We have been busy here at Made by the Forge making a video to help all our clients measure up for their curtain poles. Click on the link above to check it out.
Most of our ironwork is finished in the traditional way. While the metal is still hot we seal it with a natural beeswax. This gives the iron a beautiful finish. We sourced this particular beeswax from near Needham Market about 4 miles from home. The bee keeper has over 15 hives and this must...
Janet our fabric product designer has just finished working on these attractive door stops. She has been truly economical with the remnants of our bespoke hessian sacks she uses when making our fabulous notice boards. Not wanting to waste any of the wonderful old sack cloth Janet has created these useful door stops ideal...
Due to our products evolving and growing we felt we needed to update some of our images. We feel that when choosing a product online our clients should have the best possible imagery to show clearly the quality of our beautiful products. So we booked a photo shoot with Bruce Head a renowned and...
The anvil in our forge gets daily use. Sometimes it is used for making shoes and sometimes for curtain pole finials or brackets. We bought it several years ago from a farmer who acquired it at an auction. It originally sat in the blacksmiths shop at Shrubland Hall in Suffolk which was built in...
Today I am concentrating on getting all the horses and ponies shod with new shoes as the weather is on the change and it is meant to be very very wet. Tomorrow I intend to be inside my forge with the fire lit making some bespoke ironwork in the cosy and warm.
I arrived home this evening from the forge to hear the familiar sound of Swallow’s being fed. We get so use to them being around during the summer that we almost go deaf to the sound, but this time I stopped and looked. It seemed rather late in the year for Swallow’s. Surely they...
Made by the Forge’s Notice Boards are hand made by Janet from old hessian sacks that have been up cycled to become beautiful boards. These sacks are fast becoming extinct because animal feed and grains are contained in plastic or paper sacks nowadays. We do have a few left and they are available to purchase online again....
When designing ones home it is an exciting time as well as an expensive time. Sometimes mixing and matching expensive with cheap works really well. This inexpensive light shade could be dressed up with black iron chain for a more substantial feel. Wrought iron accessories can be supplied by Made by the Forge in matt black paint or beeswax.
Check out September issue of Country Homes and Interiors magazine for one of our curtain poles. Page 51 cannon ball finial in beeswax.