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Artistic Iron Handrails for Ultimate Home Personalization

Posted: 06 Dec 2012 10:00 AM PST

It is the little things that make a house a home – those small touches that make your home unlike any other in the world. Forged iron hand railings are an excellent way to add this type of personality around your indoor and outdoor staircases. (The examples here are all via Irish company Bushy Park Ironworks.)

Ranging from elegant classic shapes to organic curves and swirls, the iron railings and balustrades take staircases from boring and samey to totally unique.

The contemporary railings are an update on the old classic wrought iron railing designs that once graced homes around the world. Rather than seeming visually heavy and outdated like their predecessors, the modern versions are graceful and airy.

This new age of iron balustrades incorporates materials other than iron in some of the surprisingly beautiful creations. Some contain glass, ceramics, stone and wood alongside a variety of metals. The end result is an endless variety of totally personalized touches for the home.

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Utility + Storage Furniture Takes Center Stage With Style

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 05:00 PM PST

There are certain pieces of furniture which, although they may be necessary, don’t necessarily warrant a starring place in the home. Exercise equipment and storage furniture are near the top of the list, often being relegated to the dark recesses of closets and basements. Design collective PostFossil has made these objects of shame into beautifully designed objects of desire.

PostFossil’s sports furniture collection is an abstract set of workout tools that, when not in use, look a lot like other things. That chin-up bar looks an awful lot like a clothing rack and the sit-up/weight bench is quite a cute little table or stool. The designs are very pared down and made of unexpected materials – unexpected in the realm of exercise equipment, anyway.

Shoes Books and a Bike is a piece of storage furniture unlike any other piece of storage furniture. Instead of hiding away the shoes, books and bike belonging to its owner, the piece puts them on display. The bike takes center stage, being allowed out of the garage and into the living space in a place of honor. Both projects seem to send the message that health and fitness are activities to be celebrated, not hidden away out of sight and, all too often, out of mind.