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What “custom made” means to me – visiting a local luthier

Posted by Seth in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on July 30, 2010

Gary Nava is a luthier – or maker of stringed instruments – who handcrafts bespoke custom guitars mandolins and ukuleles in the UK. He blogs regularly about his work and here shares some thoughts on what really makes a custom instrument. Look at the label inside one of my guitars and it will say “custom [...]

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Straight Line Designs!

Posted by Seth in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on July 29, 2010

I’ve been chatting a bit with the guys from Straight Line Designs, creators of some sometimes surreal, sometimes funny, yet always unique and custom furniture.  There is a much more comprehensive publication in the works for everyone to enjoy, but I’m so excited about learning and sharing more about their shop, that I thought it [...]

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Introducing Cassie!!

Posted by Seth in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers, The People Behind CustomMade on July 28, 2010

If you’ve read any of our blogs about our interior designer, or seen our new “Design it!“ section of CustomMade.com, you must now be aware that our ranks have grown by one to make way for someone who knows a bit more about style than the rest of us. Ladies and gentlemen, I’d like to [...]

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“Design It!” by Custom Made featured on Design-Milk.com!!

Posted by Seth in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers on July 27, 2010

In May 2010, we at CustomMade realized that we were on the right track, and wanted to think of what we could do to take things a step further and make the process behind custom design that much easier for our consumers and our artisans.  Onto the scene came an interior designer who, from the [...]

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5 ways to use a belt sander! (other than as directed..)

Posted by Seth in For Customers, For Makers, The Wide World of Custom Making on July 26, 2010

We had a great response to a Twitter post the other day that had to do with some woodworking techniques, and I am all about giving the people what they want!  Today I thought I would show you all a few ways that people are using a belt sander.  ”Use as directed” doesn’t [...]

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Monika Desai on Opening the Runway

Posted by Seth in For Customers, For Makers, The Wide World of Custom Making on July 23, 2010

Custom is a mindset, and great minds think alike. Perhaps this is why up and coming fashion company, Open Runway has found itself using the same building as the CustomMade offices as its base of operations. Open Runway is a soon to be launched start-up which brings women’s fashion – starting with [...]

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Audio Nouveau : a treat for the ears and the eyes.

Posted by Seth in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on July 22, 2010

I was just informed by Keith Brandman of Audio Nouveau that one of one of the most crucial components which sets him aside from the rest of the speaker business is that he has a very high WAF ; the highest in the industry to be precise.  WAF, for [...]

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MaineFurniture.org with Mark McKelvey

Posted by Seth in For Customers, For Makers, The Wide World of Custom Making on July 21, 2010

“MaineFurniture.org’s mission is to promote the fine, timeless art of Maine made furniture.”

They say “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.”  While life didn’t exactly give him lemons, CEO and Founder of Maine Furniture Mark McKelvey decided to take a tragic situation and use it for good. [...]

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Cherry blanket chest with Peter Turner!

Posted by Seth in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on July 20, 2010

When I’m not trying to keep our blog full of interesting and helpful information for consumers and subscribers alike, I am tweeting, digging, stumbling, and facebooking trying to get the custom word out there to the masses.  One facebook page in particular stuck out at me, mainly because of the great photos, detailed updates, and [...]

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CustomMade.com in the Huffington Post!

Posted by Seth in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers on July 20, 2010

As seen in the Huffington Post

What Shoppers Have Been Waiting For by Danny Wong

Big fashion houses like Burberry are finally innovating, and that’s exciting for haute couture shoppers.

For the style-conscious consumer, the accessibility of sample-sales from flash-sales sites like Gilt and RueLaLa make bargain shopping a lot easier. Who doesn’t love a product that is up [...]

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