Celabrating 20 years of retailing in fireplaces
In a few weeks time we will be celebrating our Twentieth year retailing fireplaces “what a mile stone”.
I will just repeat it 20 years amazing. Just shows you that there is fireplace shops selling mainly on the web like ourselves that have been here a long time and intend to be here a lot longer providing a superb product and service to our customers.
A bit of our fireplace history
It just seems like yesterday that I first bought a cast iron fireplace from a fireplace supplier, to resell on.
In the beginning I was buying and selling old Antique fireplaces and putting them with my own hand made pine fireplace mantels which I was making in the shed at the bottom of the garden. Because of our success in the first few years retailing and restoring our antique fireplaces we needed more quantities of original fireplaces. the problem in Lincolnshire is that it is rural. (not enough terraced houses) eventually the old fireplaces started to dry up and became harder to find in any great quantities, to sustain a proper income. So I made the decision to stop selling the antique fireplaces and concentrate on new reproduction fireplaces. so I went looking for a supplier of reproduction Victorian fireplaces. (more…)
Going the extra mile…. Or 750!
Last Friday we had a bit of a problem with one of our deliveries. Our driver was on the phone to us at approx 8 am Friday morning, with the not so great news that one of the hearths for a customer was the wrong size. Our hearts sank in the office with the thought that, we (actually I) somehow managed to put the wrong hearth on the van for a customer.
The first problem was that this customer happened to be near Arbroath in Scotland some 375 miles away. The next problem was that the customer was having it fitted the next day. Damn!!
We rang the customer and after a lot of head scratching to say the least, I told him that we would nip the hearth up to him that same day in the car.
So off I set to Arbroath at 11am after a visit to another customer in Worksop. Seven hours later I arrived at the customers’ house – a very relieved customer who was pleased to not have to cancel his fireplace fitter. After a few words of thanks from the customer and my apologies I went on my way back to Lincoln – what a day, but great to know that the customer was happy with us going the extra mile or in this case an extra 750 miles.
Best selling fireplace – W/E 21/06/09
Column Oak fireplace
Chimneypiece
Column oak fireplace was our best selling fireplace for last week a grand chimney piece measuring 56 inches wide, and I think it looks great at this size or bigger. This particular Oak fireplace was copied from an original Victorian antique fireplace by my self approx twelve years ago, the original one was some 65 inches wide, I decided to make it smaller so it would fit in the average home, I think you will agree a beautiful fireplace. This fireplace is available with any of our inserts weather you choose an arch insert or tiled insert a very stunning fireplace. Available fire options as always solid fuel, gas and electric.
Best selling fireplace – W/E 14/06/09
Westminster Combination fireplace
Small fireplaces
The Pembroke fireplace was last weeks best seller but rather than show the Pembroke fireplace again I have decided to show the Westminster combination fireplace which proved to be a good second choice by our customers. The Westminster combination fireplace is available either black or highlighted and comes at 43 inches wide a good choice for the smaller down stairs room or bedroom. The fire options are as always solid fuel, gas or electric.
Large Adam Pine Mantel with Mirror
Chimney Piece
Large Adam mantel with Adam mirror and cameo cast iron insert, some thing very different for the lounge or dinning room a magnificent Adam style fireplace. At 60 inches wide, by 8 feet tall but can be made even bigger if required. Most customers have this fireplace between 60 and 66 inches wide. All the carvings and the moulding are all hand carved out of solid pine, and hand waxed, no plastic moulds here, just craftsman made.
The Adam mirror is new to our range and the first one has been sold to a customer in Scotland which is having this as the picture but is putting a stove in the opening instead of a cast iron insert. If you want the mirror to be smaller in size no problem we can make it any size you require.
Buy the Cameo Large Adam online today.