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Architectural Elements with Industrial Style by DumpTruck Design

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on September 6, 2012

Exclusively designed custom architectural elements can help turn your place of business into a memorable environment your customers will want to return to and share with their friends.  CustomMade artisan Cory Wagner of DumpTruck Design creates fixtures, built-ins, and other architectural elements in close collaboration with his commercial clients and other designers.  His completed projects [...]

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Metal Marshlands: Custom Stairway Railings and More by John Boyd Smith Metal Studios

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on July 19, 2012

Staircases that look like trees, handrails that twist like vines, gates that seem to grow from the floor – custom metalwork that captures the natural world can bring an exquisite sense of beauty and vitality to functional fixtures that might otherwise be overlooked. CustomMade artisan John Smith of John Boyd Smith Metal Studios has created [...]

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Are You Ready for Some CustomMade Football?

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

Super Bowl Sunday. The big day has finally arrived.  Are you rooting for the Dynasty or the Giant killers?

If you’ll be watching the game just for the commercials, here’s a post from the vault of the CustomMade blog that will interest you far more than this entry.

Still here? Good.

Need to express your [...]

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Creative Collaboration: Custom Furniture and More for Restaurants and Nightspots

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on September 30, 2011

If you’re entering the restaurant business, you most likely have a very good idea of the cuisine you wish to offer and a pretty good idea of the ambience you want to establish.  However, unless you’re a polymath, you’re probably not a woodworker, custom furniture maker, or stained glass artisan, but the furniture and décor [...]

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Custom Glass Countertops

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on June 2, 2011

At home or your place of business, your countertops have practical and social dimensions.  You prepare and show off your meals on home kitchen countertops and bars.  You display your wares and greet your customers at retail counters. Since you’re putting out your best, why not cast a little light on these vital and vibrant [...]

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