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Uncommon Beauty from Common Things: Upcycling Ideas for Unique Custom Creations

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

Upcycling involves reclaiming objects that would otherwise be thrown away and using them to create new works that preserve or improve the quality of the original objects.  If you browse our CustomMade galleries for upcycling ideas and inspirations for your own custom projects, you will see that there is a characteristic aesthetic dimension to this [...]

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For Your Modest Secrets and Potent Loot: Sculptural Furniture and Turned Vessels by Hudson Design Studios

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on July 12, 2012

What would you place inside the Valentine Cabinet by Hudson Design Studios?

CustomMade artisan Kerry Hudson has some suggestions for both drawers of this exotic work:

Things to store in the top drawer: good intentions; a lock of your partner’s hair; a love letter gone yellow with age; your forebear’s locket; or the [...]

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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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Nathan Hunter Design: Custom Furniture That’s Something Else

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on March 1, 2012

If you’re thinking of having custom furniture made, ask yourself this question: what do you want to create? You’re about to seize an opportunity to make something truly unique.  CustomMade artisan Nathan Hunter explains:

Clients of Nathan Hunter Design reject the cliché of purchasing mass-produced furniture.  They’ve got something else in mind – [...]

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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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