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The ZigZag Ergonomic Chair by Randy Weersing Furniture Designs

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on July 31, 2012

How do you fit a zigzag line into an ergonomic chair design?

CustomMade artisan Randy Weersing of Randy Weersing Furniture Designs turned a back-and-forth Z-pattern on its side to create a flexible seating “membrane” for the “ZigZag” ergonomic chair.  Only three pieces of high-grade laminated maple plywood were needed to bring this eye-catching minimalist chair [...]

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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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Pride, Passion, and Play: Custom Furniture by Mark Newman Design in Wood

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on February 16, 2012

What best characterizes the experience of commissioning a custom project?  What makes it unique among the many offerings in the new experience based economy? One hallmark of the custom experience may be the pride felt by both the artisan and the customer in the making of a custom piece as well as in the finished [...]

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Meet The Man Throne

Posted by Marcie in For Customers, Our Favorite Custom Finds on January 11, 2012

My obsession with chairs continues.

On CustomMade.com we have so many talented artisans making unique and stylish chairs. I featured many in my blog yesterday which are whimsical, stylish, trendy and functional. Yet I purposefully omitted one chair from the list.

The Cigar Chair (aka The Man Throne).

The Cigar Chair designed by Darafeev Custom Furniture. Talk [...]

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Forsythia Chair by DST Studio

Posted by Marcie in CustomMade Maker Sucess, For Customers, For Makers, Our Favorite Custom Finds on November 1, 2011

Well, peel me a grape. The beautiful custom made Forsythia Chair would have made Cleopatra envious!  I love the perceived movement in this unique piece. The ripple effect design forms an uninterrupted curve while structurally creating a natural, ergonomic arch (although I’m not sure if I want to sit on it, or simply run my hands [...]

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Futurepieces Past: Multipurpose and Moveable Custom Desks Inspired by Innovative Historic Designs

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on October 30, 2011

Halloween Eve is the perfect time for talking about ghosts and fears.  If you search carefully, you’ll surely find a few ghosts in the CustomMade galleries.  If you read our blog, you might even find a post or two that frightens you.  Or perhaps, you just don’t believe in ghosts.  As for those scary stories, [...]

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Put a Twist to Your Dining Experience with Custom Dining Chairs

Posted by CustomMade in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on March 15, 2011

The skill that goes into custom dining chairs allows for an improved and personalized home dining experience. The masterful craftsmanship is a perfect medium for enjoying artistry in practical daily use. Whether your dining room needs an update while keeping with an existing theme, or you’re looking for something unique in style and exactly right [...]

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Experience Celebrities’ Style Living Room Seating

Posted by CustomMade in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on March 10, 2011

Who hasn’t seen the photographs that depict celebrities’ luxurious living room seating in their deluxe homes in Los Angeles or in their first-class flats in New York? Hand crafted woods, rich, beautiful fabrics and the finest upholstery are the signature trademarks of these unique and tasteful designs.

One need not be a celebrity to enjoy [...]

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Handcrafted Custom Chairs that Set the Tone in Your Living Room

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on March 8, 2011

Chairs can play many roles in a room ensemble.  They can be functional in any style and most can be moved and rearranged easily to bring attention to another piece of furniture, help create a new look, or just open up an area.  Sometimes this versatility can obscure the artistry behind a handmade custom chair [...]

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Reconnecting the Maker and the Buyer – CustomMade’s Peter Turner at WoodExpo 2011 this Weekend!

Posted by CustomMade in For Customers, For Makers, The Wide World of Custom Making on February 24, 2011

WoodExpo 2011, the 61st Annual New England Home Show sponsored by Tommy MacDonald, starts TODAY Thursday February 24th and runs through Sunday February 27th at Boston’s Seaport World Trade Center. Amongst a whopping lineup of speakers and furniture-making demo presenters is CustomMade’s  Peter S. Turner of  South Portland, Maine who shares the inside scoop on [...]

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