The Environmentally Responsible Choice
How custom design and fabricated American furniture can be “BUILT” for your project.
BUILT is a custom design and fabrication furniture studio, located right here in the US of A – Tampa, Florida - to be precise. Gorgeous, custom pieces for residential, commercial and hospitality projects all over the country, are carefully designed and manufactured to capture exactly what the design professional needs.
Through exacting design, layout and fabrication procedure, the BUILT artists ensure that each piece meets extremely high quality standards, and a combination of artistry and utility produces covetable high-end custom furniture. Of course BUILT furniture with metal bases and/or components are finished with an IFS powder. So far, this has included dining tables, console pieces, reception desks, conference tables, chairs, stools, hardware, and more.
BUILT utilizes powder coating for its sustainability and durability, believing that powder coating, whether it’s artistic finishes used on custom furniture or high performance powder used on curtain wall, is the most environmentally friendly form of metal finishing available on the market.
The wide range of materials available to create each piece means that whether its fabric or powder coating, BUILT customers can choose from BUILT favorites or go custom.
Melissa Vu Keene (Director of Business Development) explains “If a BUILT favorite isn’t quite right for the piece, we encourage our clients to go beyond our palette and opt for colors that are truly inspiring to them. Whether they draw inspiration from people, places, or work itself, we love to see how it translates into the final design.”
IFS Coatings are used not only because of color choice, product quality and the 3rd party accredited environmental credentials, but because service is important to BUILT.
Keene details “We’ve always been big proponents of making this world a better place, and we try to write it into just about everything we do. Our products are designed, manufactured, and delivered with the environment in mind: from material selection to manufacturing practices to delivery and disposal. Working with IFS allows us to meet this commitment, and the knowledgeable and kind staff makes working together easy and enjoyable. The IFS product offerings are always fresh and on the leading edge, and we appreciate the convenience and dependability for us, our consultants, and our clients.”
What started out as a creative outlet has evolved into a full-service manufacturing shop that employs the most creative makers and artists in the Tampa Bay area. A genuine passion and true expertise at the heart of each and every piece has meant BUILT has generated a focus back on New American craftsmanship and has seen great success in a short period of time.
Keene adds “We strongly believe that our success has everything to do with our commitment to cultivating strong vendor relationships with other artisans and makers. They expand our capabilities which in turn allows us to introduce new benchmarks of customization — from upholstery to steel. All of our products receive extensive quality control review and final assembly prior to shipping/delivery by our very own team. Lucky for us, we’ve had the good fortune to work with a broad range of clients who understand our passion and who have provided us with amazing opportunities for creativity.”
