Metal Marshlands: Custom Stairway Railings and More by John Boyd Smith Metal Studios

Staircases that look like trees, handrails that twist like vines, gates that seem to grow from the floor €“ custom metalwork that captures the natural world can bring an exquisite sense of beauty and vitality to functional fixtures that might otherwise be overlooked. CustomMade artisan John Smith of John Boyd Smith Metal Studios has created […]

Art Deco Jewelry: Custom Designs, Inspirations, and Restorations

With elegant yet simple geometric designs, silver screen star glamour, and Ancient Egyptian and other exotic inspirations with a machine age edge, the Art Deco jewelry in our

Custom Rustic Chic Furniture and Décor

What is rustic chic? For some people, rustic style is akin to “decorating like an old western saloon.”  Real and mythic images of the Old West, rural America, and iconic log cabins (and saloons) are cultural touchstones that, of course, loom large in our style vocabulary. So where does something like this rustic wood coat/towel […]

Custom Mailboxes

Hidden in plain sight, many objects we touch daily exist for us mentally only in functional terms if we consider them at all.  And we usually consider them only when they break down and need to be repaired or replaced, like when the humble mailbox meets an ignominious end at a truck’s bumper or after […]