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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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Custom Finds Inspired by the Year of the Dragon

Posted by Marcie in For Customers, Our Favorite Custom Finds on January 17, 2012

In Chinese astrology, the year of your birth always has a corresponding animal attached to it. Simultaneously, that animal is linked to one of the five elements of earth, water, fire,wood, or metal. Depending upon the exact specifications of when you were born, you could be a Tiger in Earth Cycle or a Rabbit in [...]

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Artisans of the Valley at “The Blending of Art and Wine” Event, Sept. 10-11, 2011

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, For Makers, The Wide World of Custom Making on September 8, 2011

Are you looking events that showcase the best art from your local community?

If you’re in central New Jersey this weekend, Sept. 10-11, 2011, check out “The Blending of Art and Wine.” Four vineyards will host the works of area artisans, and admission is free to the public.

CustomMade Master Craftsman Eric Saperstein of Artisans [...]

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Custom Music Boxes

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on June 16, 2011

Long before radio and any recording technology, the music box was the only portable playback device and the only way to listen to a song without performers present.  Despite the plethora of options available today for enjoying music anytime and anywhere, the distinctive sound of a traditional music box still has a romantic appeal for [...]

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Here Be Custom Dragons

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on April 18, 2011

No mythical creature is as recognizable universally as the mighty dragon.  Although the reptilian monsters may symbolize fantasy literature and games in modern Western cultures, dragons have been a part of folklore from all over the world for thousands of years.

Dragons are very cool, too.

If you’d like to add a fantasy element to a [...]

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Double Takes: Custom Stuff that Looks Like Something Else

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on April 2, 2011

See the water pooling on the table to the right?

It’s not water.  (Too late for April Fool’s!)  It’s a Japanese style water droplet table by Michael Wolniewicz Custom Furniture Design with a water effect designed and hand-finished into the walnut tabletop itself.  Above the table, a three-pronged light fixture hangs over the center of [...]

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Using Custom Outdoor Installations in Your Backyard

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on January 18, 2011

Your backyard can be your playground when it comes to your outdoor customization visions.  Do you want to showcase areas like gardens and gazebos?  Do you prefer open lawns and natural features as the main attractions?  Custom landscape architecture and outdoor furniture can help you fashion the backyard experience you want.  If you’re searching for [...]

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Custom Storage Solutions: A Place for Everything and Everything in Its Place

Posted by CustomMade in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on December 13, 2010

Whether you are an avid collector of rare items or have just accumulated a lot of stuff, you need to find a place for your things.  Is your chief concern preserving your items’ monetary value or their sentimental value?  Do you need to find a showcase for your possessions?  Do you need to find your [...]

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Summer is Here: Need a Tiki Bar?

Posted by Mike in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on June 3, 2010

What could you add to your home that would epitomize summer, sunshine, beaches, a tropical island paradise, and an exotic vacation?

A tiki bar!

Although influenced by Polynesian tiki figure carvings and commonly associated with Polynesian cultures, the “tiki bar” phenomenon of the mid-20th century more accurately reflects an American vision of a romanticized Pacific [...]

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CustomMade.com Members Eric and Stan Saperstein of Artisans of the Valley are Featured on TV

Posted by CustomMade in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on October 10, 2009

Artisans of the Valley, a member of CustomMade.com for the last 8 years was featured on the EBRU-TV show Blank Canvas.

Check it out if you get a chance – click this link for Episode 4 of Season 1.  The Artisans of the Valley segment starts at 12 minutes.  You can also watch the segment on [...]

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