The summer is the time when many people change the look of their rooms and use small things to make a real statement and add the finishing touch. Why not consider revamping your cupboard doors with some new wrought iron handles or door knobs? Made by the Forge handcrafts all the door furniture especially...
Was showing Gail the photos of our weekend and she insisted we showed off our creativity by adding this photo of Rich at a show leading James as Mike the Knight and Rusty as Galahad.
We were recently commissioned to produce a weathervane of a Highland pony. The client had created her own profile from a photo of her own pony. Here is a photo of her ponies in her paddock with the weathervane in the background.
Yes it may well have poured with rain ever since the local water authorities introduced a hosepipe ban, but this has still led me to start collecting rain water for my garden. We bought a large plastic tank from a local company and fitted it to our front porch using the guttering that was...
This cheeky little blackbird has spent the last few hours happily sitting on the top of our bird table with his Mum bringing him worms. We however have been inside working looking out on the beautiful day!
How many of you have a horseshoe nailed above your door? This tradition dates back hundreds of years and is said bring you luck. The actual story is all to do with keeping the Devil away. The story is that Saint Dunstan was once asked by the Devil to shoe his single hoof. Saint...
I was shoeing a good friends horse the other day and we were talking about the lack of Cuckoo’s around these days. My friend is a writer for The Times and had just had a meeting with a guy from the British Trust for Ornithology. They are conducting a study of the numbers of...
We are proud to announce our new identity, Made by the Forge (you previously knew us as Kitchen Irons). As a valued subscriber to our blog we are happy to offer you 10% off* all our products; including our latest addition, beautifully hand forged handles. Each one is totally unique so you can achieve...
My friends new born foal is so gorgeous. Spring is here.
Last week a good friend asked me to make them something to hang their hand towel off in their small downstairs cloakroom. This is what I came up with.