| People have been making objects from iron | | | | ornate or intricately detailed as your décor |
| since-well, since the Iron Age began way back | | | | demands. And don't just hang them there, |
| around the year 1000 CE! Not only did our distant | | | | either-get some lovely candles and light them. |
| forbears make hunting weapons and other | | | | Nothing can make a room simultaneously more |
| necessary items from iron, they often also made | | | | romantic and stately than lightly candles! -In your |
| them to appear as appealing as possible. The | | | | dining room or dining area: Use a wrought iron |
| word "wrought" originally meant "to make by | | | | basket or bowl to display flowers in the center of |
| hand", so wrought iron items are those made by | | | | your dining table and wrought iron candelabra to |
| working with iron. Perhaps because so many of | | | | light the room during the evening meal. -In your |
| the items made today are plastic, synthetic and | | | | bedroom: Consider attaching a huge and intricate |
| made by machines, our longing for enduring | | | | wrought iron frieze to your bedroom wall to |
| objects is greater than ever. This is undoubtedly | | | | serve as a stunning headboard. Other possibilities |
| one reason why wrought iron is enjoying such a | | | | include a wrought iron quilt rack to display your |
| huge surge of popularity in home décor. | | | | grandmother's quilts or a unique piece of |
| Wrought iron can be made into so many | | | | Southwestern metal wall art. -In your kitchen: |
| decorative products, it is truly amazing! Even | | | | Wrought iron products that increase the quality of |
| utilitarian objects we don't generally think about | | | | the time you spend in your kitchen abound. |
| turning into integral parts of our home décor | | | | Consider adding a wrought iron wine rack and a |
| are now making real design statements in sleek | | | | suspended pot holder, a wrought iron paper towel |
| wrought iron. Here are a few of the plethora of | | | | holder, perhaps with a small shelf above to display |
| decorative and utilitarian items available n the | | | | some decorative item. In the kitchen, your |
| wrought iron marketplace today, and some | | | | options are virtually only limited by your |
| suggestions for using them: -At the entry to your | | | | imagination. -In the bath: A freestanding wrought |
| home: Depending on their style, wrought iron | | | | iron bath tissue holder turns a necessary item into |
| welcome signs make a classical or country design | | | | a design element, while a wrought iron wall mirror |
| statement. Wrought iron freestanding or wall hung | | | | gives your bathroom a unique, graceful yet |
| flower boxes add a wonderful note as well. -Just | | | | functional appeal. - In the garden: A wrought iron |
| inside your door: Wrought iron racks are a great | | | | topiary frame, sundial and armillary make a |
| way to keep hats, umbrellas and other outdoor | | | | stunning statement as well as complementing |
| necessities close by where they're needed while | | | | your flowers and shrubs. Wrought iron has |
| they make a nice display as well. Coat and hat | | | | evolved way past the 4-poster bed stage. |
| rack designs range from classical fleur-de-lis to | | | | Exceptional accessories and home decorator |
| charming cats sitting on a fence with their tails | | | | items are available for every room in your home. |
| forming the actual hooks. -In your living room: | | | | Many are unique and allow you to infuse your |
| Consider using wrought iron wall vases, also called | | | | house with charm and personality. |
| wall pockets, to hold your live and dried floral | | | | Jessica Ackerman writes Wall Decor and Home |
| arrangements. Fluted wall vases are especially in | | | | Accents, an online wall decor store specializing in |
| vogue right now. Next to your wall vases, | | | | wrought iron wall décor and metal wall art. |
| consider hanging some large candle sconces, plain, | | | | |