If you’ve been searching for an antique iron bed or vintage iron beds for your home, you’ve likely already discovered just how difficult it can be. These timeless pieces of furniture are more than just beds — they’re handcrafted works of art that evoke history, charm, and unmatched craftsmanship. But finding them? That’s another story…
In an age where fast furniture dominates the market—where pieces are assembled with flimsy tools, and “durable” means “hopefully lasts a couple of years”—there’s something extraordinary about owning a piece that has stood the test of time. We’re talking about antique iron beds—not just beautiful to look at, but rich in character, craftsmanship, and stories.…
Antique iron beds, generally speaking, were feminine in design.
Whats the best way to refinish an old antique iron bed?
There are a number of things that make one antique bed more valuable than another. The first thing: is the size of the tubing. To be more specific, the size tubing going across the top of the bed. Nearly 85% of all the iron beds that were made back in the 1800’s had 1″ thick…
When you think about metal beds, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Well if your a women, it’s probably something like “elegant” , “attractive”, “romantic”, …………if you’re a man, it’s probably “girlie”, “feminine”. The thing that obviously helps determine a persons initial opinion of one of these old metal beds, is it’s “finish”…
Nearly all of the custom antique faux’ finishes that we do here at Cathouse Beds, came about as a result of customers, decorators and clients that happen to have something they wanted their antique iron beds “finish”, to blend with. The most common items are material swatches from items like dust ruffles, blankets, pillows or…
So you’re asking yourself if antique iron beds are even appropriate for a boys room. Most of the time you see beautifully designed interior shots of girls rooms , master bed rooms and even guest rooms, that have great looking scrolled or curved iron beds. So I can understand you might be having a little…
Many people just aren’t aware of the proper way antique iron beds should be dressed. If the truth be told………there really is no proper way. Much of how a person dresses their bed depends on two things…….. The gender they’d like it to portray and the setting they want it to blend with. As you…
Here is a photo of a slight adjustment we did to an iron bed finish we did for a client. We have made a habit of emailing our clients what we refer to as “final approval” photo’s, before we ship their bed. Because all of our antique “finishes” are hand applied to our beds, there…