Here is a great example of using a light airy antique iron bed, in front of a window, that normally would have not been considered as an option for a bed with an assuming headboard, as would be if a wooden or upholstered one was used…..that would have blocked the light and view. Many bedrooms…
“One of a Kind” is a phrase thrown around way to often. But when it comes to antique iron bed frames from the 1800’s, it’s near impossible to label one of them with this title. The best you can hope for is when it comes from someone who has been in the antique trade, and…
When you’ve made the decision to search out a true antique iron bed frame, that was constructed over 150 years ago, why would you ever consider restoring and painting it to look brand new ? from a countless number of finishes we developed over the past 40 years. The majority of these “finishes” have come…
Here is a “king conversion” we did for one of the more successful feature film producers in the business. We started with an original antique iron & brass bed frame in its original full/double size. As you may already know, the double/full size was the largest size iron and brass bed being made back in…
You might ask …..”why are matching twin size iron beds so difficult to find” ? The best way to understand their rarity is to consider the population and socio-economic make up of our population at the time iron beds were experiencing their greatest popularity in this country. That time was the mid to late 1800’s…
Occasionally there is a confusion when we walk in a room and aren’t able to tell the priorities that were set by the designer/home owner.
Few people are aware of it, but just 10 miles Northeast of Boston, in Saugus Massachusetts , is the site of the first integrated ironworks in North America.
So what you ask makes a designer worth their salt in the design world ? Well when it comes to southern designers throughout the state of Louisiana and in particularly New Orleans, it’s attention to detail. Some of the better designers I’ve had the pleasure of working with over the past 40 years have been…
For all of my Irish friends I bring you an antique iron bed with a true Irish heritage. The headboard currently stands at 64″ and the footboard at 39 1/4″tall. It gets brass corner finials . The painted “finish” is actually the original one put on back in the mid 1800’s by the manufacturer. The…
The three leaf Clover, symbolizing Irish pride, was coined by St. Patrick to represent the Holy Trinity. We discover this bed, with it’s beautiful large Three Leaf Clover castings, in a predominantly Irish neighborhood of Chicago. Beginning in 1845 and lasting for six years, the potato famine, in Ireland, killed over a million men, women…