wood spindles - are they really outdated
meluky
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outdated railing solution needed
Comments (2)I will be watching this thread for ideas as I am facing a very similar situation. Currently we have white wrought iron railings on two areas above our sunken living room and I just cannot figure out what to replace it with. DH wants nothing but I feel it is too much of a safety hazard to have nothing there. I'm thinking of a short glass block wall with a top cap (wood, stone, ?) that can be a shelf, but like you, I think it would visually make the small rooms seem even smaller. The wrought iron could be painted but it looks dated to me. It's original to our 70's ranch, but maybe it will look better when we finally get rid of the old ugly carpet and put in wood. ~Betsy...See MoreOutdated wood trim needs updating!
Comments (19)I painted the wood trim throughout my 2000 sq ft house after living with it for almost 30 years. I was dead set against painting good wood. My SIL finally convinced me to paint the wood trim. This included all the door trim, the window trim, the baseboards and staircase. Painted it all Atrium White, Satin. The rooms looked updated and much larger. The wood color was pulling the room and your eye towards the floors which are wood oak. The new white paint pulls your eyes up to the ceiling which is also Atrium White Ceiling....See MoreStair Spindles: Are Wrought Iron Spindles Going Out?
Comments (21)@nhb22 yes, agree there are a bazillion traditional homes that have converted to the wrought iron spindles and replaced the wood. It's one of the updates seen abundantly. I don't worry about the iron not suiting the architecture because a simple iron spindle is timeless and appropriate for traditional architecture. I was more wondering if these (iron spindles) are a style not being used as prominently as they were in the past decade or two - many conversions complete, I'm starting to see other treatments. The 'other' treatments are super contemporary or modern though and many would conflict with traditional (horizontal glass or geometric or wire or crosshatch or vertical floor to ceiling or uber Mediterranean etc). No doubt a clean wrought iron is absolutely acceptable in a traditional home looking for a transitional update/flare....See MoreWhich wood baluster style and really stuck on newel.
Comments (7)Thank you so much for posting! I really appreciate your boost! That is the plan for the newel as well. :) I like what you did a lot! The handrail - did it go okay from the catalog? It looks really well done! Not sure if you remember this part but there are just a few profiles and I am just checking that you got one of those or had that also custom? Because the fits over caps beautifully is starting to be delicate to me. You have super beautiful caps all on beautiful newels I see!!...See Moremeluky
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