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Coffee Table Giveaway Sponsered by Kyle Buckner Designs

Posted by CustomMade in For Customers, The Wide World of Custom Making on April 21, 2011

KB Designs is proud to sponsor a giveaway event in support of the American Cancer Society.  For every $1.00 donated you will be entered to win the “Rail” by KB Designs, an exclusive, one of a kind coffee table.  The drawing will occur on June 1, 2011 and the winner will be notified via email.  [...]

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Ideas for Custom Creations from Porcelain

Posted by CustomMade in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on April 21, 2011

If you are looking to add inspiration and style to your home, you might want to add some of the the latest trends in porcelain artwork. Bowls and vases have been given the deserved attention to detail and personalization since the beginning of time and this has been carried out to this day. Many artisans [...]

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A Custom Furnituremaker Transforms an Art Gallery

Posted by CustomMade in For Customers, The Wide World of Custom Making on April 20, 2011

A Gallery Installation in Progress

The World as Text will be an exhibition of artists’ books at the Columbia College Center for Book and Paper Arts in Chicago – here are the beginnings of the installation in progress under the direction of CustomMade’s John Preus.

“The World as Text”

The project is [...]

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A Little Something CustomMade in The Wall Street Journal

Posted by Pedro in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers on April 20, 2011

Furniture retailers are learning something that CustomMade has known all along: consumers are willing to invest their time and money on quality custom furniture.  Anjali Athavaley explores the conversion to custom and retail’s turn towards artisanal production and limited edition furniture in her article in The Wall Street Journal Online and in an accompanying video.  [...]

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Kitchen Remodeling Tips and Ideas – Go Custom!

Posted by CustomMade in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on April 20, 2011

A house is not a home unless you are reflected in its decor and ambiance. Knowing yourself and the specific conveniences and styles that are important to you will help maintain a balance that is reflective of you and your lifestyle. It will make your home a piece of you that cannot [...]

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Elevate Your Style with Custom Made Metal Railings

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on April 19, 2011

The sky is the limit when you choose custom metalworking for your railing needs.

How would you like to get there? Beanstalk or airplane?

Perhaps you’d prefer to climb a mountain?

Indoors or outdoors, with custom made metal railings you can select a design and motif that can transform your stairs, balconies, or decks into [...]

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Here Be Custom Dragons

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on April 18, 2011

No mythical creature is as recognizable universally as the mighty dragon.  Although the reptilian monsters may symbolize fantasy literature and games in modern Western cultures, dragons have been a part of folklore from all over the world for thousands of years.

Dragons are very cool, too.

If you’d like to add a fantasy element to a [...]

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Custom Made with Lasers

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on April 17, 2011

The laser is a versatile tool that CustomMade artisans can use to cut materials, create engravings, and produce photorealistic designs on a wide range of media, such as wood, metal, glass, and stone.  Here are just a few examples of the many things that can be custom made with lasers.

Lasers can cut materials in [...]

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Crown Your Home with a Weathervane by Tuck & Holand

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on April 16, 2011

Although the weathervane has a history that dates back to Ancient Greece, for many of us the image of a weathervane shaped like a rooster spinning on top of a barn conjures up nostalgia for rural Americana.  Though many weathervane designs were deliberately humorous, in the days before instant weather updates these devices had an [...]

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A Tale of Two Sofas: Custom Upholstery by Endicott Home Furnishings | Condo Furniture

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on April 14, 2011

Comfortable furniture can be measured in tiny increments.  If the backrest were a little shorter, if the seat were only a bit wider, if the cushions were just a tad thicker, you could rest perfectly.  When the time comes to move to a new home, precious inches can make a huge difference to your sense [...]

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