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Getting to know designer and vintage furniture reinventor Jane Hall

Posted by CustomMade in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on June 30, 2011

“Interiors have personalities,” Jane Hall states firmly on her website. A quick perusal through her portfolio shows that this belief runs deeper than face value for the Toronto based furniture designer. Colors, fabrics, tones, and textures abound in each piece, turning what would be a simple chair into a whimsical treasure that has no duplicate.

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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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From yarn to loom to handwoven rug: CustomMade.com gets a custom office rug

Posted by CustomMade in For Customers, Maker Spotlight, The People Behind CustomMade on June 9, 2011

Introducing Will Hargrove: one of CustomMade’s newest Makers, Will founded Ramri Rugs a decade ago to create unique and inspiring handmade rugs which he calls “art under foot”. The company is based in Bend, Oregon and the team of hand weavers are based in Katmandu Valley, Nepal.

Customers select the pattern, size, and colors (even [...]

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George W. Bush buys custom made furniture, so can you!

Posted by CustomMade in For Customers, Maker Spotlight, The Wide World of Custom Making on June 3, 2011

It’s not every day that a former President of the United States of America needs some custom chairs; but CustomMade.com maker Paul Darafeev of Darafeev Resort Furniture in Chino, CA and his custom Dara Chairs fit the bill perfectly.

A spin on the famous modern Zara Chair, the Dara Chair was born after the Darafeev’s [...]

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Curious About curio cabinets? Check out Bill Rafferty’s custom cases

Posted by CustomMade in Custom Inspiration, For Customers, Maker Spotlight on June 2, 2011

Growing up in New York, we called them “tchotchkes” – the little knickknacks and doodads we’d collect, our treasures. My sisters and I displayed them on this dainty wicker contraption our grandfather gave us, and boy were we proud of our display of sea glass and musics boxes and treasure trolls. Black Liberty Curio Cabinet by [...]

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Peter Turner Makes Custom Blanket Chests and Publishes a Book!

Posted by CustomMade in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on May 27, 2011

Our guest contributor is CustomMade artisan and author Peter Turner of Peter S. Turner Furnituremaker.

Blanket Chests, the book that Scott Gibson and I wrote for The Taunton Press, has been out now for a couple months. The initial chapter lays out a variety of techniques that one might use in building a chest. The [...]

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Urns To Die For: Sybil Sage’s personalized urns celebrate life

Posted by CustomMade in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on May 10, 2011

CustomMade artist Sybil Sage specializes in one of a kind pique assiette work. She combines the French mosaic style using plate shards with her tasteful wit and imaginative eye to create functional art: vases, picture frames, planters and candlestick holders.

The lighthearted tone of this piece could be mistaken as frivolous, but mosaic artist Sybil [...]

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Paul Turzio’s Custom Solutions for the Contemporary Space

Posted by CustomMade in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on May 9, 2011

CustomMade designer Paul Turzio designs cabinetry and custom furniture for the entire home, including kitchen, bath, media room, library, bar, bedroom, built-ins and freestanding custom furniture pieces. Paul’s firm, Ideas & Solutions, has designed interiors and commercial spaces since 1984.

Paul’s service represents a design-through-installation experience that is attentive and patient, originally creative, and professional [...]

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Custom “Hands of Time” – Casting Your Hands In Lead Crystal – Part III

Posted by CustomMade in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on May 5, 2011

Earlier in the week we met Bernie and Lucie of Stone Ridge Glass and learned about the beginning of the lost-wax process used to create their gorgeous one-of-a-kind custom cast glass “Hands of Time” sculptures: commemorative pieces that capture the unique handprint of the owner.

Today, Bernie walks us through what happens once the molten [...]

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Custom “Hands of Time” – Casting Your Hands In Lead Crystal – Part II

Posted by CustomMade in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on May 4, 2011

Bernie Huebner and Lucie Boucher of Waterville, Maine are known for their beautiful fine art glass work, brilliant fused glasscapes that portray luminous scenes and cast colorful shadows throughout a space. But their company Stone Ridge Glass also specializes in a unique kind of custom memory making: photorealistic cast glass hands that capture the owners [...]

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