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Lost and Found: Stories of Rescued Wood, Stone, and Metal

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on January 31, 2011

What does all custom furniture have in common?  Every custom item has a unique story behind it: the story of the inspiration, commission, and construction of exactly one and only one made-to-order piece.  Custom furniture made from reclaimed wood or other recycled materials also has “pre-histories:” stories of past lives and uses that are sometimes [...]

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Custom Cabinetry for Your Radiators

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on January 30, 2011

The area around your radiator may not look the part now, but with the right custom cabinet, that space can feature versatile and eye-catching furniture.  Quality custom built cabinet makers can create built-ins and surrounds that take full advantage of radiators’ typical locations and sizes without interfering with their normal operation.  If radiators heat your [...]

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Personalized Hardware for your Custom Built Wine Cellars

Posted by CustomMade in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on January 30, 2011

Custommade.com is a wine enthusiasts dream! This web site has everything you need to furnish your own wine cellar and wine tasting room, be it for home use or for that shop you have always wanted to open!

A taste of what lies ahead is in the door itself. From La Puerta Originals in Santa [...]

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CustomMade Co-Founders Mike Salguero and Seth Rosen on the Front Page of Mass High Tech

Posted by Pedro in Company News and Info, The People Behind CustomMade on January 28, 2011

Keeping CustomMade visible and in the news, co-founders Mike Salguero and Seth Rosen are on today’s front page of the Mass High Tech website!

Mike and Seth were photographed at BostInnovation’s website re-design launch party at Boston’s Ned Devine’s.  Check out the pics at the “Wired-in” gallery.

Mass High Tech covers the people, companies, and technologies behind [...]

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Manage Your Message with a Custom Reception Desk

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on January 28, 2011

If you’re a business owner, you know that your corporate image and brand are important in a competitive business environment.  Whether your workplace receives consumers or partners, the reception desk is likely the first furniture piece visitors will see when they enter your building, office, or store.  A custom reception desk by a CustomMade artisan [...]

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Open Your Custom Living Room Design with Creative Interior Doorways

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on January 27, 2011

Adding screens and multi-faceted furniture to your custom living room design can help define smaller areas within a large room or create multiple points of interest in a small room.  If you are looking for more ways to fine-tune the sense of space you want your living room to convey, you and your CustomMade artisan [...]

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Should you build a custom house?

Posted by CustomMade in Concepts & Buyer Guides, For Customers on January 27, 2011

Custom houses are expensive to build but if you know what you want from the start, you can avoid unnecessary expenses. It may have taken you all of your life to finally be financially able to build your custom dream house. Maybe you spent years living in a small house or in a rented apartment. [...]

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Custom Built-ins, Mantels, Surrounds, and Screens for Various Heating Systems

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on January 26, 2011

Custom fireplace doors, screens, and mantels can make beautiful additions to your home.  Built-in cabinetry and surrounds for custom fireplaces can highlight your hearth and fireplace mantel or harmonize them with your room décor.

No fireplace? No problem.

A CustomMade artisan near you can create custom built-in cabinetry, mantels, surrounds, and screens specifically for whatever [...]

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Custom Stained Glass Accents for Your Furniture

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on January 25, 2011

Adding custom stained glass windows and doors to your home is a classic and elegant way to make a beautiful and dramatic statement of style.  Stained glass doors can greet your visitors and introduce them to your personality and tastes.  Stained glass windows can transform the play of light inside your home into a dynamic [...]

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Special Effects: Visual Characteristics of Reclaimed Wood

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on January 24, 2011

What do you gain by using reclaimed wood in your custom furniture project?  You’ll be supporting environmentally friendly practices and local artisan businesses.  Your furniture can be made to fit any decorating style you like and it will have a one-of-a-kind backstory.  Salvaged wood also contains aesthetic elements produced through aging or past trauma that [...]

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