Creating a welcoming and cosy atmosphere in your pub, restaurant, bar, or hotel is essential for attracting and keeping customers. One of the best ways to achieve this is by using natural light. However, it’s important to balance this with the need for privacy and comfort. This is where curtain poles and door poles...
At Made by the Forge, we have windows well looked after. From our handcrafted finials and poles, right down to the curtain rings, care, expertise and time is taken to get each product exactly right. But there is another element of the window frame that often gets overlooked. Curtain holdbacks are practical, decorative and...
When it comes to summer in the UK our houses tend to warm up quite quickly, owing to the fact that our housing stock is built to keep us warm through the colder winter months. This means that after several days of warm, sunny weather things can start to get uncomfortably hot, especially in...
Choosing the right diameter curtain pole can be tricky when compared with the much simpler task of choosing the right length curtain pole. With lots of factors going into choosing the right diameter, it can be challenging. In this blog, we will guide you through the process of choosing the perfect diameter curtain pole,...
People often wonder whether it’s a smart idea to have iron products in the bathroom. After all, we all know that iron rusts when exposed to wet and damp environments. Here at Made By the Forge, we stock a range of products for your bathroom including towel rails, toilet roll butlers and a range...
Welcome to our guide on keeping up the historical appearances of listed buildings by using traditional materials such as wrought iron. We’re focusing on the crucial role of materials in preserving the historical integrity of these treasured buildings. Wrought iron emerges as a standout choice for its seamless integration into ancient buildings. Renowned for...
At Made by the Forge, we’re always looking for ideas for metal products, eminently practical and long lasting of course but in the case of our new range of coat hooks, artistic too. We’ve known talented artist Cindy Lee Wright for twenty years. She specialises in wood and metal sculptures and 3D wall art. We...
If we had to name one product we make that can compete at the very highest level of handcrafted ironwork, it would be our bespoke bay window curtain poles. We pride ourselves on our accuracy (always dependent, of course, on your measurement accuracy) and on our delivering a perfectly wrought pole that fits your...
Inside one of the UK’s best magazines devoted to the English countryside, November’s Country Living, you will find a supplement with the nicely punning title of ‘Handmade Tales: Britain’s Top Artisan Makers’. It was a lovely surprise to see Richard featured as one of those craftspeople on page 10 and 11. He and the...
Being British we can always rely on the weather to be totally unreliable, unpredictable and these days quite dramatic. But believe it or not, we’ve edged into Spring. It’s the perfect time to show a little support for new feathered parents and their hatchlings by making it easier for them to find nourishment. With...