The Repair Shop presenter and furniture designer Jay Blades is to open his first bricks-and-mortar furniture store, Jay & Co, next month.
Blades founded an online furniture shop, from which he sells reclaimed and restored furniture and takes on specially commissioned projects, eight years ago.
Following the success of the business, and with encouragement from his collaborator and fellow business owner Steve Wyatt of Restored Retro, Blades will open the first physical Jay & Co store at The Dolphin Shopping Centre, Poole on 13 March.
‘Restored Retro was our first stockist, we started selling our products through his shop nearly two years ago, and it has not only been fruitful for both parties, we have become good friends, our business values are aligned and it is the right fit for us,’ says Blades.
Jay & Co also sells through a number of retailers, including Heal’s.
