Customer Testimonials...  

• Dear Doug,
   Just a note to thank you for the Dental cabinet. This will be the 15th piece we have purchased from you, not including the 6 beautiful upholstered dining chairs. Over the years we have enjoyed taking your advice and buying piece after piece one better than the next. All our pieces have held up fine. Your workmanship is fabulous. I can walk by a pieces of furniture and run my fingers over it and know it is one of yours. No one finishes like you and your son. Thank you for all the Joy you have given Cindy and me. Do not hesitate to call if anyone would like a live reference.  -Jay Fischer
   
• Doug Schmitt Antiques has been one of the most terrific finds of my collecting life! From them, over the past 10 years, I've purchased the most exquisite large, black walnut, dining room table in original condition, a restored oak Chippendale desk and matching side chair. After two years of looking, the latter was located by Doug and his son while on a road trip to Canada as a rare find companion to my desk. "They thought of me!" Doug restored an old roll top desk we found on 2nd Ave. 30 years ago with a finish to die-for! A four-drawer refinished oak file cabinet,  by Doug Schmitt Antiques, I also bought. Honest, dependable and very professional. Doug and his son will deliver and place furniture for their customers. In a word, they are GREAT! I highly recommend them to my friends!
  -Valerie, Milford, PA
   
• Dear Doug & Tony,
  Many thanks for the wonderful antique pieces you have sold to me over the years. I first met you in Atlantic city antique show many years ago. I have enjoyed our friendship during the many times we have done business with each other. Your pieces are refinished so professionally. I have not seen such work anywhere else. Each piece of furniture I have bought has complimented the decor of my home & office. Many people have commented on the workmanship that went into obtaining such a pristine finish.
  Looking forward to future business with you, but first I have to buy a bigger house.
  -John Curley
   Great Neck NY
   
• Collecting antiques is more than just a hobby -- it is preserving the past for the next generation.  Doug and Tony take these pieces of history and carefully and thoroughly restore their beauty so that not only are they treasures to look at, but they are also completely functional.  My husband and I enjoy the conversations sparked by the unique furniture we have purchased from Doug Schmitt Antiques and we can't wait to see what they'll come up with next.  --M. Phillips, Miami FL
  
   
• "Having purchased many pieces from Doug and Tony during the past several  years, we can honestly say that their workmanship is absolutely unsurpassed. Their honesty and work ethics make a pleasure to do business with them and we have never been disappointed with any of our  purchases."
   -Signed Mike and Karen in Michigan
   
•  A quality craftsman with a unique inventory.
   An honest dealer with good taste.
  - Phyllis & Marcello,  Newton  MA
   
• I'll make this short and sweet. Doug and Tony are the greatest. If they say it you can go to the bank on it. Their work is unmatched. The problem is once you buy one item from Doug Schmitt you just can't stop. If you don't believe me just drop by the Schmitt Museum (my home) in Miami.
   
  All kidding aside you won't go wrong doing business with Doug.
   
  Dick Phillips
  Palmetto Bay, Florida
  
   
• My wife and I have been interested in antiques since the late 70's and have been going to shows and auctions regularly since then. Over the years we have bought quite a few nice antiques, and also sold some, to upgrade or make room for pieces we could not resist.
      We have met many interesting people and made many friends in the antique world over the years. We enjoy visiting their shops, booths, tents, etc., even if we did not find that special thing all the time.
  We lived in Rome, New York for 32+ years and it was at the annual Madison-Bouckville Show in August that we first met Doug Schmitt and Tony many years ago.
  His tent got our attention because he always had something special and the finish and quality of his antiques were a step above most dealers.
      We have bought several pieces from Doug and Tony over the years, the Crown Jewel being a Ransom and Randolph deluxe dental cabinet. My wife saw one at Bouckville one year and fell in love with it, but by the time we decided to go for it, it was sold. Doug assured us he would find us another one, and true to his word he did, 3 years later. It was worth the wait, however, it is truly a one-of-a-kind quality cabinet and most importantly Elaine, my wife, was happy and loves it.
      These days there are a lot of things to watch for when buying antiques. In dealing with Doug and Tony Schmitt you are assured, not only buying the best workmanship around, but also doing business with genuine and honest people. We would recommend a visit to their place in Lake Ariel, PA., it is quite an operation!
  We now live in Houston, Texas and we visit Doug and Tony's Web-site regularly. We are planning a trip to New York later this summer and hope to make it during the Bouckville show. We hope to see Doug and Tony there and who knows- we may need to rent a truck to go back to Texas!!
   
  Best Regards,
  Signed  Elaine and Paal  in League City (Houston), Texas
   

  Doug Schmitt sets the bar higher than all other antique furniture restorers. The quality and care he takes in his furniture restoration is a lost art. The respect he shows for his oak furniture and it's originality is very apparent in his work.

  The guy is a stand up, honorable person with a rare value these days called 'integrity.'

   

  What a gentleman! Combined with his passion for our rich heritage in furniture and antiques it is no wonder his customers consider him a vanishing breed of craftsmen.

   

  Doug does things the old fashioned way...correctly.

   

  Ralph White

  Spring, Texas

   

  Our home is filled with over 50 pieces of antique furniture - mostly golden oak - all are original or well restored / finished but the "best" are those 16 pieces we were fortunate enough to get from you. Not only is the restoration / finish the best it could be but the pieces you find are so unique as to often be "the only one we've seen" ( and we do a lot of "looking around" ! ) What a pleasure to find someone who values their "product" as you and now, I'm sure, Tony also do.
  Sincerely, 
  JoAnn Dryden,   central Florida

   

  Over the last three or four years, my  wife and I have purchased a beautiful three drawer princess dresser , a bonnet lingerie chest, and an oak serpentine chest with fancy mirror. All have been purchased from the website without ever seeing them until we picked them up. We had seen their oak before at Bouckville, so we knew what to expect . Doug & Tony 's finish has a certain "look". Once you see their's, you'll never want anyone else's. We look forward to buying more pieces in the future .  Larry&Linda Wurme,  Rochester, NY  

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