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What is Casework?

If you’re doing your homework before you invest in custom furniture or custom made cabinetry, you may have encountered descriptions of sample pieces that specify who did the casework for the project, particularly if you’re looking at a home remodel where multiple artisans may have been involved.  Although you might not find the term “casework” […]

Moving Walls: Custom Sliding Doors

A custom sliding door is a wonderful way to save space and add flair to any doorway in your home.   You can choose styles as diverse as Japanese shoji screens or rustic barn doors, varied materials, and even automation systems that make opening and closing your doors effortless.   Here are a few examples […]

Time Alights: Custom Jewelry Boxes and Display Cases for Watches

Flip through your TV channels; pick up your smartphone; glance at the corner of your computer screen (which you can now find on your TV and your phone, too).  You’ll see the time on an electronic banner digitally ticking away.  As pervasive as time trackers are nowadays, luxury wristwatches and pocket watches remain elegant, distinctive, […]

What is Lost Wax Casting?

Since ancient times, artisans from around the world have made metal jewelry pieces, sculptures, and other objects with the lost wax casting technique.  Though the designs, styles, and, of course, finished products have varied enormously, all the pieces created in this manner have one fundamental thing in common: each one literally “breaks the mold” and […]

What is Live Edge Design?

It’s easier to identify furniture made from live edge wood than to understand what live edge means.  When you look at custom live edge furniture, you probably can imagine if not see the profile of the tree that yielded the wood for the piece.  If you examine the edges of the wood slabs, the rough, […]

Custom Interior Doors

Think of all the spaces that doors cover inside your home: rooms, pantries, closets, utility areas, etc.  They occupy too much real estate on your walls to overlook them or just treat them as purely functional pieces.  Custom interior doors can meet your practical requirements (especially if your spaces are too challenging for standard doors) […]

Custom Music Boxes

Long before radio and any recording technology, the music box was the only portable playback device and the only way to listen to a song without performers present.  Despite the plethora of options available today for enjoying music anytime and anywhere, the distinctive sound of a traditional music box still has a romantic appeal for […]

Tips for Creating a Custom Enchanted Bedroom for Your Kids

Children’s bedrooms are the children’s own space. They sleep in the room and keep all their own things in it. Often, the kids’ bedroom is also their playroom. Being so, many want their children’s bedroom to be a happy place that their children like to call their own. Whimsical, colorful decor can suggest fun, and […]

Your Hunting Adventure Made More Exciting With Custom Gun Accessories

Customized equipment and accessories for gun enthusiasts helps complete any collection, and hunters love the opportunity to show off their fine taste in quality firearms with the perfect gun cabinet, rifle or shotgun rack, and other custom gun accessories like hand-crafted stock carvings. Now all hunters can find the right wood accents for their beloved […]

Four Benefits of Having a Custom Entertainment Center Built by a Local Woodworker

Having a custom entertainment center for a home is ideal for a number of reasons. The owner is able to design the perfect entertainment center that will blend in perfectly with all of the various components of the room. The custom entertainment center provides flexibility, balance, storage, space, and design options for the consumer. 1. […]