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Love Handles? Try Custom Cutlery

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on August 18, 2011

There are two sides to every piece of custom cutlery.  For example, both the blade and the handle of a knife combine function and art, but there’s a reason the former is the business end.  The handles of knives, forks, and spoons, on the other hand, are made literally to be taken in hand and [...]

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A painting gives birth to a custom dining table

Posted by CustomMade in For Customers, Our Favorite Custom Finds on August 16, 2011

This week’s favorite custom find is the DT-86 Dining Table by Antoine Proulx, LLC:

A painting inspires the idea for the custom table:

Believe it or not, our  favorite custom find this week – a custom dining table with sweeping , almost illusory lines – was inspired by the abstract figurative painter Francis [...]

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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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Custom Laptop Desks

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on June 26, 2011

Laptop computers and other devices like iPads can give you powerful, large screen technology that’s compact enough to carry anywhere and smart enough to get you online anywhere.  However, don’t let that versatility obscure the benefits that a little custom furniture attention can offer your high-tech world.  If you find yourself wishing a counter (or [...]

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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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Custom Interior Doors

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

Think of all the spaces that doors cover inside your home: rooms, pantries, closets, utility areas, etc.  They occupy too much real estate on your walls to overlook them or just treat them as purely functional pieces.  Custom interior doors can meet your practical requirements (especially if your spaces are too challenging for standard doors) [...]

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Custom Made Toys: A Guide for Grown-Ups

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on June 18, 2011

What’s yellow and goes Slam, Slam, Slam, Slam?

A four-door banana.

If you’re considering custom made toys or custom games for children, you could find yourself facing some reservations you might not have when choosing, say, custom furniture for your home or gifts for adults.

You know about the quality and value of pieces by [...]

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All Signs Point to Custom: Our New Office Sign by Jeffrey Sgroi Designs

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, Maker Spotlight, The People Behind CustomMade on June 13, 2011

Every business needs to present its best face to the world.  It should come as no surprise that when the CustomMade offices needed an upgrade, we went the custom route.  Take a look at our new office sign by CustomMade artisan Jeffrey Sgroi Designs, made from acrylic “green” glass with diamond plate.

“This sign was [...]

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Custom Cookware: From Your Kitchen To Your Table

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on June 9, 2011

When you minimize the equipment and cleanup involved in your meal preparation, you can better focus on the important matters of cooking and entertaining.  CustomMade ceramic artisans can design custom cookware, made to go from the oven to the table, that combines your culinary flair with your decorating style.  Need to stir the imagination pot? Just [...]

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The Tortoise and Hare Revisited: Custom Accessories for Your High Tech Life

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

The intersection of the high tech and the custom made is about to get very busy.

Lighter, smarter, faster computers, phones, and media devices offer a vast array of custom options for using these high tech wonders, from downloading your wallpaper and ringtones to choosing how and where to communicate with your friends, enjoy your [...]

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