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Cleanse Your Color Palette, Find Your Higher Design Truth

Posted by Pedro in Concepts & Buyer Guides, For Customers on December 2, 2011

Ready to settle tough color design calls with the flip of a coin? Writer and design consultant Sara Ruffin Costello has found that decorators are creating “pale rooms, sucked free of distracting reds, blues, and yellows” and embracing a palette of black and white.  Is it a trend, movement, or moment?  In her article for [...]

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Half-Full Custom Glassware: The Other Half is You

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on November 27, 2011

Do you have a favorite glass?  A mug for your beer or a tumbler for your Diet Dr. Pepper?  Like cutlery for your beverages, glassware items are very personal and deserve some custom consideration, too.  When you’re entertaining and you want to bring out your best, and after you wow your guests with custom bottle [...]

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Insect and Spider Motifs for Custom Furniture

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on November 26, 2011

And now, for a story about catching a different kind of bug, artisan Peter Loh of Peter Loh Studio Furniture explains the origin of his maple, rosewood, and zebrawood “Recluse” entry table:

With smooth flowing curves, Recluse is an image of furniture in motion. Inspiration came in the guise of an insect bite [...]

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Custom Inspirations for Your Holiday Table, Part 3: Custom Dinnerware

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on November 23, 2011

When you sit down for your Thanksgiving meal, take a look at the people gathered around you.  You’ll likely see quite a few unique personalities.  Whether bonds of family, friendship, or happenstance bring them all together, there is a beauty and comfort in seeing them all assembled to share a meal and fellowship on this [...]

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Custom Inspirations for Your Holiday Table, Part 2: Custom Dining Tables for Any Gathering

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on November 20, 2011

If there is a time of the year that will put maximum stress on your kitchen and dining room furniture, it’s the rapidly approaching holiday season.  The challenges are diverse: planning parties for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, or New Year’s; entertaining children home for vacation and family and friends visiting from far away; microwaving bag after [...]

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CustomMade names Google Ventures and First Round Capital as Lead Investors

Posted by Pedro in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers on November 18, 2011

In September, CustomMade co-founders Mike Salguero and Seth Rosen reported in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that the company had raised $2 million of an expected $2.1 million in its first institutional funding round.  Only the co-founders were listed as investors at that time.

On November 17, 2011, CustomMade revealed [...]

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Custom Inspirations for Your Holiday Table, Part 1: Thanksgiving Themed Custom Kitchen Accessories

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on November 17, 2011

Looking for a unique centerpiece for your Thanksgiving table?  How about custom kitchen accessories that can catch the spirit as well as the spills of the season?  Here are a few selections from our CustomMade galleries that would look great at your holiday parties.  If the inspiration strikes you, act quickly and contact our artisans [...]

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CustomMade Supports Small Business Saturday

Posted by Marcie in Custom Community, For Customers, For Makers on November 16, 2011

It’s that time of year when people start thinking about shopping and trying to give just the right gift. But, let’s be honest, everyone knows the only way to truly find “the piece you’ll love to pieces” is to get away from the big-box retailers and go local, unique, and even custom made. CustomMade.com is committed [...]

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For Beauty and the Beast, Everything But the Ring: Custom Jewelry for Your Wedding Day

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on November 12, 2011

Don’t panic.  You can still have the wedding rings of your dreams designed by one of our CustomMade jewelry artisans.  While the custom jewelry spotlight may fall on the rings on your special day, the big stage is still shared with other jewelry pieces and accessories that can benefit from a little custom love.  Looking [...]

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Old is New: Custom Murphy Beds

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on November 9, 2011

Is your mental image of a Murphy bed straight from a Laurel and Hardy short?

William L. Murphy’s invention dates from 1900 but is enjoying a modern day comeback, and it’s not because of its comedic potential.  In another example of how furniture designs from bygone eras are finding new life, these clever built-in beds [...]

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