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Maker Spotlight on November 8, 2012
What colors come to mind when you visualize reclaimed wood designs?
Using reclaimed wood for a custom project is a wonderful and eco-friendly way to create furniture and installations with unique backstories. The past lives of reclaimed wood, whether it was once part of a barn, a factory, or even a favorite tree struck by [...]
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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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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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Founder's Blog on February 4, 2012
Have you ever considered pallets as a source for beautiful reclaimed wood for custom furniture? Here is CustomMade CEO and Co-founder Mike Salguero’s contribution to the Stylelist Home blog from 1/24/12. Be sure to follow him on Stylelist as he continues to spread the custom word!
People might think pallets are strictly for moving furniture, [...]
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in Custom Inspiration,
For Customers on January 29, 2012
Each piece of furniture in the Homestead Series by Lyndon Furniture, like this Homestead reclaimed lumber sideboard, not only tells a story but also has a history. Shawn Straffin writes:
About 250 years ago New England was in its infancy. The people who settled our country were undaunted by the task of establishing [...]
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Maker Spotlight on December 22, 2011
Do you have just the right amount of space for a custom furniture or built-in project but only a rough idea of what you want? A RockyTop WoodWorks customer found himself in this situation.
Here is an excerpt from the review the client wrote for artisan Rick Hensley:
He creates everything from rustic [...]
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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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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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