We’ve all dabbled in vision boards that collect our favorite pieces of furniture, scouring design blogs and screen-grabbing inspiring images from celebrities’ homes. But when it comes to actually creating a specific piece of customized furniture for your home, it can feel a little intimidating. Worry not, because our simplified approach means designing the perfect piece is super-simple.  

The Room & Board Difference

One of the biggest benefits of customizable furniture from Room & Board is how we start with an existing design that you can modify to suit your needs. Then, we work directly with our craftspeople to bring your custom furniture ideas to life—more affordably and quickly than from-the-ground-up bespoke pieces. In fact, most personalized pieces only take 1–3 months to create. 

Also, you’re not in this alone: Our Design Associates offer free, no-pressure design help. The Room & Board modern aesthetic means you can personalize multiple pieces from many of our collections, syncing their look through material and finish choices. The clean lines and timeless designs across our collections create a cohesive look.  

Ready to dive in? Here’s just a sampling of what’s possible.  

Seating that Suits the Room 

A tiny but sunny living room. A gigantic airy patio. Making the most of every inch means a Goldilocks approach to your most-important piece: a customized sectional. You can create one that’s not too big, not too small and perfectly your style. 

• Specify your layout: L-shape, U-shape, curved, with a chaise or not. Find a configuration that works with your space and how you live in it. Our online design tools help you visualize different solutions.
• Choose from more than 250 fabrics and leathers to customize your seating, plus there are leg style and finish options too. Swatches are available so you can get a true sense of the look and feel of leather and indoor or outdoor fabrics.
•  Connect with a Design Associate so you have help in finding the perfect layout and size.

Tables that Fit Right In 

Whether you love an ultra-minimalist line or want a more transitional, heritage-inspired feel, our custom tables can be made to your measurements. You can select from many finishes and materials, and even mix and match table bases and tabletops to your taste.  

• Our custom wood furniture collections mean you can choose a favorite wood, then specify your table size to the inch.
•  Tabletop options range from wood to quartz to granite and more, with different leg styles and base colors also available.
• Check out Top + Base options plus order material samples to see how the colors and textures feel in your home. Be sure to peek at customizable outdoor tables too.

Brilliant Custom Office Furniture Ideas 

Whether you’re rethinking how you work at home or updating 9-to-5 spaces for your team, there are many ways to make an office more comfortable, versatile and functional. Create stylish, welcoming elements such as custom desks that fit perfectly into a room, integrate work flow needs and sync with office storage. 

• A customized desk can be made with compact dimensions for a home office that’s tucked in the corner of a bedroom, or upsize yours to feel good in a larger space.
•   Top + Base combinations even include an option that adds casters to sleek, modern legs so you can easily move desks as you wish (see samples here).
• Add a coordinating console or bookshelf, or a bench or rolling file cabinet for storage as well as collaborative moments.

Size Up Your Storage  

There are so many spaces in a home that could benefit from a custom storage upgrade, from a fine-tuned media cabinet to creating a wall unit for a built-in look. Create custom wood furniture that fits your clutter-fighting needs to a T. 

•  Customize a media cabinet to hold those precious LPs and a turntable, or size one to be the perfect width under a TV.
•  Design modular storage to display and store all your entertaining supplies in a dining room (add in a handy bar insert for prepping beverages), or transform your closet with super-organized cubbies.
• Get the look of built-ins with custom bookshelves you can size and coordinate to match your style And don’t be shy about recruiting a Design Associate to help you find the right the components.

Reflect Your Taste in a Mirror 

In addition to maximizing natural light and creating the illusion of more space, customizing a mirror to a specific wall creates visual impact like no other, especially if you choose a frame that coordinates with your furniture’s materials or finishes.  

•  Tucking a large-proportioned mirror on a dark wall makes it a stand-in for a needed window.
• Unexpected dimensions—such as an oversized round mirror or an arrangement created from same-sized mirrors—create a unique visual effect.
• A just-right mirror in a bathroom turns a necessary element into a focal point in the decor.

Made-to-Measure Rugs 

A well-proportioned rug anchors your furniture and fills a room or patio with color and texture. Our custom rug selection lets you precisely size yours to the inch, with each hand-knotted design adapted to your dimensions. We even have custom outdoor rugs. 

•  Consider the needs of your space beyond color and size, such as sound-dampening (a deeper pile absorbs noise) or near a doorway (go for a high-traffic pick).
• In most cases, you’ll want to allow one to two feet of space from the walls to the edges of your rug on all sides; under a dining room table, add an extra four feet in width and length to allow dining chairs to sit entirely on the rug.
•  A Design Associate can help you order samples and evaluate the color and style of your furnishings to find a neutral tone that brings things together or a pop-of-color hue to add energy.

Feel Free with Our Guarantee 

One detail to note: Room & Board doesn’t charge a fee for cancelling customized items and we offer free 90-day returns. Plus, your entire order is delivered for $159 including placement and packaging removal, no matter how many pieces you personalize. Need some guidance? Use our Free Design Services to help you perfect each piece and offer recommendations on collections for coordinating elements, assist with space planning and more.