We get asked a lot for before pictures - folks just seem to love to see what a piece once was. I admit - I LOVE seeing the before pictures too. The uglier the better....damaged = fine with me!! It is an absolute thrilling challenge to take a piece that is bound for the trash and flip it into a showpiece. We especially love when we are given someone's family piece and asked to make it new again, make it pretty. Nervewracking - yes, but lots of fun and we are always up to the challenge. This desk wasn't always so pretty :-) This antique was a family piece of our client and it looked like this when it was handed over to us: Notice all of that damage on the top? The watermarks were sad and