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The Tables (and Boards) Have Been Turned: Miniature Vessels and Wooden Chess Pieces by Michael Mode

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, Our Favorite Custom Finds on April 17, 2012

How many wooden chess pieces can you fit on a 2” square chessboard?

Thirty-two, of course.  Thirty-two chessmen ranging in height from 3/8” pawns to 5/8” kings, if you have CustomMade artisan Michael Mode create a custom miniature chess game and vessel for you.

The board, wooden chess pieces, and hand-carved tweezers for moving them [...]

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Custom Dream Project Winner Creates Her Dream Dining Table

Posted by Marcie in Company News and Info, Custom Community, For Customers on April 16, 2012

In early November, Lizzie Smithson was thrilled to be the winner of our Custom Dream Project Contest.  Lizzie loves furniture and dreamed of having a mid-century modern custom dining table that she could gather around with friends and family, enjoy great food and conversation, and eventually become a family heirloom.

After winning the contest, she [...]

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Childhood Treasures Inspire Custom Made Jewelry

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, Founder's Blog on April 14, 2012

Not ready to put away your toys? Rediscovering them through the eyes of your child (or spouse)? Your favorite childhood TV characters, toys, and video games can cross over into the world of custom made jewelry, writes CEO and Co-founder Mike Salguero in his Stylelist Home blog from 4/10/12.  Be sure to follow him on [...]

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Waste Not, Want Not: From Scraps to Reclaimed Wood Furniture

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on April 11, 2012

When you think of the origins of reclaimed wood, what comes to mind? Custom barnwood, of course, evokes images of fading but dignified barns.  Wine wood once held and flavored the fruit of the vine.  A favorite tree in your backyard struck by lightning can find new life in a custom furniture project.

Although less [...]

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Manhattan Snowfall: Custom Bracelets by Julie Wilson of White Tideline Designs

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, Our Favorite Custom Finds on April 10, 2012

Beautiful, powerful, but always ephemeral, the weather is one of the inspirational muses behind the custom bracelets created by Julie Wilson of White Tideline Designs.

However, like the weather, the works featured in Julie’s CustomMade portfolio may linger only briefly before leaving.

Her stunning “Snowfall in Manhattan” bracelet, with its glass lampwork beads and winter [...]

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Add Custom Stained Glass to Your Furniture Designs

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on April 8, 2012

Custom stained glass windows and stained glass doors can make spectacular additions to your home or workplace décor.  Did you know you could also accent your furniture with inserts of custom stained glass? Take a look at these beautiful works completed by our CustomMade artisans that take stained glass’s characteristic play of light and color [...]

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Turn Mother’s Day Gift Ideas into Custom Made Jewelry

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on April 7, 2012

May 13, 2012, is just around the corner.  Still searching (or need to start searching) for the perfect gift for Mother’s Day?

That perfect gift might not exist.  Yet.  You can, however, make that gift a reality for your mother, grandmother, or the mother of your children.

Imagine taking something with personal significance, like birthstones and [...]

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Industrial Furniture Style

Posted by Pedro in Concepts & Buyer Guides, For Customers on April 6, 2012

A spectre is haunting the design world: the spectre of industrial style.

What was once synonymous with workaday life, writes Lisa Frederick in the industrial style Ideabook for the home design website Houzz, has become a trendy style characterized by a focus on “utilitarian surfaces, stripped-back architecture, and salvaged objects” and a refreshing, unpretentious, “proletarian [...]

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