Posted by Caroline Bagby
in Custom Inspiration on May 15, 2013
When the seasons change and your space needs an upgrade it doesn’t make the most sense to completely revamp your home decor. Simple and small changes can easily liven up your space and make it feel refreshed and renewed.
Throw pillows done in custom upholstery are a great, easy fix. Dull colors can be brightened [...]
Posted by Pedro
in For Customers,
Maker Spotlight on August 23, 2012
CustomMade artisan Gail Bartlett can make you the bee’s knees with vintage-style custom hats that are simply the cat’s pajamas. (That’s OOAK, millennials). Gail’s Custom Hats specializes in making connections between the fashions of the past and today. Gail’s custom hat styles range from the Victorian and Edwardian eras to the Roaring Twenties to World [...]
Posted by Pedro
in Concepts & Buyer Guides,
For Customers on August 3, 2012
What visions can greet you in the morning or send you to dreamland at night with custom headboards. Our CustomMade artisans can help you crown your bed with fantastic scenes, meaningful motifs, and personal twists on classic designs. Sleep on these completed custom headboards from the CustomMade galleries for some design inspiration.
Whatever size bed [...]
Posted by Pedro
in Concepts & Buyer Guides,
For Customers on April 6, 2012
A spectre is haunting the design world: the spectre of industrial style.
What was once synonymous with workaday life, writes Lisa Frederick in the industrial style Ideabook for the home design website Houzz, has become a trendy style characterized by a focus on “utilitarian surfaces, stripped-back architecture, and salvaged objects” and a refreshing, unpretentious, “proletarian [...]
Posted by Pedro
in For Makers,
The Pro Shop on October 24, 2011
“We all want to be unique – that’s what makes us all the same.”
So writer Dave Masters begins his recent article for Humans Invent on the union of our “drive for individuality” with high-tech innovations. In “Tailor made for the masses: A manufacturing revolution,” Masters takes a look at how mass manufacturing companies are [...]
Posted by Pedro
in For Customers,
Maker Spotlight on October 20, 2011
October turning colder can certainly make you appreciate the warmth of a well-made quilt. Passed down from generation to generation, quilts were both heirlooms and necessities in the past. Today, some quilts are still treated as heirlooms though their warmth is more often than not symbolic. For that, they are no less important, because the [...]
Posted by CustomMade
in For Customers,
Maker Spotlight on June 30, 2011
“Interiors have personalities,” Jane Hall states firmly on her website. A quick perusal through her portfolio shows that this belief runs deeper than face value for the Toronto based furniture designer. Colors, fabrics, tones, and textures abound in each piece, turning what would be a simple chair into a whimsical treasure that has no duplicate.
About Jane
[...]
Posted by CustomMade
in Custom Inspiration,
For Customers on December 29, 2010
Places of worship, for a community or an individual, deserve the same custom consideration you would give your home or workspace when the time comes for physical improvements and furniture selection. Do you need custom liturgical furniture to match the design of an existing church or synagogue? Are you looking for new and versatile furniture [...]
Posted by CustomMade
in Custom Inspiration,
For Customers on November 30, 2010
When you’re formulating your custom living room design, you will need to pay special attention to two key considerations: function and form. That is, what purpose will each element of your living room serve, and how do you want each element to look and feel? No living room would be complete without a sofa, which [...]
Posted by Seth
in Custom Inspiration,
For Customers on November 23, 2010
Inspiration sometimes strikes out of order. If you are searching for furniture ideas, you might find the perfect look, visual, or fabric long before you decide what actual furniture pieces you would like. Or, you might be on the verge of having a furniture piece custom made and suddenly find you have no idea what [...]
Comments