Inspiration can strike at anytime. You suddenly see in your mind’s eye that perfect piece of ironwork to put your pans in order, bespoke shelving and hooks to sort out that boot room. And isn’t it about time you did something about the poker and brush by the fire and give them somewhere to...
In the ‘Home Front’ section in an article entitled ‘Paradise Regained’ featured in a recent Sunday Telegraph’s Stella magazine, there’s a very familiar pendant light on page 53. The piece is an interview with Interior Designer, Rachel Richmond. Having taken on the restoration of a four-storey Georgian house in 2015, Rachel talks about the challenges of restoration....
If you are looking for a curtain or blind maker, then you’ve come to the right place. Despite one of our customers saying that it’s “…almost a shame to hang the curtains on them, the rods look so good as they are,” our curtain poles are crafted with curtains in mind. And we are...
Kitchen specialists and furniture designers par excellence, Martin Moore, share our philosophy and love of traditional, British-made handcrafted products. Yorkshire based for 42 years, their superbly made and beautifully finished work speaks for itself. In the Supplement to this month’s House and Garden magazine, one of their bespoke kitchens is featured and it’s a real beauty. Set...
Hot off the press is our new Made by the Forge pamphlet that will give you an overview of the range of wrought iron products we can make to order. The pamphlet opens out into an attractive poster giving you a helpful snapshot of our handmade ironwork for you to peruse. Richard’s passion for making sustainable...
Made by the Forge’s Richard and I met with Michael Strand, the Suffolk Wildlife Trust’s Development Officer in Leavenheath. We drove down a long stony track and through a gate, which opened up into a huge expanse of wild countryside. It was raining, as it duly does when we go to see the trees...
New Product Launch – The Forge Shelf Brackets There is something extremely satisfying about robust, reliable shelving and a shelf’s best friend is what it’s supported by. Made by the Forge’s Forge Shelf Bracket is a product that conveys simplicity first and foremost. There is no tin it comes in but if it did, it...
Prior to the industrial revolution, the humble blacksmith was installed at his forge in every country village throughout the land. His bread and butter trade was practical ironwork producing horse tack, farm tools and ploughs and in the less enlightened ages, swords and armour. People soon started to employ the local smithy to make...
All of us in the U.K. have lived with wrought iron for most of our lives. It’s found everywhere. Ancient ironwork smashed into pleasing shapes, structures and intricate patterns is still with us, the march of time barely giving it a second glance. Wrought iron hangs up our bread boards, stores our wine, clads our...
There are few home chores more daunting than measuring up a bay window for bespoke curtain rails and brackets. Made by the Forge has produced a series of guides with simple step-by-step instructions for all manner of bays (with one bend, two, three, four, five and six and a curved one). With the larger bays, it’s...