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Custom Motorcycle Leather

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, Founder's Blog on March 31, 2012

What are you having custom made?

Whadda you got?

Custom motorcycle leather comes to CustomMade and CEO and Co-founder Mike Salguero takes a look at the latest rebel looks that go beyond basic black in his Stylelist Home blog from 3/14/12.  Be sure to follow him on Stylelist as he continues to [...]

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A Home for Your Imagination: CustomMade on Atticmag

Posted by Pedro in Company News and Info, For Customers on March 30, 2012

“Have you ever spent hours (or days) searching the internet for something that seemed to only exist in your imagination?” asks Allison Shops of Atticmag home design and décor blog.  “Or found something similar, but for whatever reason it’s just not quite right?”

How can you make your search a success? Come over to CustomMade [...]

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Essential Forms: Custom Tables and Benches by Heptagon Creations

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on March 29, 2012

You don’t have to sacrifice beauty and character for simplicity and functionality. CustomMade artisan André Joyau of Heptagon Creations finds inspiration in building materials and geometric forms as he transforms his customers’ furniture ideas into modern, haunting custom works.  Take a look at these completed custom tables and handcrafted benches from André’s portfolio that combine [...]

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Buckle Up! Add Cool Belt Buckles to Your Custom Apparel

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on March 28, 2012

Want to make your waist look great? Try custom belt buckles.  Whether you want to go functional or flashy, a CustomMade maker can create a belt buckle for you in any style and from any material you’d like.  Just take a look at a few men’s and women’s belt buckles our artisans have completed for [...]

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Stone Sculptures Realistic Enough To Eat

Posted by Marcie in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on March 26, 2012

Using recognizable American pop culture in art never looked so delicious. Although it may look good enough to eat, I wouldn’t unless you want to lose several teeth in the process.

These extraordinary custom stone sculptures are part of the “Realism in Stone” collection by New York based artist Robin Antar. Her objective is to create a [...]

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Meet Custom Furniture Maker Jacek Ryszka—From Poland With Love

Posted by Marcie in For Customers, For Makers, Maker Spotlight on March 22, 2012

Listen carefully, the wood is talking.

Jacek Ryszka, designer and woodworker at J.R. Signature Creations, understands wood perfectly. He says the particular grain of wood is key to the success of a beautiful custom piece and knows immediately if a slab of wood will make a good coffee table.

From master chef to master craftsman, Jacek Ryszka [...]

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Unique Custom Finds: It’s Definitely Hip To Be Square

Posted by Marcie in For Customers, Our Favorite Custom Finds on March 21, 2012

Shapes are a basic element of design and the square is arguably one of the most familiar and trusted. Some designers often equate square with boring.  While it’s true that other unexpected shapes may attract more attention, when it comes to custom design and inspiration, never underestimate the ‘hipness’ of a square.

Below are incredible examples [...]

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The “Anti-Cookie-Cutter Colorful Interiors” of Jane Hall Design

Posted by Marcie in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on March 16, 2012

“Interiors have personalities. We can use color and texture to evoke a room’s unique personality, and that of ourselves. Fabric, color and texture are my passions and I can’t imagine doing anything else. I seek to turn dreams into reality for my clients with thousands of fabrics to choose from and to inspire”.

For the [...]

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Rolling Ladders: Old-World Design With “High” Style

Posted by Marcie in For Customers, Our Favorite Custom Finds on March 14, 2012

Calling all book lovers and wine collectors (and anyone else with a hard to reach space).

Have you dreamed of having a room dedicated to a library, with floor-to-ceiling shelves? How about a wine cellar with endless bottles of your favorite elixir glistening like brightly colored gemstones on high custom shelves? In that dream of [...]

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Put Status at the Center of the Discussion for Custom Work

Posted by Marcie in For Makers, The Pro Shop on March 13, 2012

This article was written by guest blogger Patrick Kennedy of Superior Woodcraft, Inc.

In a blog from July, 2011,  It’s all about value: explaining the cost of custom items,  a comment was made by Mark Wilson who noted that makers should “put status at the center of the discussion of what makes our stuff [...]

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