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Custom Designs for Transom Windows

Posted by Pedro in Concepts & Buyer Guides, For Customers on July 20, 2012

Beautify your home or place of business with transom windows by our CustomMade artisans.  A crown of glass above any door or window, custom designed to fit your style and specs, can add an eye-catching accent of light and color to any space, from vestibules to interior rooms.  Need help visualizing what custom transom windows [...]

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Beautiful Inside and Outside: Custom Windows and Doors for Unforgettable Entry Spaces

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on August 21, 2011

Your custom home doors not only greet the world but also welcome you home and urge you to hurry back whenever you cross these thresholds.  Custom windows, transoms, sidelights, and inserts, also feature prominently in the porches, foyers, and hallways where you take the first and last steps of so many journeys.  CustomMade artisans can [...]

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What is Millwork?

Posted by Pedro in Concepts & Buyer Guides, For Customers on May 27, 2011

What is custom made millwork?  Woodworker Gene Lyman’s description of a key arched pediment entryway reproduction created by Gene Lyman – Cabinetmaker – Country Cupboards is a good place to start looking for an answer: “This is an exact reproduction of a high style 18th century entryway. The classic tapered ogee key at the top [...]

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John Herbert and the Boston Furniture Collaborative: WOW

Posted by CustomMade in For Customers, For Makers, Maker Spotlight, The Wide World of Custom Making on December 14, 2010

What’s the first word that comes to mind when you look at this clock?

At a recent juried furniture show, maker John Herbert of the Boston Furniture Collaborative found that the crowd had a pretty unanimous reaction:

“I would stand in my little booth, watching people as they walked around, and people would stop [...]

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