why buy custom furniture?
The word “custom” is associated with practically anything in today’s world, and many times as simply a marketing tool to boost a product’s value. But in the world of handcrafted and heirloom furniture, the word custom has a meaning that goes far beyond its recent usage in our world of internet shopping.
This post defines the meaning of “custom” when it comes to handmade furniture, and is aimed towards readers interested in home decor and interior design, interior designers themselves, furniture designers, and woodworkers.
The Experience of Custom Furniture
Custom has two main meanings, which Brenelli incorporates into the design and fabrication of all our bespoke furniture pieces. The first meaning is as something “made to personal order.” We build to your needs: any dimension, any wood species, any color. If you want to know more on just how specific the dimensions and color of your next dining table, sideboard or coffee table can be, click here.
The second meaning of custom furniture comes from the Latin word consuetudo, a habit or lifestyle one has been accustomed to. When you commission a piece with us, we work carefully to design and engineer furniture that fits seamlessly into your already existent lifestyle. Our collection of furniture designs changes and grows with every new customer. We break down this process into three different forms of fully custom furniture:
You give us a pre-existing design and we modify the dimensions and you select the wood species and stain/finish you’d like.
You choose one of our designs and we modify the dimensions, layout, wood species and color to fit the aesthetic of your home.
You give us a concept or rough sketch of the design you want, and we design, engineer and build it to bring your vision to life.
Custom Furniture: Turn your Visions into Reality
The images below are an example of a fully custom sideboard we built from scratch for a customer that brought us a concept and let us turn it into reality:
