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Architectural Elements with Industrial Style by DumpTruck Design

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on September 6, 2012

Exclusively designed custom architectural elements can help turn your place of business into a memorable environment your customers will want to return to and share with their friends.  CustomMade artisan Cory Wagner of DumpTruck Design creates fixtures, built-ins, and other architectural elements in close collaboration with his commercial clients and other designers.  His completed projects [...]

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Architectural Jewelry Designs

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

What is architectural jewelry? In the CustomMade jewelry galleries, you can find jewelry designs informed by architectural principles, pieces intended to represent structures (whether abstractly or realistically, wholly or in part), and works constructed from materials more commonly associated with buildings than wedding rings.  Whatever your take on this fascinating genre, you can find CustomMade [...]

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Repurposed Furniture: Custom Upcycling for Your Home

Posted by Pedro in Concepts & Buyer Guides, For Customers on June 29, 2012

Do you have repurposed furniture in your home? Are you sure? You may be repurposing right now.  Have you brought your work home and spread it out across the dining table? Are you resting your feet on a coffee table? Our practical and creative urges are constantly finding new ways to use our furniture.  Fortunately, [...]

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Custom Made in America: Patriotic Gift Ideas

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on June 23, 2012

There’s no better way to get something truly made in America than to have a CustomMade artisan near you take your design idea and turn it into a unique, handmade 100% American product.  From Maine to Hawaii, if you’re looking for patriotic gift ideas or want your next custom project to show you’re proud to [...]

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Modern West Style: John Boak Art

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on May 31, 2012

Take a journey into the modern west style of CustomMade artist and designer John Boak of John Boak Art, where the design traditions of 19th and 20th century craft and modernist movements and the informal, vernacular architectural traditions of Europe, the American Old West, and desert Native Americans come together.  At these crossroads, you’ll find [...]

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Preserving the Architectural Past in the Internet Age

Posted by Pedro in For Makers, The Pro Shop on December 26, 2011

The distressed look is a wonderful way for a new piece of custom furniture to gain the appearance and character of an old heirloom piece, but when the item is actually made from salvaged antique elements, the furniture doesn’t just look the part; it is a part of the past.  Take this rustic table with [...]

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What is Millwork?

Posted by Pedro in Concepts & Buyer Guides, For Customers on May 27, 2011

What is custom made millwork?  Woodworker Gene Lyman’s description of a key arched pediment entryway reproduction created by Gene Lyman – Cabinetmaker – Country Cupboards is a good place to start looking for an answer: “This is an exact reproduction of a high style 18th century entryway. The classic tapered ogee key at the top [...]

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Getting the Look, Living your Life, and Using the Knowledge: Custom Cabinets vs. Pre-Fabricated Cabinets

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on January 10, 2011

When you pay for custom cabinetry, you’re making an investment in your home.  You might pay a competitive or higher price for custom than for pre-fabricated cabinets, but what are you really paying for?  With custom cabinets, more of your expenditure will go towards craftsmanship.  When you buy pre-fabricated cabinets, more of your expenditure will [...]

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