Gate Cottage Chic

Gate Cottage Chic

Wrought Iron Gate And Railings - Creative Restoration

There are a number of ways to use these wrought iron products to decorate both inside and outside your home.

Whether it is used as a gate, railing or post, there is a certain charm and elegance about wrought iron material. Many attractive designing ideas you can incorporate in your home originate from Los Angeles iron works wrought iron pieces, recycled from salvage yards and thrift stores.

One way to enhance the look of your bedroom is to use it as a headboard

Hanging a piece of wrought iron railing behind your bed and using it for an attractive headboard is a great accent piece to break wall monotony, and will complement your room's design theme. Rooms that emphasize a green, red or gold color scheme are particularly amenable to the use of dark wrought iron pieces. When decorating rooms with a cozy cottage theme, use white and weathered iron work as a headboard because the shabby chic look will add charm to the room. To give the wrought iron piece the shabby chic look, paint it white and then sand off portions of it so that it looks slightly worn out.

Use it to hang photographs

You can make an attractive backdrop or a base for hanging picture frames by using a wrought iron piece on the wall. Before you use hooks to attach the photographs on the bars, hang the wrought iron section so that the bars are horizontally placed. For a more whimsical approach, arrange the photos and frames in a random fashion.

You can suspend a piece from the ceiling to be used as a tasteful pot rack

If you want something that is both functional and decorative, choose a wrought iron piece. Use one on the kitchen as a pot rack. It is easy to create a place to hang mugs, pots, and pans by just installing a piece of iron gate or railing near the ceiling and attach hooks. One option is to paint the pot rack to coordinate with the rest of the room, or you may decide to maintain the original rustic look by leaving it alone.

Wooden lattice is reasonably inexpensive and can be used as a trellis or cut to size for a border

You will also find that wrought iron pieces are especially beautiful in a garden setting as they will easily stand out from the rest of the greenery there. You can use an old wrought iron gate or a piece of wrought iron railing as a support beam for vines to climb up as they grow. Embed the wrought iron deep enough in the ground so that it does not collapse later. Pieces of wrought iron railings can also be used to make an attractive border around a flower bed. The wrought iron pieces will serve as a decoration to liven up the landscape and keep children, animals and other intruders from walking onto the flower bed. Your old wrought iron pieces don't have to be uniform; having a bunch of them in different sizes, shapes, colors and conditions will give your room an unconventional flare.

The great thing about wrought iron pieces is that they have a unique beauty and charm that allows you to use and reuse them in a nearly infinite variety of ways.

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