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A Cabinetmaker’s Kitchen Remodel by David Getts

Posted by Seth in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on July 16, 2010

CustomMade artisan David Getts of David Getts Designer Builder Inc., as featured in the May/June issue of Fine Homebuilding magazine (#210)

“When a pro is set loose in his own kitchen, the results are functional and furniture grade”

After spending years building other people’s kitchens, I finally [...]

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The Boggs Collective

Posted by Seth in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on July 13, 2010

Right after our last green blog was published, and with impeccable timing, I was able to sit down with a truly green-oriented and moreover community oriented group of folks and learned a little bit about them as people and about their business.  Brian Boggs described to me a business which stepped outside [...]

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whyrHymer’s “Big Break”

Posted by Seth in For Customers, For Makers, Maker Spotlight, The Wide World of Custom Making on July 8, 2010

CustomMade artisan Brandon Morrison of whyrHymer writes about a magazine shot opportunity gone awry and the chair that survived it all.

whyrHymer’s “Big Break” by Brandon Morrison As seen on whyrhymer.wordpress.com, 11/17/2009

The importance of not being attached to an outcome is the backbone of contentment. This I know.

In mid October I was contacted [...]

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A Historic Custom Made Moment!

Posted by Seth in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers, Maker Spotlight, The People Behind CustomMade on July 7, 2010

As you may remember from last week, our president Mike was in attendance at the 2010 Furniture Society Conference, where he presented Alexander Krutsky of AK Woodworks with a free Premier subscription plan on CustomMade.com for a full year.  Today, history was made as Alex was kind enough to visit us here at our base [...]

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Meet David Little: CustomMade.com’s first metal worker

Posted by Seth in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on July 6, 2010

“My work is all about a reinterpretation of nature… says David Little of  Winnipesaukee Forge. It was inevitable that forged metal and the natural world would blend seamlessly for Dave. Exposed early on to beautiful antique metal work in his grandparents’ home, David was fascinated. His lifelong love of the outdoors also began in childhood [...]

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Steve Williams Bow Front Vanity Step-by-Step

Posted by Seth in Concepts & Buyer Guides, For Customers, Maker Spotlight on July 5, 2010

Guest blogger and artisan Steve Williams of John Samuel Custom Cabinetry takes us through the process of creating his latest project, a contemporary bow front vanity. My latest project is a contemporary bow front vanity for a client in Manhattan. It’s a relatively small piece ( 36″ wide by 34 3/4″ high by 17″ deep ) that [...]

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Antler Chandeliers with Dave Sheppard

Posted by Seth in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on July 3, 2010

Dave Sheppard has found a way to incorporate nature into his art in an environmentally friendly way.  His shop Southwest Style Decor is THE place to go if you are looking for southern style, southwestern style, or lodge style furnishings.  From custom dimension tables, to copper shade lamps, the decor found in his shop is [...]

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Meet Brandon Morrison

Posted by Seth in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on June 30, 2010

Brandon Morrison of whyrHymer.com is a fabricator of all kinds of custom furniture , custom lighting , and custom cabinetry . The following publication appears on his blog and focuses on the fabrication of a piece of custom lighting he built.

“Lighting is incredible. It’s very frustrating at times…. it’s magic all the time…… and most [...]

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CustomMade gets a puzzle!!

Posted by Seth in For Customers, Maker Spotlight, The People Behind CustomMade on June 19, 2010

I had the good fortune to have a chat with our own Jim Ayer of J.C. Ayer & Co. Wooden Jigsaw Puzzles.  Jim makes some of the most intricate, durable, professional, and most importantly custom jigsaw puzzles around.

Though Jim has made countless puzzles based on famous artwork and photography, a big angle of his business [...]

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Tony O’Malley in the “Built-In Build Off”

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, For Makers, Maker Spotlight on June 14, 2010

CustomMade followers may have noticed someone familiar on the cover of the latest Fine Woodworking magazine, issue 213, July/August 2010.  That’s CustomMade artisan Tony O’Malley of Tony O’Malley Custom Woodworking.  Readers may recall that in February, Tony faced off with Gary Striegler of Craftsman Builders of Fayetteville, AR, in Fine Woodworking’s “Built-in Build Off.” The [...]

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