| Wrought iron is a beautiful material for home | | | | change your home décor to some other |
| décor - both simple and unique. Take the | | | | style, wrought iron home décor will always |
| weather vane, for example. A weather vane of | | | | look up to date and classy. |
| wrought iron can be used to decorate the outside of | | | | Where the Inspiration Came From |
| a house. It becomes a functional piece (showing wind | | | | In many European countries, wrought iron is a |
| direction), but also offers a stylish accent to your | | | | common home décor material, which is used |
| home. Another common example of wrought iron | | | | excessively to decorate the outside of houses, but |
| home décor is in trivets containing iconic | | | | not inside. The weathervane is a good example of |
| representations of cats, birds and other farm animals | | | | this, but weathervanes are not the most common |
| and symbols. These types of collectibles can be hung | | | | example of exterior wrought iron home |
| on walls or placed on shelves. | | | | décor. Wrought iron decorations were a |
| Reasons to Use Wrought Iron | | | | popular item in Europe to find on the outside walls of |
| Wrought iron home décor items are appealing | | | | the home, though being geometric, not iconic. |
| because of their simplicity. As mentioned above, they | | | | One more prominent trait of European houses - they |
| are iconic, meaning a cat is represented strictly by | | | | frequently use wrought iron lines on their exterior |
| the shape of a cat. With wrought iron home | | | | walls. The lines don't go the length or the width of |
| décor you will avoid clichéd items like | | | | the wall; they are simply line fragments placed on the |
| a white Persian cat looking serenely at the camera; | | | | wall here and there. While wrought iron home |
| the wrought iron cat is austere and timeless, while | | | | décor in Europe appears as quite different |
| the color image is usually dated somehow. Wrought | | | | from American wrought iron home décor in |
| iron home decor does not date itself with trends or | | | | the definition of symmetry, it is still a beautiful and |
| fads; it is absolutely timeless. Unless you want to | | | | timeless option. |