Old Trunk Coffee Table Stand

Here is another great example of re-purposing old items to make something new and useful.

I made this stand for a client out of a recycled bed frame and some other recycled metal I had laying around the shop so they could use an old trunk as a coffee table.         

                        

Hairpin Furniture Legs

Our Hairpin Legs make it easy for anyone to make a great piece of furniture out of recycled items.

Here is a bench that was made by mounting our legs to a old wooden expandable scaffolding plank.

Popular Woodworking Magazine

Hi, as many of you already know I own and operate a small business here at my home called D.C. Metal Designs ( http://dcmetaldesigns.com/ ) we specialize in hand crafted reproduction iron and brass hardware for a company called Horton Brasses ( http://www.horton-brasses.com/ ) and we also make hand forged metal art, furniture, jewelry and many other custom items from metal. A few years back I had a really nice surprise when I seen some of my hardware being used by Norm Abram on the television show The New Yankee Workshop. Well here is another surprise and a great honor for me to see some of my custom brass trunk hardware being used on a piece of furniture that is featured on the cover of the August 2012 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. http://www.shopwoodworking.com/popular-woodworking-august-2012?lid=pwtnhome061812
If you get the opportunity to read the article please do it is very interesting.
I cant wait to see where some of my work will show up next

~ Darryl ~

Hairpin Table Legs

Our hairpin table legs make it easy for anyone to create a piece of furniture from reclaimed or recycled items, just pick your favorite piece and mount our legs to it and you will have a unique and a one of a kind piece of furniture that you can enjoy for years. 

Western Tables

Here are tables #2 & #3 completed and ready to be delivered and have the glass tops installed.

Western Tables

Table #2 and Table #3 are done and ready to get sand blasted, When I get them back they will get a rust color powder coat finish and I will post more pictures when they are finished.

Horton Brasses Weblog

Check out this great article in Horton Brasses Weblog that my name and also my Etsy shop was mentioned in, please take time to read it its very interesting.

http://blog.horton-brasses.com/

Coffee Table

Here is one of three tables we are making for a customer, each one will be getting a piece of 1/4" glass custom cut to put on the top.

Address Sign

Here is a custom address sign that was made for a customer to hang on there mail box post. This sign is two sided so it can be viewed from either side.

Flame Cookie Cutter

No matter how small or different a job may be we will do our best to accommodate our clients request on a custom job, here is a example of one of those jobs. I had a Client in Washington D.C. that needed a flame shaped cookie cutter that they could not find so they contacted me to make one from a drawing that they sent to me.

Gervasi Vineyard

Here at D.C. Metal Designs we get the great honer of working with other artist and blacksmiths on some very unique jobs, here is one of many jobs that I have had the honer of working on with Iron Orchid Forge which is located in Navarre, Ohio.

D.C. Metal Designs cut all of the lettering, numbers and the GV medallion's for the entrance way into Gervasi Vineyard. http://www.gervasivineyard.com/

FINDING THE PERFECT HOUSE NUMBERS

I have had the honor to do work for Horton Brasses Inc. for several years now and would like to invite everyone to check out this wonderful review about some of my work that has been put in there blog. http://blog.horton-brasses.com/archive/2010/december/findingthe

Thanks, Darryl

Letter "S" Wall Hanging

Here is a 36" letter "S" wall hanging I made for a client.

Hand Forged Heart Ornaments

These heart ornaments were hand made to go on these beautiful hand made vases that were made by Sue Bowman for here sons wedding. What a beautiful combination of hand forged steel and hand made pottery!

Fireplace Mantel Brackets

Custom Fireplace Mantel Brackets I made for a customer to put on a mantel that was made from a old barn beam.

Featured by SuzyQQuilts

My motor cycle chain business card holder has been featured on http://suzyquilts.blogspot.com/ check it out with all of her other great picks.
Thank you Suzy Q. I am honored.

Internet Scam

Watch out for Internet scams!!! I just had someone try to scam me this week using a counterfeit cashier's check. here is a link that explains how the scam works. http://www.ic3.gov/crimeschemes.aspx#item-3

Saw Blade Coffee Table

Here is a NEW!! and very unique piece of furniture fresh from my studio.
This saw blade coffee table is made from old and recycled farm equipment, the top is a old rusty 29" diameter buzz saw blade, the stand is from a piece of old pipe and the base is a gear from a antique tractor. All of the parts are carefully fitted and fabricated into three sections and powder coated with a rust colored and textured finish.
This coffee table would look great in a log cabin or any rustic setting.
Size....20" high X 29" wide

Another NEW item for 2010

NEW!! for 2010 is my Hand Forged Tree Stump Trinket box.
This beautiful piece of functional art is forged from recycled steel and hand textured to to give it a tree bark look with a matching lid that is topped off with a hand forged acorn handle that makes removing the lid easy so you can store your jewelry, spare change or any other of your favorite trinkets.Size is approx...31/2" Dia. X 4" tall

NEW !! for 2010

Fresh from my studio and new for 2010 and a great new addition to my hand forged leaf dish collection is my Hand Forged Grape Leaf Dish.

Our hand forged grape leaf dish is approx. 6" x 6" It is cut and hand forged out of recycled 1/8" steel and slightly dished out to hold jewelry, keys, candy or what ever you want to put in it. It is heat colored and then clear coated to preserve the natural beauty of the steel for years to come.