Posts Tagged ‘wrought iron’

Home Decor with Iron Chandeliers

Saturday, December 20th, 2008

In interior design, you have to be aware that wrought iron chandeliers can be an excellent choice. They draw attention, they offer stylish lighting and a fancy decor in the same time. A chandelier is never boring, if you know how to place it.

In case your house has a big entrance hall or a huge dining room, you can think of buying an iron chandelier as lighting option. Chandeliers give a lot of light, because they have many bulbs. The light wakes up to life, creating patterns all over the room.

Wrought iron is beautiful and elegant. Place a wrought iron chandelier in your bedroom, together with a matching bed. You’ll love to sleep in there. Romance will be in the air, and you and your partner can have a great time in such a room, reminding of those hotel honeymoon suites.

Mountain lodges, country residences or hunting cabins can be illuminated with Antler chandeliers. Antler matches very well this style, based on a lot of wood, stone and other natural materials. A lodge chandelier will give enough light for creating a cosy atmosphere.

My Favorite Garden Gate

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

When I was growing up, we had a metal garden gate around our house. We had it for security, not decoration. It always looked uncomfortable and foreboding. I know that it should have made me feel safer, but it didn’t. Instead, it made me feel locked in as surely as the world was locked out.

I thought that all metal fences and gates were like this ” that all they did was make the world feel divided and uncomfortable. It took me a while to realize how much of a difference design makes. A wrought iron gate has a much different feel than a simple steel one.

The first time I saw a really nice wrought iron garden gate was actually at the local cemetery. I had a friend who used to like to go down there to get away from everything, and one day he took me along with him. From outside, the wrought iron garden gates were foreboding and intimidating, but from the inside they made us feel protected and peaceful. The cemetery was a restful place, a place of perpetual peace, and the wrought iron railing that surrounded marked it as separate from the rest of the world.