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Custom Inspirations for Your Holiday Table, Part 2: Custom Dining Tables for Any Gathering

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on November 20, 2011

If there is a time of the year that will put maximum stress on your kitchen and dining room furniture, it’s the rapidly approaching holiday season.  The challenges are diverse: planning parties for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, or New Year’s; entertaining children home for vacation and family and friends visiting from far away; microwaving bag after [...]

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Custom Inspirations for Your Holiday Table, Part 1: Thanksgiving Themed Custom Kitchen Accessories

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on November 17, 2011

Looking for a unique centerpiece for your Thanksgiving table?  How about custom kitchen accessories that can catch the spirit as well as the spills of the season?  Here are a few selections from our CustomMade galleries that would look great at your holiday parties.  If the inspiration strikes you, act quickly and contact our artisans [...]

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When Worlds Collide, Custom Home Remodeling Shines Through

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on November 13, 2011

What do this traditional style cherry jukebox by Lost Canyon Woodworks …

and this Victorian town house in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY have in common?

They both have a surprise on the inside.

Features such as the solid cherry wood, hand carved lions, flashing lights, stained glass, and a model of an old radio station [...]

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For Beauty and the Beast, Everything But the Ring: Custom Jewelry for Your Wedding Day

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on November 12, 2011

Don’t panic.  You can still have the wedding rings of your dreams designed by one of our CustomMade jewelry artisans.  While the custom jewelry spotlight may fall on the rings on your special day, the big stage is still shared with other jewelry pieces and accessories that can benefit from a little custom love.  Looking [...]

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Custom Projects that Honor Veterans

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on November 11, 2011

Today is numerically interesting: 11/11/11.  Happens every hundred years.  However, 93 years ago, there was an 11/11/11 of monumental and historic significance.  The hostilities of World War I, “the war to end all wars,” ended on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918.  (The official peace treaty followed seven [...]

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Old is New: Custom Murphy Beds

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

Is your mental image of a Murphy bed straight from a Laurel and Hardy short?

William L. Murphy’s invention dates from 1900 but is enjoying a modern day comeback, and it’s not because of its comedic potential.  In another example of how furniture designs from bygone eras are finding new life, these clever built-in beds [...]

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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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Custom Gun Accessories: Leather Holsters, Belts, and Carrying Cases

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on November 3, 2011

A little over a year ago, our gun enthusiast customers noted the absence of holsters in the CustomMade hunting gear gallery.  At the time, we provided a PDF list of custom holster makers through our blog.  Since then, we’ve added many new makers and galleries, including artisans who create beautiful leather custom gun accessories such [...]

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Futurepieces Past: Multipurpose and Moveable Custom Desks Inspired by Innovative Historic Designs

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

Halloween Eve is the perfect time for talking about ghosts and fears.  If you search carefully, you’ll surely find a few ghosts in the CustomMade galleries.  If you read our blog, you might even find a post or two that frightens you.  Or perhaps, you just don’t believe in ghosts.  As for those scary stories, [...]

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Custom Made Sculptures with Musical Themes

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on October 23, 2011

This stainless steel violin and sonata by Metal Expressions, Ltd., “wrapped in the first line of Beethoven’s Violin Sonata No. 2,” has reached a pause.

In the following video, metal artist Ronald Stinson shares his background, demonstrates his techniques, and explains the final step in his creative process.

Another aspect of my [...]

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