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Custom Restoration and Inspiration for Your Antiquing Expeditions

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on May 26, 2012

If you’ve returned from your latest round of antiquing with a trove of furniture in need of custom restoration, you can find CustomMade artisans ready to complete any custom repair services your treasures may require.

But what if what you found needs to be re-imagined in an original design, or if all you found was [...]

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Custom Made for the Old Man: Father’s Day Gift Ideas

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on May 25, 2012

Need some Father’s Day gift ideas? The old man is sure to appreciate a little custom treatment, something unique that celebrates his hobbies or inimitable style or a small thank you for all he’s done.  Our CustomMade artisans can make anything you can imagine, from classic gifts to one-of-a-kind items, with a personal dimension your [...]

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Sizzling Style: Custom Camera Bags and More by Sizzlestrapz

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on May 24, 2012

Looking for custom gift ideas for a photography buff, frequent traveler, or a leather aficionado with a flair for fashion?  Maybe a Father’s Day gift?  CustomMade artisan Rich B. of Sizzlestrapz specializes in creating unique DSLR camera bags, doctor bags, and traveling bags for men and women custom designed to hold your belongings securely and [...]

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Time to Surf! Whimsical Glass Custom Clocks by Terri McCallister of LuLu Glass

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, Our Favorite Custom Finds on May 23, 2012

Time may fly when you’re having fun, but with whimsical glass custom clocks by LuLu Glass time just might stop for a little fun at the beach.

This fused glass surfboard clock with its cool turquoise background and bright, colorfully accented boards can bring a fun, retro feel to any room in your home.

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Let Your Design Personality Shine Through Your Custom Kitchen

Posted by Pedro in Concepts & Buyer Guides, For Customers on May 18, 2012

What does your kitchen say about your design personality?

On NPR’s “Daily Picture Show” blog from March 2012, John Asante discussed photographer Ellen Silverman’s photography series, Spare Beauty: The Cuban Kitchen, and invited readers to reflect on their own kitchens in “What Our Kitchens Might Say About Us.” He wrote: “It’s an interesting concept that [...]

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Explore New Depths with Custom Inlays by Lighthouse Laser Arts

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on May 17, 2012

Explorers who followed their compasses and sailed beyond the horizon helped expand our understanding of the earth.  The world is no longer conceived as a flat expanse but a three-dimensional sphere.  The compass rose collection of inlaid flooring medallion by Lighthouse Laser Arts pays homage to nautical exploration and showcases another triumph over two-dimensional restrictions, [...]

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Using Salvaged Materials in Your Custom Jewelry Design

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on May 16, 2012

Inspiration for a beautiful custom jewelry design can come from many sources, even salvaged materials.  Objects with ho-hum everyday uses, antiques languishing in your attic, and even things destined for a landfill can be reborn in custom made jewelry.  Take a look at these examples of custom jewelry by CustomMade artisans created from reclaimed items.

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Day of the Dead Murals in Artistic Tile by Carly Quinn Designs

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, Our Favorite Custom Finds on May 15, 2012

As a successful full-time creator of artistic tile, CustomMade artisan Carly Quinn of Carly Quinn Designs in Tucson knows not just her own tastes but her customers’ tastes as well.

So Carly, whose favorite artist is the Art Nouveau master Alphonse Mucha, discovered the Southwest’s passion for Día de Los Muertos, or “Day of the [...]

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Custom Furniture on the Move

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, Founder's Blog on May 12, 2012

If you’re a fan of CustomMade, it’s very likely custom furniture moves you.  Now have a look at some of the whimsical furniture captured in motion – walking, dancing, and crawling – that CEO and co-founder Mike Salguero features in his Stylelist Home blog from 5/3/12.  Be sure to follow him on Stylelist as he [...]

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