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A Marketing & Business Model Checkup, Part 1: Your Marketing Clean-Up Checklist

Posted by Marcie in For Makers, The Pro Shop on December 19, 2011

The following article is written by CustomMade guest blogger Doug Turner of Turner Custom Furniture. Doug shares insightful and useful marketing tools for woodworkers looking to showcase themselves and their work in order to educate consumers about custom and increase productivity.

This article will be presented in two parts.

Part 1: Your Marketing Clean-up Checklist

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Into the Cosmos: Explore Space and Time with Custom Artwork by Jim Sloane of 3DWoodies

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on November 24, 2011

What comes to mind when you think of outer space exploration? Astronauts and probes launched into space by rockets? Astronomers with telescopes peering into the night?  If you had to free associate a material with these endeavors, most likely you’d pick cool, gleaming metal or perhaps the glass of lenses and control screens.  Wood might [...]

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Promote Your Business With Quick Response “QR” Codes

Posted by Marcie in For Makers, The Pro Shop on November 21, 2011

By Guest Blogger Doug Turner of Turner Custom Furniture

If you start looking for them, you’ll find QR codes everywhere these days, and for good reason: they are a really easy way for tech savvy smart phone users to get information quickly about brands, products and services.  And believe it or not, they [...]

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GORGEOUS Light Sculpture by Luminessence

Posted by Marcie in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on November 16, 2011

We have so many unique, creative makers on CustomMade using wood, metal and glass to form incredible, one-of-a-kind custom art. But artists who manipulate light in design can create an environment that can actually alter a mood or behavior and that’s powerful stuff!

For Stephen White, the designing and building of original handcrafted light sculptures began [...]

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Live Edge Inlaid Ambrosia Maple Dining Table

Posted by Marcie in For Customers, For Makers, Our Favorite Custom Finds on November 8, 2011

This hand-crafted table by Haymore Enterprises, Inc. is the prefect artistic representation of the phrase “still waters run deep”.  Quiet, understated, with a hint of the unexpected.

The Live Edge Ambrosia Maple Dining Trestle Table is crafted by master woodworker Clyde Haymore. With over 30 years experience in both commercial woodworking and custom design furniture [...]

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Dream Custom Tubs for Bath Lovers

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

You already know why a custom tub can save you from deep trouble.  Once you and your CustomMade artisan have measured your existing space or planned for your future custom bathroom remodel, you can rest assured that your dream bathtub will fit in your bathroom (and that you will fit in your tub, too).  But [...]

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“Metal Quilt”: Stunning Large-Scale Wall Art by Linda Leviton

Posted by Marcie in For Customers, Our Favorite Custom Finds on October 11, 2011

When you think of quilts you think cozy, soft, comfortable, something to wrap up in as you sip your hot toddy by the fire.  Well that’s not what sculptor Linda Leviton thinks about.  Linda makes custom made one-of-a-kind “metal quilts“ that have nothing to do with cotton and everything to do with copper, brass, stainless, and wood. [...]

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Kinetic Custom Sculpture

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on August 29, 2011

Custom made sculptures that incorporate motion can exert an almost irresistible attraction.  A mobile spinning in the wind calls out, Watch Me! A pendulum waiting to trace an arc calls out, Push Me!

Check out this custom motorized marble machine by Salusa Glassworks, Inc.. Commissioned by a client who lives in a remodeled firehouse, this [...]

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Beautiful Inside and Outside: Custom Windows and Doors for Unforgettable Entry Spaces

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on August 21, 2011

Your custom home doors not only greet the world but also welcome you home and urge you to hurry back whenever you cross these thresholds.  Custom windows, transoms, sidelights, and inserts, also feature prominently in the porches, foyers, and hallways where you take the first and last steps of so many journeys.  CustomMade artisans can [...]

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Take These Custom Bookcases for a Spin

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on August 19, 2011

If you associate rotating bookshelves strictly with stores and waiting rooms, think again.  Sure-fire conversation pieces for your living room or study, custom bookcases designed to stand away from the walls can function as multi-faceted room dividers and provide plenty of storage with a compact footprint.  And if you happen to be shopping for retail [...]

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