In interior design, one of the core elements is light. Light affects color, pattern and texture in interior spaces. Light, whether direct, filtered or restricted, also plays a big part in outdoor living. Above is a great example of how light affects the color of metal dining chairs and makes them more appealing. Today, we’re…
Introducing Outdoor Patio Furniture from OW Lee
We are beyond excited to launch our newest collection of quality wrought iron furnishings. Just in time for spring, we introduce our collections of amazing outdoor patio furniture. This quality range comes from a family-owned and operated, U.S. based company with over 60 years producing fine, handcrafted casual furniture. In their California facility, master artisans…
Ideas for Creating an Outdoor Living Area You’ll Love
Many of us are experiencing warmer weather and sunny days. Which has us looking forward to the many spring and summer months we’ll be enjoying our outdoor living areas. Some of us are even refurbishing our outdoor areas using services similar to M&M Home Exteriors, bringing new life to our outdoor garden living spaces. Decorating…
Getting Ready For Halloween 2012 – Decor Ideas And Props
Halloween is just around the corner and some preparation is in order. Every year on October 31st, Halloween is celebrated. Children and adults alike dress up as their favorite characters from all the scary movies imaginable and then get into character for a night of spooks. You’ll find draculas, vampires, werewolves, zombies, fairies and witches…
John T. Unger: A Man on a Mission
Artist and designer, John T. Unger doesn’t simply craft the most mind-scorching firebowls known to man, he specializes in “impossibility remediation”—if it can’t be done, he’s on it. He often wakes thinking about how he can change, fix or improve the world as we know it. Well, we know he’s certainly made it a more…
Creating Elegant Country Homes with Timeless Wrought Irons
Professional home decorators understand the value of choosing the right accessories to create the best design elements for an elegant country home. Also having the contact details of a locksmith similar to decatur ga locksmith can give you some peace of mind, if you’re unlucky enough to lose your keys it is always handy to…
Wrought Iron Inspirations from 2012 HGTV Dream Home
The new HGTV dream home is nestled in a natural habitat of regional flora, sitting in a wide open space with priceless views. The home blends into its setting well with a nature-based color palette, and appears to be waiting for visitors to come in and relax. The decor is lovely and calming, designed for…
Wrought Iron Decorating Ideas from Ashlee Simpson’s Home
When singer and actress Ashlee Simpson listed her 7,100-square-foot villa in the Beverly Hills Post Office area for $3.69 million in spring of 2011, realtor.com posted 20 photos of the fabulous Mediterranean style house on its website. With five bedrooms, six and a half baths, a pool and spa, media room, meditation room and breath-taking views of canyons, mountains and greenbelts, the listing was sure to go fast.
Not surprisingly the listing agent, Sotheby’s International, reported the house had sold by June 2011 for $3.475 million, not too far off the asking price in a slow real estate market. While we’re sure the meditation garden and gourmet kitchen had plenty to do with the quick sale, what really attracted us about the photos of Ms. Simpson’s home were the many and varied uses of wrought iron. From the railing on the second-floor balcony to lighting fixtures and accent pieces, wrought iron is a repeated decorating theme throughout the home.
A Hollywood Mansion for Big Bang Theory Actor Simon Helberg
Charlie Sheen made quite a splash when the drug- and booze-fueled antics in his Mediterranean-style Hollywood mansion came to light. As a result, the new owner of the home – “Big Bang Theory” actor Simon Helberg – will likely be a much more popular tenant in the historic Los Feliz neighborhood. Helberg acquired the mini-mansion, built in 1927, for $2.9 million and now has 4,200 square feet of luxury to explore. The Los Feliz home has been on the real estate market since 2009, just two years less than Helberg has starred on the hit TV series.
Goldie Hawn’s Wrought Iron-Inspired Malibu Mansion
First-time visitors to the Eiffel Tower are surprised when they see this mass of steel curves, scrolls and other delicate ironwork. How could anyone make lace out of steel? French engineer Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel did, earning the title of “magician of iron” after the tower’s 1889 Parisian debut, reports Biography.com.
Eiffel — like blacksmiths and ironworkers centuries before him — knew that, behind its rock-hard exterior, wrought iron could be as beautiful as it was functional.