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Fireworks in Stone and Metal: Custom Outdoor Fire Features

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on April 8, 2011

Even with warmer nights ahead, the darkness and the evening chill can cut short your leisure time on your patio or backyard.  Electrical lights are convenient, but sometimes they interfere with the mood you’d like for your after hour plans.  Since you’re outside, consider adding a custom stone or custom metal outdoor fire feature to [...]

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Live Edge Furniture: Shapes You Have Never Seen Before

Posted by CustomMade in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on April 8, 2011

Trees are living things with no straight edges. Graceful curves, knobby edges, and irregular rings are what make a tree. When constructing furniture, the wood is typically planed and transformed into straight lines with clear edges. Live edge furniture maintains the true nature of the tree by following the true [...]

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Bring Custom Japanese Style to Your Next Project

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on April 7, 2011

For almost a month now, Japan has been in the news and on our minds principally because of the devastating disasters that have afflicted that nation.  Please consider the continuing need for humanitarian assistance and make a donation to the American Red Cross or another aid organization of your choice.

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Hit the Waves with Your Own Creative Custom Surfboard

Posted by CustomMade in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on April 7, 2011

All sportsmen know how attached they become to their sporting equipment. The hockey players would be lost without their own hockey sticks. The basketball player has got to have their own special pair of basketball shoes. The golfer knows the feel of his own clubs. Players do their best with their own sporting [...]

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“Things We Eat, But Can’t” – Realism in Stone by Antar Studios Inc.

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on April 6, 2011

In contemporary society, so many of our most recognizable images are of products both commercial and ephemeral.  None more so that popular food items.   CustomMade artisan Robin Antar of Antar Studios Inc. creates custom sculpture that recasts “pop food” into something permanent.  In her series of sculptures, “Things We Eat, But Can’t,” Ms. Antar creates [...]

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“Me-Commerce” and CustomMade Thriving in Boston

Posted by Pedro in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers, The People Behind CustomMade, The Wide World of Custom Making on April 5, 2011

“Me-commerce,” companies using the Internet to help customers design what they buy, is thriving.  The Boston Herald recently featured three pioneers of “me-commerce” in an article on the “me-commerce” scene in Boston: CustomMade artisan Ted Acworth of Artaic and, naturally, Mike Salguero and Seth Rosen, co-founders of CustomMade.  Read all about it.

“Me-commerce” Thriving in Boston

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Totally Unique Custom Outdoor Table Designs

Posted by CustomMade in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on April 4, 2011

There are many unique designs of custom outdoor tables to fit even the most individual of tastes. When you are considering purchasing an outdoor table, the first step is to decide the range of the number of people you plan on hosting in your outdoor dining area. Generally speaking, round, oval and square tables provide [...]

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New Settings Bring New Life to Your Custom Jewelry Collection

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on April 3, 2011

Is there a jewelry piece in your collection that has sentimental value that you don’t wear anymore?  Perhaps you have loose gemstones that have never been set or heirloom jewelry that has been damaged or worn with use that you’d like to showcase once more? A custom jewelry design featuring new settings can bring new [...]

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Freestanding Custom Cabinets: Portability and Unlimited Design Possibilities

Posted by CustomMade in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on April 3, 2011

Whether you prefer traditionally designed cabinetry or are looking for a more modern design, you may want to consider having your cabinets designed and made by custom furniture artisans. There are many advantages of going for custom cabinetry and perhaps one of the most exciting things about having custom cabinets is that nobody else will [...]

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Double Takes: Custom Stuff that Looks Like Something Else

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on April 2, 2011

See the water pooling on the table to the right?

It’s not water.  (Too late for April Fool’s!)  It’s a Japanese style water droplet table by Michael Wolniewicz Custom Furniture Design with a water effect designed and hand-finished into the walnut tabletop itself.  Above the table, a three-pronged light fixture hangs over the center of [...]

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