Long established Kildare family business is moving after 40 years

A long established business is relocating to a new address within Naas.

The family owned Material World is based at 45 South Main Street and the enterprise has been trading for forty years in the town centre.

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It is owned and run by Peter and Paula Whyte, who live locally and, more recently, alongside their daughter Ashling, who has a pivotal role in the business.

Material World is a niche fabric shop which sources and directly imports curtain and upholstery fabrics, braids and curtain tapes, directly from manufacturers across the world, Europe and beyond.

The existing premises at South Main Street

It stocks up to 50,000 metres of curtain and upholstery fabrics at any time and apart from the shop premises, it has an online presence. It also provides a bespoke curtain and Roman blinds manufacturing, measuring and fitting service.

The business will shortly transfer to the building adjacent to the Tesco supermarket store a short distance away at Blessington Road. It will open for business on September 22.

“The new building will afford us three times the amount of room we have where we are currently situated; it will mean more space for customers and to display our fabrics curtains and Roman blinds; it will be an extensive modern showroom," said  Mr Whyte.

This 6,100 square foot premises was occupied up to recently by Born Clothing, which opened up around the end of 2020 and closed some three months ago.

Born has a unit at the Tesco-owned Monread Shopping Centre and opened this before the Blessington Road outlet was launched.