It’s highly doubtful that our early-settling ancestors knew they were on to something with home decor, yet hundreds of years later their humble rustic style has found its way to the mainstream. Defined by naturally distressed wood, rusted patina metal, and organic shapes and textures, quality rustic pieces add a softened earthy element to any […]
Newlyweds-to-be deserving of a gift that couldn’t be found in any registry. A painting depicting a customized pedicab and a couple on the brink of falling in love during a New York City winter night. Fiona Miller Ellen was looking for something completely unique to the couple she was buying a wedding gift for. Since […]
If last weekend landed you on the CustomMade Facebook page, chances are your jaw dropped at the unique fire pit created by Melissa & Jason Crisp of The Fire Pit Gallery. Well, you weren’t alone! The comments were flowing, likes were flying and shares were hitting the roof. Intrigued by the intricate work of this […]
Where there’s a will there’s a way, so when Marty Poirier of Nature’s Knots began woodworking and couldn’t afford old cherry he found his own wood to work with. A long-time nature lover, Marty would search the woods and find logs along the stream during his fly-fishing trips. What began as a matter of convenience […]
When customer Halen posted her coffee table project to CustomMade, she knew what was important to her. It wasn’t the specific design of the table as much as it was finding the perfect piece of wood – a live edge piece of Tiger Maple Wood, to be exact. She was drawn in by the natural […]
How to describe beautiful, dark hardwood paired with elegant sterling silver inlay designs by Laura Rittenhouse Studio Furniture? Perhaps something like mysterious and graceful night-blooming sprouts called forth by crescent moons and stars, an inlay motif CustomMade artisan Laura Rittenhouse has featured in her “Silver Moon” collection and other custom furniture projects. Inspired by nature […]
What visions can greet you in the morning or send you to dreamland at night with custom headboards. Our CustomMade artisans can help you crown your bed with fantastic scenes, meaningful motifs, and personal twists on classic designs. Sleep on these completed custom headboards from the CustomMade galleries for some design inspiration. Whatever size […]
No, our CustomMade artisans who create custom cat furniture are not shipping cats to their customers, but they will design custom furniture for your home with your feline pets in mind. What constitutes cat furniture? Towers and scratching posts like these shown on BuzzFeed would make very cool playgrounds for your cats. But let’s face […]
Upcycling involves reclaiming objects that would otherwise be thrown away and using them to create new works that preserve or improve the quality of the original objects. If you browse our CustomMade galleries for upcycling ideas and inspirations for your own custom projects, you will see that there is a characteristic aesthetic dimension to this […]
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 […]