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Having Your Kitchen Island Custom Made

Posted by Seth in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on November 20, 2010

A custom kitchen island can be a very versatile feature and offers unique opportunities to solve many storage, use, and traffic problems for your kitchen space.  If you are thinking of remodeling your kitchen or just adding some new touches, here are a few options to consider for your own kitchen island.

Storage Solutions

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Custom Works in Multiple Media

Posted by Seth in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on November 18, 2010

Although artisans are usually categorized in terms of a single medium – wood, metal, stained glass, etc – you will find that CustomMade artisans make items of exceptional beauty that expertly combine many different materials.  There are few limits to what combinations our talented artisans can work with.  If you are considering commissioning a custom [...]

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New Artisans of the Week

Posted by Seth in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on October 18, 2010

Help me welcome to some of the newest CustomMade members for this week!

Matthew & Karine Maynard of Maynard Studios

“Mild steel, Bronze, Brass, Brazilian Cherry, Burled Maple, Copper & Marble. Wire-brushed with clear enamel finish. Forged, welded and lathe turned pieces, hand-formed leaves, inlayed marble accents and burled maple components with [...]

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The custom stand-up desk and drafting table craze!

Posted by Seth in For Customers, Founder's Blog on October 12, 2010

One of the trends in custom furniture that I’ve been interested in writing about for quite a while is the “stand-up desk” or “stand-up drafting table”.   These seem to be cropping up more and more often in various styles, and many folks that I know seem to be warming up to the idea [...]

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Custom Bubinga Bedroom Furniture

Posted by Seth in Custom Inspiration, For Customers, Founder's Blog on September 25, 2010

I thought it might be nice for me to take a few minutes this morning to share some of my favorite custom bedroom projects made of Bubinga, one of my favorite materials.  Enjoy!  -Seth

Custom Made Bubinga Gustavian Bed

This custom made Gustavian Bed by Paulus Fine Furniture in Harpswell, Maine is an incredible display of [...]

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Something Old, Something New, Something Custom

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on June 12, 2010

Fashions come and go … and come back again.  A recent post in the Los Angeles Times blog, “All the Rage,” offered suggestions for anyone looking for custom-made vintage/retro wedding dresses.

The appeal of the traditional (or vintage, or retro) is easy to understand at CustomMade.  An eye to the past is part of what [...]

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Traditional Craftsmanship Unswerving in Economic Downtime

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, For Makers, Maker Spotlight, The Wide World of Custom Making on May 19, 2010

Solid wood furniture, guest blogger Erik Braunitzer of Harden Furniture writes, “we have made it through some of the worst of the current economic decline and downtime, and he would like to take a moment to discuss with the readers of the CustomMade blog why the industry continues to [...]

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Andrew Pitts – FurnitureMaker and Murphy’s Fine Woodworking take Honorable Mentions in Design Portfolio Contest

Posted by CustomMade in For Customers, For Makers, Maker Spotlight, The Wide World of Custom Making on April 6, 2010

CustomMade has been well represented in Custom Woodworking Business Magazine’s long running Design Portfolio Contest.  In February, we congratulated CustomMade subscribers Culin & Colella, Inc., for winning the 2010 Design Portfolio Award for the Residential Furniture Built-In Category.  We have some belated but much deserved congratulations for two more CustomMade artisans: Andrew Pitts of Andrew [...]

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