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Explore New Depths with Custom Inlays by Lighthouse Laser Arts

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on May 17, 2012

Explorers who followed their compasses and sailed beyond the horizon helped expand our understanding of the earth.  The world is no longer conceived as a flat expanse but a three-dimensional sphere.  The compass rose collection of inlaid flooring medallion by Lighthouse Laser Arts pays homage to nautical exploration and showcases another triumph over two-dimensional restrictions, [...]

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Custom Gift Boxes for Any Occasion

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on May 5, 2012

With graduation season and Father’s Day just around the corner (and let’s assume you’ve already secured your custom Mother’s Day gift), it’s a good time to look into custom gift box ideas that will not only make a memorable presentation but also be a meaningful part of the gift itself.  CustomMade artisans can create gift [...]

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Not the Same Ol’ Song and Dance: Music-Inspired Furniture and Other Custom Projects

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, Founder's Blog on April 28, 2012

What’s your favorite style of music? Have a favorite musician? Do you like to dance?  Let the music be your muse for your next custom project, writes CEO and Co-founder Mike Salguero in his Stylelist Home blog from 4/18/12.  Be sure to follow him on Stylelist as he continues to spread the custom word.

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Surf and Turf: Custom Surfboards and Furniture by MakerUSA

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on March 8, 2012

In any custom project, the customer and the artisan bring their diverse expectations and experiences to bear as they share and refine a vision for their creation.  The collaborative nature of custom work, that intersection of perspectives and skills, is particularly apparent when a team of makers is involved in the process.

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Go Outside the Lines with Custom Kitchen Cabinets

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on February 25, 2012

Shopping for kitchen cabinetry? Cabinets can occupy a great deal of space physically and set the tone stylistically for your kitchen, that all-important workspace and gathering place.  Whatever variety you can find among available retail pieces will be dwarfed by your material and design options when you have custom kitchen cabinets built specifically to fit [...]

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More Than Meets the Eye: Transform Your Ideas about Adjustable Furniture

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on February 17, 2012

Why invest in custom adjustable furniture? You can use space more efficiently in a small home or room, and your pieces can be constructed to dismantle and transport easily when you relocate.  We’ve previously discussed some of the advantages of adjustable furniture, and a term like “efficiency” sounds objective enough not to merit too much [...]

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Not Just for the Cement Pond: Custom Concrete Can Bring Oceans, Glaciers, and Colors into Your Home

Posted by Pedro in Concepts & Buyer Guides, For Customers on February 10, 2012

Looking for a versatile, durable, sustainable, cost effective material for a custom furniture or remodeling project? Something trendy that can fit into a traditional style home, too?  Concrete, yes, concrete can fit the bill.  As Amy Burger observes in her recent article, “Concrete Offers Many Creative Uses for the Home,” for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch [...]

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CustomMade Can Help You Create Rooms Within Rooms

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on January 28, 2012

Have a large room or open space that you would like to subdivide into smaller, more intimate settings or conversation areas?  Florida-based architect Bud Dietrich has a passion for turning his “clients’ houses into their homes,” and in his article “Architect’s Toolbox: A Room Within a Room” for the home design website Houzz, he takes [...]

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Custom Finds Inspired by the Year of the Dragon

Posted by Marcie in For Customers, Our Favorite Custom Finds on January 17, 2012

In Chinese astrology, the year of your birth always has a corresponding animal attached to it. Simultaneously, that animal is linked to one of the five elements of earth, water, fire,wood, or metal. Depending upon the exact specifications of when you were born, you could be a Tiger in Earth Cycle or a Rabbit in [...]

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The Stories Behind a CustomMade Connection: A Custom Cutting Board Wedding Gift by DST Studio

Posted by Pedro in CustomMade Connections, For Customers on January 15, 2012

There’s a story behind every custom project, and some pieces are also designed to tell a story.  CustomMade’s own Eric Toczko, Director of Business Development, recently commissioned Shawn Turley of DST Studio to create a cutting board for his newlywed friends.  Eric writes in his review:

Worth the wait!! Shawn was a bit [...]

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