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Vintage Fashion for Today’s Style: Gail’s Custom Hats

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on August 23, 2012

CustomMade artisan Gail Bartlett can make you the bee’s knees with vintage-style custom hats that are simply the cat’s pajamas.  (That’s OOAK, millennials).  Gail’s Custom Hats specializes in making connections between the fashions of the past and today.  Gail’s custom hat styles range from the Victorian and Edwardian eras to the Roaring Twenties to World [...]

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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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Save Energy and Money (and Look Good) with Custom Window Treatments

Posted by Pedro in Concepts & Buyer Guides, For Customers on February 24, 2012

Going custom not only can make your home look fabulous, it can save money.  High quality custom pieces built to last are a wonderful long-term investment, and custom window treatments can also help lower your energy costs year round.  In the press release, “Custom Curtains Save Energy, Cut Heating Costs–and Transform a Room,” Jan Jessup of [...]

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Special Requests: Custom Jewelry Boxes

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on October 16, 2011

You’ve no doubt seen children having more fun with a box than with the gift it contained.  Maybe you even remember how much fun that was.  If you’re a grown-up and you’re looking for a gift box that can rival what’s inside, that’s a little more difficult.  Custom jewelry boxes by CustomMade artisans are your [...]

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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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