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Coming Soon to a Workshop Near You: Custom Standing Desks 2, “The Rising”

Posted by Pedro in For Makers, The Pro Shop on September 12, 2011

Are you sitting down?

Good grief, stand up right now!  Haven’t you read Jim Carlton’s recent article, “Standing Desks are on the Rise,” in the Wall Street Journal Online?  Apparently, employees at Facebook, Google, and other Silicon Valley companies are in mortal terror of sitting at their desks.

In this video accompanying the article, Mr. [...]

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Touched by Lightning, Reclaimed Wood Continues to Grow

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

“The wood wants to grow.  Always.”

With this powerful statement by artisan Chris Beidel of Pernt, THIS Visits begins a video interview with the CustomMade artisan about his journey from architecture to furniture design.  In a recent blog post on live edge design, we’ve featured this cherry slab bench by Chris, made from a [...]

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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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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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What is Live Edge Design?

Posted by Pedro in Concepts & Buyer Guides, For Customers on July 22, 2011

It’s easier to identify furniture made from live edge wood than to understand what live edge means.  When you look at custom live edge furniture, you probably can imagine if not see the profile of the tree that yielded the wood for the piece.  If you examine the edges of the wood slabs, the rough, [...]

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Worlds Unfurled: Decorative Maps for Your Custom Tables

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

Maps can combine practical information, a bit of history, a sense of adventure, and colorful art. They can also make the transition to conversation pieces for your home.  Maps can serve as scholarly references and décor items in any room.  They don’t have to be restricted to your walls, either.  Custom tables offer wonderful possibilities [...]

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Revenge of the Hi-Fi: Putting Furniture Back in the Entertainment Center

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

Where do you rock out?

Is your answer anywhere?  With your smart phone in hand, you can enter your own personal electro-sonic land whether you’re driving, walking, commuting, or working.  With your tunes in a cloud, you can call up your most righteous favorites anywhere anytime.

With that same little electronic device that you bank [...]

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Musical Chairs: Custom Furniture for Musicians

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on July 6, 2011

It’s time for custom music instruments to share the spotlight with their silent partners: musicians’ chairs.  Whether performing, recording, or composing, any professional or amateur musician can benefit from a handmade custom chair uniquely designed for his or her comfort and needs.  If you’re a music aficionado or shopping for one, take a moment to [...]

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Compelling Reason: Kandas Nesbitt-Rodarte of Shaka Studios American Furniture on the Value of Custom Furniture

Posted by Pedro in Concepts & Buyer Guides, For Customers on June 24, 2011

Ever hear an advertisement that was too good to be true?

Many consumers who are weighing whether or not to invest in custom furniture face a bottom-line issue: the apparent high price when compared to what is available at retail stores or discount warehouse outlets.  So when Kandas Nesbitt-Rodarte, co-founder and CEO of Shaka Studios [...]

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Extraordinary Custom Coffee Tables from Ordinary Forms

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

Where will you find inspiration for your next custom furniture project?

Exotic or traditional designs can be appropriated for new purposes.  Some inventive pieces have been necessitated by unique and unusual spaces.  The beauty and history of reclaimed wood and other materials can spark an artistic and ethical impulse to create something special.

And in [...]

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