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FeaturedBiz Inteviews CustomMade CEO and Co-Founder Mike Salguero

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, For Makers, The People Behind CustomMade on December 17, 2010

Check out the December 16, 2010, interview with CustomMade CEO and Co-Founder Mike Salguero in the U.S. companies section of FeaturedBiz.com.

Some of the topics covered are:

The acquisition of the CustomMade.com website and domain name

What buyers and artisans are saying about their CustomMade experience

What are some of the most popular custom made [...]

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Custom Front Door: Your Home’s First Impression

Posted by CustomMade in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on December 16, 2010

Your home is an extension of who you and your family are –which means that your front door is especially important in conveying your unique personality and taste. A custom front door provides your family with the opportunity to bring a sense of appreciation for nature into your home’s appearance, and it allows your home [...]

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Get the PERFECT holiday gift for your man: Jocelyn did!

Posted by CustomMade in CustomMade Connections, CustomMade Maker Sucess, For Customers, For Makers on December 16, 2010

She knew exactly what she wanted to get him for Christmas:

They were at a fair the other weekend, and they both spotted this extraordinary animal-shaped cutting board…it was one of those stop-you-in-your-tracks-and-make-you-look-twice things, definitely not your typical kitchenware. Jocelyn was instantly inspired, both by the cutting board and by her husband’s joyful reaction to [...]

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Modern Greene & Greene Style: Six CustomMade Artisans

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on December 16, 2010

CustomMade is very fortunate to include in our galleries the works of talented artisans who create Greene & Greene style furniture.  CustomMade friend David Mathias has recently written a book, Greene & Greene Furniture: Poems of Wood & Light, a new look at the houses and furniture of Charles and Henry Greene.  In this guest [...]

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Custom Outdoor Products for Your Outdoor Living Spaces

Posted by CustomMade in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on December 15, 2010

Just like every room in your home can benefit from the custom treatment, every outdoor area of your home can have some custom furniture or accessories built to accent its beauty and increase your enjoyment.  Here are some ideas for custom outdoor products for your outdoor living spaces.

Patios

This custom “beamCouch” outdoor sectional embodies [...]

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John Herbert and the Boston Furniture Collaborative: WOW

Posted by CustomMade in For Customers, For Makers, Maker Spotlight, The Wide World of Custom Making on December 14, 2010

What’s the first word that comes to mind when you look at this clock?

At a recent juried furniture show, maker John Herbert of the Boston Furniture Collaborative found that the crowd had a pretty unanimous reaction:

“I would stand in my little booth, watching people as they walked around, and people would stop [...]

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Choosing Custom Built-in or Freestanding Bookcases

Posted by Seth in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on December 14, 2010

If you’re having difficulty choosing between custom built-in and freestanding bookcases for a room in your home, here are two fundamental questions to ask yourself:

Do you want to take your bookcases with you should you move or treat them as a permanent improvement to your house?  What is true for cabinetry for your flat-screen TVs [...]

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Custom Home Bar Furniture for Your Leisure Time

Posted by CustomMade in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on December 14, 2010

There is something exciting about having your own bar in your home. It could be the thrill of having a spot in the house that is dedicated to leisure alone or the prospect of having a corner in your home where you can invite your guests to sit down and simply enjoy their drinks and [...]

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On space-saving, murphy beds, and metamorphosis

Posted by CustomMade in For Customers, Our Favorite Custom Finds on December 13, 2010

Erik Wolken of Works in Wood specializes in the “funky and functional”; the Chapel Hill, North Carolina-based furniture maker joins us again to share his latest foray into the realm of adjustable furniture: the Murphy Bed. .

William Murphy had a small apartment in San Francisco around the turn of the 20th century [...]

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Custom Storage Solutions: A Place for Everything and Everything in Its Place

Posted by CustomMade in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on December 13, 2010

Whether you are an avid collector of rare items or have just accumulated a lot of stuff, you need to find a place for your things.  Is your chief concern preserving your items’ monetary value or their sentimental value?  Do you need to find a showcase for your possessions?  Do you need to find your [...]

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