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
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 […]
Mark Zuckerberg Designed a Ruby Ring (and You, Too, Can Design a Custom Wedding Ring)
What does the custom wedding ring with a very simple ruby that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg designed for his wife, Priscilla Chan, look like? The blood-and-fire red of rubies makes this gemstone a natural choice for expressing “passionate, unbridled love.” Since deep color is a ruby’s most important feature, inclusions in the stone generally […]
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 […]