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Calling all Makers: Join the ToolSELECT Google Hangout

Posted by Caroline Bagby in on May 3, 2013

IMPORTANT NOTICE: This event has been postponed until further notice. Stay tuned and we’ll be sure to update with details!

At 8:00pm EST on May 15th CustomMade President and co-founder, Seth Rosen will be hopping on a Google Hangout with ToolSELECT to give some helpful insights on promoting your work. Seth will be joined by industry [...]

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Committing to a Creation

Posted by Caroline Bagby in on April 25, 2013

Buyer’s remorse can be a pretty powerful sensation. You go to the store, spend your hard-earned dough with a rush of adrenaline and then, often on the way home and incredibly sneakily, a feeling washes over you - did I make the right decision? or worse why did I buy that?!

While buying custom eliminates impulse buys there’s [...]

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Maker tips on getting wedding season ready

Posted by Tammy in on April 5, 2013

Wedding season is upon us! Brides and grooms are searching for the perfect accessories to make their special day unique and wedding-goers are on the hunt for one-of-a-kind gifts that don’t fit into an envelope (cash is great, but come on!).

As a Maker, you may not think your work is appealing to [...]

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Parks & Recreation has their own Maker

Posted by Caroline Bagby in on March 4, 2013

Unless you’re completely closed off to the entertainment world, you’re no stranger to Parks and Recreation, the comedic love child of Greg Daniels and Michael Schur. As the director of the parks and recreation department of Pawnee, Indiana, Ron Swanson is known for his staunch libertarianism, his off-color anecdotes and for standing against everything he works for. Despite [...]

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The Olympic Tiger Maple Bench/Table: Olympics-Inspired Furniture by Thomas Miller Furniture

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on August 4, 2012

The Olympic spirit of competition has moved millions to show their appreciation of sportsmanship and their national pride.  CustomMade artisans, too, have honored Olympians and their accomplishments with Olympics-inspired furniture.

The Olympic tiger maple bench/table by Thomas Miller Furniture was designed and built to commemorate Canada’s performance at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, BC, [...]

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Dreams and Themes: Custom Headboards

Posted by Pedro in Concepts & Buyer Guides, For Customers on August 3, 2012

What visions can greet you in the morning or send you to dreamland at night with custom headboards.  Our CustomMade artisans can help you crown your bed with fantastic scenes, meaningful motifs, and personal twists on classic designs.  Sleep on these completed custom headboards from the CustomMade galleries for some design inspiration.

Whatever size bed [...]

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Be Inspired by the Things that Appeal to You: foureyes furniture

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on August 2, 2012

Are you self-conscious about starting a custom furniture project based on your own inspiration or asking CustomMade artisans to modify their furniture designs featured in their CustomMade portfolios? What feels like a natural creative impulse to some, perhaps to most of our CustomMade fans, to others can feel like taking something beautiful and turning it [...]

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Cats Included: Custom Cat Furniture

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on August 1, 2012

No, our CustomMade artisans who create custom cat furniture are not shipping cats to their customers, but they will design custom furniture for your home with your feline pets in mind.

What constitutes cat furniture? Towers and scratching posts like these shown on BuzzFeed would make very cool playgrounds for your cats.  But let’s face [...]

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The ZigZag Ergonomic Chair by Randy Weersing Furniture Designs

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on July 31, 2012

How do you fit a zigzag line into an ergonomic chair design?

CustomMade artisan Randy Weersing of Randy Weersing Furniture Designs turned a back-and-forth Z-pattern on its side to create a flexible seating “membrane” for the “ZigZag” ergonomic chair.  Only three pieces of high-grade laminated maple plywood were needed to bring this eye-catching minimalist chair [...]

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Reclaimed Materials from Historic Locations

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

The diaspora of reclaimed materials from the world famous Coney Island park in Brooklyn, NY, was the subject of a recent article in the New York Times.  Over the past few years, discarded Brazilian ipe wood from the iconic Coney Island boardwalk, sometimes literally rescued from dumpsters, writes Liz Robbins, has been used to create [...]

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