By Danielle-DLM Design-Fort Meade, MD at DLM Design
Winning Category
My client picked the perfect color combo! Java gel stain and waverly fern paint.
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Mossy Green End Tables
By Danielle-DLM Design-Fort Meade, MD at DLM Design
Winning Category
Love these little end tables! I was trying to mask the flowers on them but im not sure I accomplished that. I used custom mix valspar chalk paint with java gel stain to give them a slight masculine touch.
![](https://contest.generalfinishes.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/images/contest/project-images/img_4389.jpg?itok=NSQa3xNm)
Wine rack
By Danielle-DLM Design-Fort Meade, MD at DLM Design
Winning Category
My client had this awkward three drawer shelf and had the brillinat idea to turn the last drawer into a wine rack. So thats what I did! The second drawer is now a shelf for wine glasses and we left the top drawer for random other things. I primed it, spray painted it white and did a gel stain top and legs.
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Buffet
By Danielle-DLM Design-Fort Meade, MD at DLM Design
Winning Category
I absolutely love this buffet my client needed me to restore. Her family got it over seas and it was really sun damaged. The grain was so open it took the gel stain so well. I used java gel stain on this piece.
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Accent Table
By Danielle-DLM Design-Fort Meade, MD at DLM Design
Winning Category
Painted this side table in keywest blue chalk paint.
![](https://contest.generalfinishes.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/images/contest/project-images/img_3214.jpg?itok=-TPYn_YX)
Classic End Tables
By Danielle-DLM Design-Fort Meade, MD at DLM Design
Winning Category
Everyone loves a classic white and dark stained top! I sanded down the tops and stained them, primed the bottom and painted.
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Classic Desk
By Danielle-DLM Design-Fort Meade, MD at DLM Design
Winning Category
My client wanted a clean classic desk and this is what I came up wit. Its beautiful. I primed and painted the base and gel stained the top.
![](https://contest.generalfinishes.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/images/contest/project-images/img_3237.jpg?itok=szczk6xF)
Executive Desk
By Danielle-DLM Design-Fort Meade, MD at DLM Design
Winning Category
My husband was wanting an executive desk so as soon as he saw this one, he fell in love with it. He told me I could do what I wanted with it as long as it had a dark stain. It had a trerrible ink stain on it so I sanded it down, it was so embedded in the grain that it discouloured it on spots but I loved it and thought it gave the desk charachter so I just clear coated it. I did the body in georgrian cherry gel stain.
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Big Teal
By Danielle-DLM Design-Fort Meade, MD at DLM Design
Winning Category
As soon as I saw this table I knew it had to be a country table. I sanded down the top and really wanted to keep the raw wood look, so I just clea coated it with high performance top coat. And painted the legs a nice teal to give it a pop of color.
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Butlers Table
By Danielle-DLM Design-Fort Meade, MD at DLM Design
Winning Category
As soon as I got this oiece I knew I had to do some research on it to figure out its name so I could get new hinges. When I found the perfect ones, that just happened to gold, I knew the table had to be black. And here we are, black gel stained table.
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Drop Leaf Table
By Danielle-DLM Design-Fort Meade, MD at DLM Design
Winning Category
When I did a drop leaf table for a client, my mom fell in love with it and had to have one herself! I sanded down the top of the table and wiped back the excess. I added the gel stain to the legs only in the areas that was worn. Applied the high performance top coat when it was dry.
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Pop of Pink
By Danielle-DLM Design-Fort Meade, MD at DLM Design
Winning Category
Everyone needs a pop of color!
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Classic Black and White Coffee Table
By Danielle-DLM Design-Fort Meade, MD at DLM Design
Winning Category
Black and white is always a good to for me! I sanded down the top of the coffee table and discovered horrible water marks so gel stain to the rescue!
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Restored Buffet
By Danielle-DLM Design-Fort Meade, MD at DLM Design
Winning Category
I had so much fun sanding this old worn down buffet and making it look pretty again!
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