I have been in the fireplace business since 1980, I love seeing a fireplace the right style, correctly proportioned in the right room, I got a buzz back then and its still as strong as ever. I had a small showroom with seven fireplaces then we moved up to our present showroom with about 50 displays in 1988. In the 90’s fashion changed to wood and marble fireplaces. Although our sales were good it bothered me as I felt I was selling the wrong product to the wrong room, customers were happy enough but I wasn’t; marble is cold and sophisticated, it looks great in Italy or Spain but does not suit the majority of our warmer rooms in the UK. So I went to the quarry and started buying sheets of smooth stone, and producing fireplaces from a small workshop at the back of the showroom, they were an instant success with customers.
