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CustomMade.com Volunteer Day at East End House!

Posted by Seth in For Customers, For Makers, Founder's Blog, The People Behind CustomMade on November 19, 2010

On Friday, November 19th, the CustomMade crew took some time out from chasing website bugs, implementing new features, and helping our Artisan subscribers get signed up – we decided to volunteer at the East End House near our office in Cambridge, MA. For over 135 years, East End House has offered [...]

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From Custom Ant Farms to Custom Built Homes: The Story of a Designer’s Beginnings

Posted by CustomMade in For Customers, For Makers, The People Behind CustomMade on November 12, 2010

Did you ever experience custom-making as a kid? Steve Trevathan, our senior Design and Front-end Developer shares his childhood memory of concocting custom creations with his siblings – and how a custom ant farm led to a lasting family landmark.

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Custom-Made for Non-Celebrities

Posted by Seth in Custom Inspiration, The People Behind CustomMade on November 3, 2010

At CustomMade, we believe that the whole idea of custom embodies higher quality and reliability in addition to a higher level of uniqueness than is typically found in todays goods. We recently came across a collection of articles on Forbes about custom goods that portrayed the idea of custom in a very intangible and lavishly [...]

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CustomMade gets a Custom Stereo!

Posted by Seth in For Customers, Our Favorite Custom Finds, The People Behind CustomMade on November 2, 2010

Behold!

At CustomMade, we are constantly growing our subscriber base, but better yet frequently making good friends. Every once in a while we are fortunate enough to have a maker share some of their work with us at the CustomMade headquarters.  We’ve had Jim Ayer send us a gorgeous puzzle. (Which took a [...]

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The Photos We Promised from the Providence Fine Furnishings Show

Posted by Seth in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers, The People Behind CustomMade, The Wide World of Custom Making on October 29, 2010

Here they are! If you missed the coverage on the show, check out Arielle’s recap here. Let us know what you think!

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CustomMade at the Providence Fine Furnishings Show

Posted by Seth in Company News and Info, For Customers, The People Behind CustomMade, The Wide World of Custom Making on October 26, 2010

It was a blustery, leaf-crunchy autumn day when Ben from Sales and I set out to Providence to set up the CustomMade booth for the 15th Annual Fine Furnishings Show at the Rhode Island Convention Center.

I work showcasing hundreds of custom pieces every day on the site. I read all about how each piece [...]

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Mini Golf, Martha and Makers…Oh My!! – Maker Faire: A Designer’s Play Land. by Cassie Hamel

Posted by Seth in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers, The People Behind CustomMade, The Wide World of Custom Making on September 30, 2010

There was blood, sweat and spray mount fingers last weekend as seven of us from the CustomMade team piled into cars and drove our way over to Queens, NY for our first ever Maker Faire. Under a tent surrounded by boundless creativity, we were provided a 10′ x 10′ space: a blank canvas made of chain link [...]

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2010 World Maker Faire big hit with CustomMade!

Posted by Seth in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers, The People Behind CustomMade, The Wide World of Custom Making on September 27, 2010

Though I was unable to make it this year, my colleagues from CustomMade were sending me texts and picture messages with highlights from their weekend at the 2010 World Maker Faire! Arielle expressed her interest in sharing some of her experience. So without any further adieu, here she is!

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Gearing up for World Maker Faire NY

Posted by Seth in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers, The People Behind CustomMade on September 24, 2010

There is some serious excitement going on at the CustomMade.com headquarters today, as we’ve been gearing up to head over to New York for the 2010 World Maker Faire! CustomMade.com will have a booth at the fair supplying you all with CM tee shirts, buttons, and secret [...]

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Transforming Furniture Part 1: A designer’s journey

Posted by Seth in Concepts & Buyer Guides, For Customers, The People Behind CustomMade on September 20, 2010

Lately I’ve been noticing the popularity around transforming furniture more and more. Ahh yes, cue the Transformer theme song; however, I’m thinking less about robots in disguise and more about multifunctional, innovative furniture. This concept is not a new one, but changing designs, usages and styles throughout the years allows for inventive and exciting new ideas [...]

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