10 AUGUST 2024 // BY CHRISSY KAPRALOS
CUSTOM FURNITURE: TRANSFORMING YOUR VISION INTO REALITY
WHY CUSTOM FURNITURE?
Custom furniture gives you autonomy over your space, giving you the freedom to characterize your interiors by style, material, color, and size. Plus, a one-of-a-kind piece is a source of pride, comfort, and awe — the perfect conversation starter for dinner parties and gatherings. The detail and individuality of a custom piece bring you a novel sense of exclusivity that sets apart your home from everyone else’s.
While aesthetics are a common motivator behind custom furniture, the benefits can also be more pragmatic. If you’re in a metropolitan city with ever-shrinking apartments, big-box furniture might not meet your spatial needs. That couch might be too big for your living room, or that mantel might not be big enough to display all your prized possessions or photo frames.
On top of that, customers who value sustainability and ethical production feel more comfortable with independent artisans who avoid corporate practices that harm the environment.
Urbandi checks all these boxes with a tight-knit team of expert woodworkers who handcraft every piece of furniture with the finest quality hardwoods. Since each piece is handcrafted, none are identical, making them one-of-a-kind.
You can browse our collections of mantels, coffee tables, side tables, and shelves to find a unique piece; however, we take that individuality one step further by offering our customers even more customization choices in our sales process.
2. THE CUSTOM FURNITURE PROCESS
We receive countless custom requests, some of which actually lead and inspire our existing product selection. Meaning? We welcome your requests and find joy helping you and all our customers find a specific fit for their dream interiors.
Your journey to custom furniture starts with our custom order form. Here, you’ll plug in personal details like your:
- Full Name
- Phone Number
- Email Address
Then, you can select your furniture type:
- Mantels
- Bracketed Shelves
- Coffee Tables
- Side Tables
- Cutting Boards
Don’t see a type of furniture on our list? You can scroll to the last option (“Other”) and elaborate further down the form.
You can then choose your type of hardwood:
- Walnut
- White Oak
- Ash
- Maple
- Reclaimed
- Other
And bring it to life with a classic or modern shade, like:
- Aged Barrel
- Aged Oak
- Black
- White
- Jacobean
- Unstained
- White Washed
- Provincial
- Clear Stain
Have an awkward-sized room or wonky layout? That doesn’t have to affect your dream decor, as our next step covers your dimensions (length x width x depth).
Finally, feel free to add any additional details about your vision in the message box where you can type a custom message.
Modification to Existing Product Line
We have a wide selection of handcrafted shelves, coffee tables, mantels, and more for you to browse. See one you like, but crave a different color? Or perhaps the existing dimensions may be too large for your space. This type of request will garner an invoice with the stocked product, as well as additional charges only if the piece requires more materials. .
Creating New Custom Products
The above custom request form gives us a general idea about the type of furniture you envision in your home. And if you’re looking for something outside of our current product offerings, we don’t stop at the contact form. We want to ensure we capture every single detail to bring your design to life. That’s why we always communicate with each customer to make sure we have a clear understanding of their vision.
First, our design team starts with a sketch to see if our initial idea aligns with your requirements. Once you approve the design, we’ll send you an invoice and begin handcrafting your one-of-a-kind piece of furniture right here in the USA.
We use only the most premium materials and hardwoods in Urbandi’s furniture collections. Every piece is tailor-made by hand to meet your vision in every possible way. From there, we conduct a vigorous quality control check to stay consistent with the high standards of craftsmanship and quality that we uphold for our clients.
Boom — your custom piece of furniture is ready to shine in your space. We take extra care in packaging and delivery protocols to ensure it arrives channeling the full functionality and aesthetic appeal that we promised.
Detailed customer consultation? Check.
Exceptional craftsmanship? Check.
Design vision turned into reality? We make it happen every time.
So, why do our clients keep coming to us for custom furniture?
3. BENEFITS OF CUSTOM FURNITURE
Here are some great benefits you’ll enjoy when you invest in custom pieces of furniture:
- Personalization: Every home layout, room shape, and feng shui is different. Plus, each person’s preferences span endless possibilities for size, color, and style. Custom furniture gives you the benefit of personalization, to tailor your living space exactly how you imagined it.
- Unique designs: Urbandi’s existing inventory is filled with unique, one-of-a-kind designs to stand out from the crowd. But with your input, we can also create a new piece of furniture that truly reflects your personal tastes and style.
- Superior quality: Our skilled craftsmen are experts in woodworking and only use the finest materials for every custom piece. Our furniture is built to last generations — much longer than the more common mass-produced furniture that plagues the market.
- Functionality: Need a shelf with custom-sized hooks to hold pans to the perfect height above your kitchen counter? We can give you every functionality, no matter how specific, you desire with our custom pieces, that off-the-shelf products just can’t accommodate.
Ready to see our crafting process in action? Keep reading for examples of our work.
4. EXAMPLES OF CUSTOM PROJECTS
One of our clients had limited space above their sink, but wanted to add more functionality to their daily kitchen routine. We customized a number of floating shelves to fit their sizing requirements and offer more storage and display options that they otherwise couldn’t enjoy:
Next up, we received a color customization for our rustic cross-designed coffee table. Our customer wanted to use a warmer, moodier shade of dark brown. So, we swapped the Jacobean wood’s near-black brown with a warmer aged oak and included it permanently in our online store:
But what if you wanted a completely different type of furniture? For one customer, that meant a desk in a space that couldn’t traditionally fit the chunky ones found in standard furniture shops. So, we got creative with our floating shelves and made great use of a corner spot in the room.
The result? A sleek, minimalist, and pragmatic design that fit functional needs while maintaining open, inviting space in the home:
Another way to decorate your home your way? Compare wood samples before you invest in a piece. That’s what our customer Diane did by ordering our sample pack. She got to compare different wood types and colors for her vision of a mantel and felt more confident making the full purchase later:
The good news? You can bring your interior dreams to life just as our customers did.
5. How to Get Started with Your Custom Piece
Your home is a canvas of sorts, so don’t hesitate to have fun with it. Peruse through Pinterest threads, magazines, and other social media to gain all the inspiration you need to visualize your personal style.
Once you have a general idea about what you want your furniture to look like, take a look through our inventory for inspiration. And when you’re ready to customize, fill out the online form that we highlighted earlier in this article.
Have any questions? We’re here to help. Visit our contact page to see our phone number, email address. And if you’re local, you can visit us at our store in Princeton, Ohio.
After you contact us or fill out our contact form, we’ll get in touch with a consultation, invoice, and work.
Make Your Home Dreams a Reality with Urbandi’s Custom Furniture!
Custom furniture requires a ton of attention to detail, expert craftsmanship, and delicate care to bring you the one-of-a-kind item that draws all eyes into your living room, kitchen, bedroom, or anywhere else in your home. Luckily, you don’t have to worry about all the work as one of our valued customers.
All you need to do is tell us your vision, and we’ll mold premium materials with your ideas to give you a high-quality, sustainable, and incredibly unique piece.
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