Yes, the Shop is Only Open Three Days a Week. No, the Owner is Not on Holiday.

A brief and entirely necessary defence of a jeweller who has not, in fact, slept since 2022.

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A public service announcement on behalf of someone who is probably soldering something as you read this.

We understand. You drove past on a Tuesday. The door was locked. The lights were off. You peered through the window, rattled the handle gently (or, if we’re being honest, not so gently), and concluded that the jewellery shop must have very relaxed hours, a very relaxed owner, or possibly both.

We are here to set the record straight.

Official opening hours

Monday	Commissions. All day. No breaks.
Tuesday	Still commissions. Send help (or biscuits).
Wednesday	See Tuesday. Also: the garage.
Thursday	come in!
Friday	please do come in.
Saturday	Half day open, then back to the bench.
Sunday	Officially a day of rest. Unofficially: pliers.

The owner of this shop does not work three days a week. She works seven. The shop is simply open for three of them, because the other four are spent doing the work that fills the shop with beautiful things in the first place.

Here is a rough breakdown of a typical week, for those keeping score at home:

• 💼Commissions — custom rings, bespoke necklaces, heirlooms being lovingly restored. Each one a small, intricate project requiring concentration, skill, and a steady hand. The pile of commissions does not get smaller. It respects no weekends.
• 🕒Late nights at the bench — the soldering torch is often still going well past midnight. This is not a complaint. It is simply a fact that the jewellery does not make itself, no matter how firmly one stares at it.
• 🐕Two dogs — young, boisterous, and absolutely certain that whatever is happening in the workshop would be greatly improved by their presence. Wrangling them is, conservatively, a part-time job in itself.
• 🏗A garage build — yes, an actual garage, currently mid-construction, because apparently the situation was not quite busy enough. This is either impressive or alarming, depending on your outlook.

“She is not nipping off for long lunches. She is fabricating fine jewellery, managing two small chaos agents in dog suits, and building a structure with walls.”

When the shop is closed, it is not because the owner has popped out. It is because she is at the bench. Or answering commission enquiries. Or feeding the aforementioned dogs, who have views about mealtimes. Or measuring something for the garage. Or all of the above, simultaneously, with remarkable composure.

We know Thursday-to-Saturday-lunchtime is not a conventional retail schedule. We know it is inconvenient if you work Monday to Friday. We are genuinely, sincerely sorry about that, and we are not being sarcastic — we really do wish there were more hours in the day.

But here’s the thing: the commissions you are waiting for, the custom pieces you have ordered, the rings that need resizing and the chains that need mending — those are getting done. Quietly, carefully, and often long after a sensible person would have gone to bed. The shop being closed is what makes the work possible.

So: Thursday, Friday, and Saturday morning. The kettle is on. The door will be open. There may be dog hair on the welcome mat. Come in.

* If you knock on a non-opening day, she will probably still answer. She is in there. She is just very, very busy.