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29th January 2019

Can You Return Custom Furniture?

Homeowners love bespoke furniture as it is designed for their property. The design of custom furniture promises to be unique, tailored just for them to meet their specifications. It isn’t an off-the-shelf, mass produced item. These are the fantastic benefits, but for these same reasons, there are concerns surrounding what the returns policy is bespoke furniture.

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22nd November 2018

Top Tips To Style Your Hallway

Often the hallway is a forgotten part of a home. We rush through our way in and out and take the space for granted. Discover how you can make the most out of even small hallways. Read our tips from our bespoke furniture makers in Dorset.

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22nd November 2018

How To Choose Fitted Wardrobe Interiors

Interiors are what makes your fitted wardrobe function. Without hanging space, drawers and shelves your wardrobe would be mess. So how do you decide what wardrobe interiors you need? Our experts at Custom Creations helps you find the perfect fitted wardrobe interiors for you.

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07th November 2018

Unusual Room Shapes Case Study

Many people are surprised at how fitted furniture can be designed to fit any shape room, wall and ceiling. It is often thought that the walls have to be straight in order to have fitted furniture, but because everything we do is made exactly to fit your space we can accommodate all shapes and angles.

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07th November 2018

What To Ask Your Bespoke Furniture Designer

Purchasing your own, fitted furniture should be a fun. A key element in making the construction process as simple as possible is to select a team of professionals who are right for you and your project. Read our advice on the best questions to ask a potential designer before they start creating your bespoke furniture in Dorset.

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19th June 2018

Living room trends for Summer 2018

Your living room is your family’s space to relax and enjoy together. Finding the right style to suit everyone can be a challenge. Here we list some of our favourite Summer 18 interior trends to inspire your perfect living room look.

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31st May 2018

A beginner’s guide to loft conversion

A loft conversion is an excellent way to create some more room in your home. A loft conversion can also add value to your property! Read our advice from our bespoke furniture makers in Dorset to find out how to create a successful loft conversion.

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31st May 2018

Bedroom furniture designs for growing children

They grow up so fast, don’t they? Children will go through many phases, passions and requirements as they grow through life. So how do you design a bedroom that they can grow into and not out of? Here our fitted furniture specialists at Custom Creations give their best tips to creating an age-proof bedroom for children.

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26th April 2018

How to organise your home office

The joy of a home office is that it isn’t a standard office. Free from all the formalities and drudgery, your home office is a free space for you to design to your liking. But all that freedom can lead to a build-up of clutter or unwelcome distractions. Read the advice from our bespoke furniture designers on how to organise your work space into a comfortable and productive home office.

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26th April 2018

Can you replace fitted wardrobe doors?

Are your current fitted wardrobe doors looking a bit old and damaged? Or perhaps your want to modernise your room and your old doors just don’t look right? Replacing your fitted wardrobe doors can be a great way to update a room, without starting from scratch! Read how our bespoke furniture makers in Dorset can help.

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21st December 2017

Adding Texture - Fitted Bedroom Furniture

On this occasion, our customer had almost given up on finding the effect she was looking for until she was recommended to us at Custom Creations by her friend. Her room was very square and she wanted a unique textured finish to her fitted furniture in Bournemouth to soften the overall look.

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21st December 2017

Are fitted wardrobes old fashioned?

We are always surprised when someone calls a fitted wardrobe ‘old fashioned’. Although there is a trend for freestanding wardrobes, fitted wardrobes have so many advantages over their stand-alone counterparts. Let us explain why built-in wardrobes are an essential feature in any 21st century home!

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20th November 2017

Multi-Purpose Unit - Fitted Lounge Furniture

The customer brief for this unit was to create a large display unit, that had a sleek and modern look and fitted in with the distinctive style of the house and other furniture in the room. The main challenge to this was that the customer also asked James to incorporate a drinks / bar area at one end and a custom desk work station at the other end.

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20th November 2017

5 tips to make space in your child's bedroom

​You’ll be amazed at how much storage small people need! Especially as they get older, children need storage solutions to keep their toys, clothes and school work tidy. Read our top tips below to discover how you can cleverly add more space to your child’s bedroom.

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07th September 2017

The Art of Bespoke Bookcase Styling

A bookcase can be a beautiful focus point for a room. Whether you’re looking to create a stunning visual display or simply find a spot to store all your many books, here are the best ways to style your fitted bookcase.

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23rd August 2017

4 Living Room Design Tips for AW2017

Although we are not quite ready to give up on the Summer just yet, it’s time to look at the what’s next in the world of fashionable interiors. If you are looking to update your living room, here we look at some of the new trends predicted to take over in Autumn Winter 2017!

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20th July 2017

How to Give Your Home a Summer Look

The warm weather gives us an opportunity to get outside and make the most of the sunshine. But what about when you are at home? Here we list 4 simple ways you can give your home a Summer makeover and get that fresh feel, even when you are indoors.

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15th June 2016

4 Lounge Design Trends of 2016

​With summer only just beginning, you still have the perfect opportunity to achieve a stylish, functional lounge in 2016 with these 4 design trends.

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08th March 2016

Children’s Fitted Bedrooms

When creating a bedroom for a child, no matter their age, its important to keep it in mind that they will eventually outgrow their bedroom furniture.

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15th January 2016

Add Value to Your Home with Bespoke Storage

​ Storage is an essential tick on any homebuyer’s checklist and without it, many struggle to sell. People are struggling to afford larger homes and potential buyers will visualise the home with the storage it needs.

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09th December 2015

Benefits of Fitted Wardrobes

Consider the potential a fitted wardrobe could evoke in your bedroom. Clothing, shoes and accessories can take up the most space in a home and a wardrobe is the largest and bulkiest piece of furniture. Custom Creations are the leaders in designing, building and installing fitted wardrobes in Bournemouth that exhibit our superior level of craftsmanship and ability to truly transform a space.

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09th December 2015

Advantages of Bespoke Furniture in Southampton

Choosing bespoke furniture in Southampton is a great way to maximise and efficiently use the space in your home. We are bespoke furniture makers that build this dream to match your personal style, the current aesthetics of your home and with complete functionality in mind.Our services cover many areas in Hampshire and we have recently tapped into demand and extended to provide bespoke furniture in Southampton.

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01st December 2015

The Benefits of Pull Down Wall Beds

Pull down wall beds are custom beds built into a piece of wall furniture, such as a wardrobe, which can be pulled down at night to transform a room in to a bedroom. Besides the obvious advantage of saving space, pull down wall beds in particular have a variety of benefits to homeowners:

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17th April 2015

The Tools We Use Here at Custom Creations

​As a company that prides itself on the products and services we deliver, we couldn’t do what we do without our tools which is why use the best power tools in the business: Festool and Altendorf.

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16th March 2015

Custom Creations - Our Story So Far

Custom Creations is a bespoke fitted furniture maker located in Verwood serving customers across Dorset and Hampshire including Bournemouth, Southampton and Ringwood.

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10th February 2015

Bespoke Fitted Furniture in Dorset

​As a Dorset based family business, Custom Creations has over 40 years’ experience in the realm of bespoke fitted furniture. Our knowledgeable team can guide you through the process to find the fitted furniture that best suits you and your home.

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05th January 2015

Designing Your Dream Bedroom with Fitted Furniture

​Bedrooms are the most personal space you have, so it’s a room that you should be totally happy and relaxed in. At Custom Creations, we can help you create the bedroom that you’ve always dreamed of by creating bespoke furniture that works for you.

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04th December 2014

TRENDS: Textured Finishes for 2015

Amazingly realistic new ranges of materials that are available as of now. Giving you the opportunity to have a unique bespoke item of furniture weather fitted or freestanding or maybe cladding, in a contemporary rustic looking slate or wood. We even have a concrete look too, its amazing to us how the industry has come on and can produce these realistic boards which gets us excited as we can offer ground breaking and forward thinking designs.

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11th November 2014

Custom Made Beds

The sky's the limit - or should we say the ceiling anyway! One of the key things we've found is that vertical space is quite often forgotten about or ignored, meaning that bedroom furniture designs are based more on floor area rather than overall room capacity.

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