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Custom Furniture Design and the Slow Furniture Movement

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, For Makers, The Wide World of Custom Making on June 13, 2012

Are you concerned that cheap retail furniture, in price and quality, is eroding support for custom furniture design and traditional craftsmanship? If you’re familiar with CustomMade, you’re likely aware of CustomMade’s mission: spreading the custom word and bringing together artisans and consumers who understand the value of fine craftsmanship.  When we hear about others who [...]

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Environmentally Friendly Inside and Outside: Custom Furniture by Stick and Stone Studio

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on September 29, 2011

Need a table for a neighborhood gathering? This beautiful carved trestle table by Tom Sippel of Stick and Stone Studio can seat ten guests around a 3” thick live edge English elm slab tabletop.

That doesn’t include the neighbors carved into the base.

Woodworker and sculptor Tom Sippel creates unique custom furniture using traditional techniques in his studio [...]

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Custom Furniture for Yoga

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

The traditions and practices that constitute yoga, though they may differ in their approaches, all strive for “integrating mind, body, and spirit to achieve a state of enlightenment or oneness with the universe.”  In a broad sense, you can find an affinity between yoga and the holistic approach of custom furniture.  Custom furniture makers can [...]

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What is Mackintosh Style?

Posted by Pedro in Concepts & Buyer Guides, For Customers on September 23, 2011

When the Scottish architect, designer, and artist Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928) was commissioned to design and build Hill House, before “creating an elevation drawing or even a floor plan,” he spent a few days with the family of his client, Walter Blackie, in their then current home and observed their everyday life so he could [...]

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Artisans of the Valley at “The Blending of Art and Wine” Event, Sept. 10-11, 2011

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, For Makers, The Wide World of Custom Making on September 8, 2011

Are you looking events that showcase the best art from your local community?

If you’re in central New Jersey this weekend, Sept. 10-11, 2011, check out “The Blending of Art and Wine.” Four vineyards will host the works of area artisans, and admission is free to the public.

CustomMade Master Craftsman Eric Saperstein of Artisans [...]

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Where Fashion Sits: Custom Furniture with Musical Style

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

Check out this cool piano headboard made from an actual upright piano by jvp customs.  Artisan Jessie Von Presley specializes in one-of-a-kind custom headboards, especially flamed headboards, made from any material you can imagine.

One catch: “It is a one-off, will not be making another of these.” (You can ask, though, or perhaps discuss another [...]

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“Buy Local” is more than just a mantra

Posted by CustomMade in Concepts & Buyer Guides, For Customers, For Makers on September 2, 2011

“Buy local!” We hear it so often and it seems like such a nice warm fuzzy idea that who could possibly disagree with it? But how often do we stop and think about exactly why buying local is a good idea?

Here are some very real and compelling reasons given by the non-profit Independent We [...]

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Artists at Work: Ergonomic Custom Furniture

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on August 10, 2011

“Suffering for art” is a very romantic ideal, but if your creative pursuits, whether as a hobbyist or professional, leave you tired or in physical pain, custom furniture with an ergonomic design can be part of a practical solution.  CustomMade artisans can apply the principle behind ergonomic custom home accessories – making the human interface [...]

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Pet Projects: Custom Furniture for Your Animal Friends

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on July 10, 2011

Your faithful animal companions have carved out a special place in your family’s home.  They claim their favorite chairs, man the best posts to watch for visitors, and know the best places to hide.  Maybe your animal companions are a bit wilder, coming and going as they please.  No matter. That’s just the way it [...]

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