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Metal Marshlands: Custom Stairway Railings and More by John Boyd Smith Metal Studios

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on July 19, 2012

Staircases that look like trees, handrails that twist like vines, gates that seem to grow from the floor – custom metalwork that captures the natural world can bring an exquisite sense of beauty and vitality to functional fixtures that might otherwise be overlooked. CustomMade artisan John Smith of John Boyd Smith Metal Studios has created [...]

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Plant Motifs and Metalwork for Your Custom Railing Projects

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on August 14, 2011

If you peruse our custom railing gallery, you’ll find that metal railings with botanical motifs are popular projects at CustomMade.  Plant life exquisitely rendered in metal can bring the outdoors inside and add a dynamic sense of growth to any stairway or deck.  However, at first glance, plants and metal seem like an unlikely pairing.  [...]

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