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CustomMade is an online matchmaker connecting Buyers who want one-of-a-kind Creations with professional and passionate Makers.

A handmade dulcimer for Jay by Bob’s Woodshop

Posted by CustomMade in CustomMade Connections, For Customers, For Makers on August 10, 2011

When you’re part of a community that connects makers with customers who want a special product, it can be pretty incredible to step back and marvel at the variety of unique and stunning objects that get created through CustomMade connections.

Take this dulcimer, handmade  by craftsman Bob Molby of Bob’s Woodshop in Bessemer City, NC [...]

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Communicating with today’s clients

Posted by CustomMade in For Makers, The Pro Shop on August 8, 2011

This article was contributed by Doug Turner of Turner Custom Furniture.

The way businesses communicate with clients has changed dramatically in the last twenty years. Remember the days before the Internet? It’s funny to look in old magazines, and see adds without the now ubiquitous website address. Those old ads simply asked you to [...]

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Love To Know CustomMade? An Interview with CEO Mike Salguero

Posted by Pedro in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers on August 8, 2011

If you’re the type of consumer who wants to learn everything about a product or service before you buy, the CustomMade approach is right up your alley.  When you commission a custom piece, be it furniture, jewelry, or cabinetry, you’ll be in a unique position: you’ll know and control every aspect of your project, from [...]

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CustomMade CEO Mike Salguero live from AWFS on Woodcraft blog

Posted by CustomMade in Company News and Info, For Makers, The People Behind CustomMade on August 1, 2011

If you didn’t get a chance to say hi to us at AWFS 2011 in Vegas, you can now on Woodworking Adventures presented by Woodcraft.

A big thanks  to Frank Byers for his awesome interview with CEO Mike Salguero explaining how and why to use CustomMade.com to market your custom woodworking projects:

“CustomMade.com is an [...]

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Stability, confidence and trust-building boosts sales

Posted by CustomMade in For Makers, The Pro Shop on August 1, 2011

This piece was contributed by Patrick Kennedy of Superior Woodcraft, Inc. If you’d like to contribute to the CustomMade blog, let us know!

Over the past few years I have been thinking a lot about stability, confidence and trust.  These three key ingredients have been missing from the American psyche during the past three years.  [...]

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Owl Stool Giveaway! Now through August 31, 2011

Posted by CustomMade in Company News and Info, Contests and Giveaways, For Customers, For Makers on July 27, 2011

We have a new Discussions area on CustomMade where customers can ask us, makers, and each other whatever they’d like about buying custom goods.

In order to kick off this new feature, we’re giving away a beautiful Owl Stool to one random person who comes to the Discussions area and leaves a comment or [...]

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Jamison Sellers makes recycled furniture and teaches urban youth to do the same

Posted by CustomMade in For Customers, For Makers, Maker Spotlight, The Wide World of Custom Making on July 26, 2011

Jamison Sellers is driven by process and a near obsessive attention to precision and detail: “I am a firm believer in environmental and social responsibility, and design and build my work accordingly. My material use is primarily salvaged and reclaimed–wooden shipping pallets, old flooring, and industrial artifacts.”

Jamison studied sustainability and environmental & human ecology [...]

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It’s all about value: explaining the cost of custom items

Posted by CustomMade in Concepts & Buyer Guides, For Customers, For Makers, The Pro Shop on July 25, 2011

The first question on most people’s minds when talking about custom items is “what will it cost?”

If you’re the one making the item, you know that thinking about the price tag BEFORE thinking about the value of the product misses the entire point of the purchase. But, what does that elusive word ”value” even mean?  How do [...]

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Custom Retro Mid-century Modern Jukebox in action

Posted by CustomMade in For Customers, For Makers, Our Favorite Custom Finds on July 19, 2011

Watch Kevin Mack demo his Ipod Jukebox liquor cabinet on the Woodcraft blog at the New England Home Show!

Ipod Jukebox liquor cabinet

Kevin’s goal was to create mid-century modern piece in a new and inventive way. He sought to make a piece for the New England Home Show that would “catch your eye [...]

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Google Alerts will help you stay up-to-date

Posted by CustomMade in For Makers, The Pro Shop on July 18, 2011

Have you ever seen another Maker in your field share an article via email or any one of a number of social media sites and thought to yourself “how in the world did he find that article?” How do you find articles and stay on top of all of the relevant news in your industry?

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