Sunday 5 July 2009

Inside the Period Ironmonger


Hi this is our blog and on it we aim to let you inside our world, our lives our business and some useful tips and news regarding ironmongery.

We are Tom and Kotti and together run our internet company, The Period Ironmonger. It all started when we bought an eight bedroomed Victorian Vicarage which needed complete rerurbishment. We wanted to restore it in an authentic way with quality products, without breaking the bank. Enter Ronnie Wooton, an all but famous character in the world of reclamation;. add to the equation Fez Labady, who had teamed up with Ron some 12 years earlier. They were nearly as enthusiastic about our restoration project as we were and between us wonderful items were sourced, marble fireplaces, a cast iron ceiling rose and so on. Then came the door furniture, it was so difficult to source sets of original rim locks, latches and door knobs that they started making them; all to original designs and in the traditional way. We have grown and developed our range since then and have now been trading for nearly six years. We have worked hard to develop the business with a lot of  work  carried out in the evenings and at weekend.

Well, the kids grew up and moved out and we moved to North Shropshire in 2006; apart from missing the children we love our country life. We have four children, Emma, Kelly (who became a mom on 7th August this year,  Steve and Laura who is about to become a mom in December. We have no less than four dogs and Kotti has her horse Boswell in the paddock next to our house.

We started our blog to help answer some of the many questions we get through on our website regarding new and reclaimed ironmongery. How to look after it, how to clean it and how to renovate it.

We hope the combination of our ongoing story and the tips we can offer will be of interest to you. We will put some pictures on here soon so you can see who we're talking about

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