In My Backyard: Bantam Tileworks

Glenn Gissler - Blog - 2014 - Bantam Tileworks - DT-640x512

Another great ‘neighbor’ in Litchfield County is Bantam Tileworks, the brainchild of Travis Messinger and Darin Ronning, who had previously been running a store in Lower Manhattan that was part coffee shop and part tableware store called Pepper Jones.  One of the things they learned from that experience was how much they valued and enjoyed working with each other, and directly with their customers.

This approach to connecting with their customers was immediately evident in the warm and friendly greeting I received from Darin when I recently visited their Store/Showroom/Studio in Bantam, Connecticut…

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