Posted by Pedro
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Maker Spotlight on December 14, 2012
What are some of the unique features you’ll find in CustomMade artisan Jonathan January’s reclaimed wood furniture designs?
Some “character marks,” such as “saw marks, bolt and nail holes, mortises, and notches,” testify to the woodworking of builders and artisans from bygone eras, he writes. The natural patinas created after years of weathering bring a [...]
Posted by Pedro
in For Customers,
Maker Spotlight on October 18, 2012
Custom ironwork can fit your budget, your original design idea, your style, and your space. CustomMade artisan Rory May specializes in bringing hand-forged custom ironwork to life through traditional blacksmithing techniques. As the Colorado-based blacksmith’s customers attest in their wonderful reviews, Rory excels at communicating and collaborating closely with his clients throughout the design process, [...]
Posted by Heather
in Custom Creation Stories,
For Customers on October 10, 2012
When customer Halen posted her coffee table project to CustomMade, she knew what was important to her. It wasn’t the specific design of the table as much as it was finding the perfect piece of wood – a live edge piece of Tiger Maple Wood, to be exact. She was drawn in by the natural [...]
Posted by Pedro
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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 [...]
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 [...]
Posted by Pedro
in Custom Inspiration,
For Customers on July 25, 2012
Upcycling involves reclaiming objects that would otherwise be thrown away and using them to create new works that preserve or improve the quality of the original objects. If you browse our CustomMade galleries for upcycling ideas and inspirations for your own custom projects, you will see that there is a characteristic aesthetic dimension to this [...]
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, [...]
Posted by Pedro in on June 16, 2012
Looking for a way to make your commute more social, environmentally friendly, and interesting? Meet the Pedal Cloud 10-person bike car by Primitive Precision Metalcraft LLC.
CustomMade metalsmith Hans Early-Nelson built this unique vehicle from 99% recycled material, including parts from bikes and Volkswagens. The Pedal Cloud runs on 100% people power and “bounds up [...]
Posted by Pedro
in Concepts & Buyer Guides,
For Customers on June 1, 2012
What is rustic chic?
For some people, rustic style is akin to “decorating like an old western saloon.” Real and mythic images of the Old West, rural America, and iconic log cabins (and saloons) are cultural touchstones that, of course, loom large in our style vocabulary.
So where does something like this rustic wood coat/towel [...]
Posted by Pedro
in For Customers,
Maker Spotlight on May 17, 2012
Explorers who followed their compasses and sailed beyond the horizon helped expand our understanding of the earth. The world is no longer conceived as a flat expanse but a three-dimensional sphere. The compass rose collection of inlaid flooring medallion by Lighthouse Laser Arts pays homage to nautical exploration and showcases another triumph over two-dimensional restrictions, [...]
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