February 21, 2005
Custom Designed Furniture
Customization of furniture is becoming more popular these days. With printing technology, vendors can offer wallpaper, rugs, and kitchen backsplashes with pictures of the kids or whatever you desire on them, but furniture is being customized, too. While custom designed pieces may still be expensive when commissioned, now more homeowners are realizing they can do much of the work themselves. "Meet the hottest new interior designer: the American homeowner. Spurred by the Internet's growing ranks of décor vendors and weary of canned looks pushed by big retailers, would-be decorators are commissioning their own curtain fabrics, designing their own bathroom tiles -- even ordering rugs emblazoned with images of the family dog."
From Customization Movement Hits Home Furnishings