Opinion on exterior & interior iron railings
semonem
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Hi everyone,
We are wrapping up a home extension with a contemporary look. Our exterior balcony and interior railings were just installed. The design/iron work is heavier than I had planned. Please let me know what you think of them.
The exterior pic of the home features the railing before it was painted.
Thank you.
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last yearlast modified: last yearI never like horizontal bars on a railing unless they are very thin like steel cable. The ones on the exterior I think could stay but the inside ones do not seem to connect to anything I don't even see a handrail to tie that wall of iron with something else . BTW there is no reason the interior stair rail needs to be anything like the exterior.I am aslo curious why you did not go with powder coated on the exterior instaed of painting it on site. Now maybe the best would be to get a large pice of art for the left hand wall of the stairs with a lot of black in the art and quite chunky looking to balance the railing. The art can aslo bring in some color that can be used in the spaces around the main floor for sure a black handrail too
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