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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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What is Modern Style?

Posted by Pedro in Concepts & Buyer Guides, For Customers on November 18, 2011

To take a shot at defining modernism and modern style, I’ll start by referring to an old joke and an old quote.

The joke:

“I love looking at fashion magazines.  I can see what I’ll be wearing in 20 years.”

And the quote, which has been attributed to American satirist Frank Gelett Burgess (1866-1951):

“I [...]

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Custom Projects that Honor Veterans

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on November 11, 2011

Today is numerically interesting: 11/11/11.  Happens every hundred years.  However, 93 years ago, there was an 11/11/11 of monumental and historic significance.  The hostilities of World War I, “the war to end all wars,” ended on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918.  (The official peace treaty followed seven [...]

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Transforming Light: Stained Glass and More by Pompei & Company Stained Glass

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on November 10, 2011

What can you accomplish with custom decorative glass?  When CustomMade glass artisans Joseph and Ivy Pompei of Pompei & Company Stained Glass combine “color and texture with the purposeful, artful, and magical potentials of light” in their stained glass designs, they can achieve many effects.

Our windows may assume a vast range of [...]

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Custom Design Services Can Put the Spark Back in Your Furniture

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

Personality.  For furniture, walking, talking, and smiling won’t work, but a one-of-a-kind piece of custom furniture designed to your specifications by a CustomMade artisan will have a story all its own.  There is another way furniture can acquire a sense of individuality.  Over the course of time in a home, furniture can seemingly take on [...]

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Introduce Your Home: Custom Doors and Hardware for Your Garages, Gates, and Entryways

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

If you have a drive-up garage, your garage door probably functions as the face of your home.  If your house is set back from the street, a fence or gate may effectively be your greeting to visitors.  Custom doors by CustomMade artisans for your garage and gates can provide security, beauty, and a personal touch you [...]

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Inner Space: Microscopic Inspiration for Custom Home Décor

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on July 3, 2011

Does the idea of complexity reduced to fundamental forms appeal to you intellectually?  How about stylistically?  The shapes and structures of objects too small to be seen with the naked eye can suggest some fascinating design ideas for your custom home décor and accessories.  You don’t need to be a science-geek to appreciate these explorations [...]

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Custom Stained Glass Transoms

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on July 2, 2011

Light is an ever-returning visitor in your home.  If you greet your radiant guest with custom stained glass, it will leave behind unique and ever-changing “calling cards of light” to call your own.

So why not leave a little space open for some luminous “over-the-transom” messages?

If you’d like to receive unexpected dramatic blockbusters or [...]

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Nature Captured in Custom Stained Glass

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on May 7, 2011

Do you have a favorite animal or flower?  Do you enjoy beautifully rendered breathtaking landscapes? Perhaps you simply admire the raw vitality of nature.  Motifs from the natural world can bring a personal and dynamic touch to any element of your home décor, and when you combine a representation of nature with custom stained glass [...]

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Custom Stained Glass Accents for Your Furniture

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on January 25, 2011

Adding custom stained glass windows and doors to your home is a classic and elegant way to make a beautiful and dramatic statement of style.  Stained glass doors can greet your visitors and introduce them to your personality and tastes.  Stained glass windows can transform the play of light inside your home into a dynamic [...]

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