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Bamboo Options for Custom Cabinets

Posted by Pedro in Concepts & Buyer Guides, For Customers on May 4, 2012

Choosing bamboo for your custom cabinets doesn’t mean your décor inspirations are limited to Gilligan’s Island reruns.  Bamboo is a versatile material that can work in crisp, clean Asian-inspired, modern, and even traditional styles.  Bamboo’s strength and natural resistance to swelling at high moisture levels make it a practical choice, too, for kitchens and bathroom [...]

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Make Your House Unique with Kyle Buckner Designs

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on May 3, 2012

“Can’t find what you want in the stores?” CustomMade artisan Kyle Buckner founded Kyle Buckner Designs so he could create custom furniture with which his clients could feel a connection.  “Anything you can imagine, we can make,” he writes.  Kyle’s CustomMade portfolio is filled with stunning examples of his signature contemporary collections, which he can [...]

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Unique Storage Ideas for Small Spaces

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on May 2, 2012

Custom storage ideas can make a big difference in even the smallest spaces.  Add a practical twist to a cozy nook with custom furniture that will hold your attention as well as your belongings in a novel way.  Take a look at some works by CustomMade artisans that feature unique storage ideas and perhaps you’ll [...]

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The Bubinga and Wenge Gun Safe Cabinet by Corlis Woodworks

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, Our Favorite Custom Finds on May 1, 2012

What comes to mind when you imagine a gun safe cabinet with a live edge design? A rustic style piece? Something with contours that evokes the outdoors?  When Michael Corlis of Corlis Woodworks was asked to design a custom gun cabinet by his client, he created an article of fine furniture that challenges conventional expectations [...]

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CustomMade’s Staff Tries Glass Blowing

Posted by Marcie in For Customers, For Makers, The People Behind CustomMade on May 1, 2012

This article was written by Heather Bailey, part of CustomMade’s Maker Success team.

What a treat: a chance to step out of our offices and into the shoes of some of our makers. As a reward for making our quarterly goal, the employees of CustomMade were given the unique opportunity to take a “maker class,” [...]

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3rd Ward: Making Future Makers in Brooklyn

Posted by Marcie in For Customers, For Makers, The Pro Shop on April 30, 2012

This article was written by Heather Bailey, part of CustomMade’s Maker Success team.

Makers helping makers. It’s a simple philosophy everyone here at CustomMade can support and get excited about. So when we stumbled upon the Brooklyn-based artist community 3rd Ward, we were thrilled to discover the work they were doing. Plus, when we come [...]

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Not the Same Ol’ Song and Dance: Music-Inspired Furniture and Other Custom Projects

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, Founder's Blog on April 28, 2012

What’s your favorite style of music? Have a favorite musician? Do you like to dance?  Let the music be your muse for your next custom project, writes CEO and Co-founder Mike Salguero in his Stylelist Home blog from 4/18/12.  Be sure to follow him on Stylelist as he continues to spread the custom word.

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The Boston Globe on the CustomMade Experience

Posted by Pedro in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers on April 27, 2012

What is the CustomMade experience like from the perspective of the makers, and what are the obstacles facing the continued growth of CustomMade? In an October 23, 2011 Boston Globe article, “Crafting a market for custom wares,” Scott Kirsner interviewed CustomMade CEO and co-founder Mike Salguero as well as current and former CustomMade subscribers as [...]

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Gettin’ Dirty: CustomMade Gets Schooled On Blacksmithing

Posted by Marcie in For Customers, For Makers, The People Behind CustomMade on April 27, 2012

This blog was written by Tammy Kingan, Maker Acquisitions, at CustomMade.com.

“It’ll start to smell funny,” said Carl, our Blacksmithing teacher, as he was describing that “slippery iron” meant your skin was incinerating, literally evaporating, in under a second.  This was our introduction to Blacksmithing as eight CustomMade employees ventured over to Prospect Hill Forge [...]

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Fascinate Strangers and Arouse Envy: Join The International Wooden Bow Tie Club

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on April 26, 2012

Is the limited imagination of retail fashion strangling your personality?

CustomMade wood sculptor Marvin Beloff likes “plaid, striped, colorful shirts” and when he went shopping for a basic, solid bow tie he had little luck:

I used to have some, but my wife threw them away years ago.  I shopped! Few bows and [...]

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