// guides & resources
Buying guides from the workshop.
We make this stuff for a living — so before you buy, here's what we'd tell a friend. Honest, practical guides on choosing metal homeware and garden steel that looks right, fits properly and lasts. No jargon, no sales fluff, just the things worth knowing.
// home & interiors
The complete guide to metal wall art
Steel gauge, finishes, sizing for the wall and how to hang it level on plasterboard or brick — everything to pick a piece that lasts.
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// outside the home
Choosing house numbers & signage
Reading distance, font and size, fixing to render or brick, and choosing a finish that survives a British winter on a north-facing wall.
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// garden & outdoors
Garden metalwork buyer's guide
Fire pits, plant markers and sculpture for outdoor life — which steel and finish to choose so it weathers the way you want, not the way it doesn't.
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Why we write these
Most metal homeware online tells you a colour and a size and nothing else. But the difference between a piece you love for years and one that rusts, bends or falls off the wall usually comes down to a handful of details — the steel thickness, the finish, and whether it was actually designed to be fixed where you're putting it.
We design, laser-cut, weld and powder-coat everything ourselves at our Andover workshop, so we know exactly what those details mean in practice. These guides put that on the table before you spend a penny. Pair them with our materials guide for the metals we work in and our care guide for keeping each finish looking right.
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