Wrought Iron Beds: Shopping Tips To Remember

If you think that your bedroom could use a little somthin’ somethin’ then start thinking about wrought iron beds. These beds are usually very unique and gorgeous and they can set any room on its side.

With the simple addition of one of these bed frames you will be transforming your room fro just another boring bedroom to a room that people will gush over. Your bedroom will become part of the home tour! That is how amazing these beds really are.

But when it comes to actually shopping for wrought iron beds you need to know what to look for. For example, do you want an actual wrought iron bed or one that just looks like wrought iron?

There is a big difference when you get it home. There are actually sellers out there that claim to sell the real thing but in fact they are not selling wrought iron at all. It is possible that the wrought iron bed you are thinking of buying is not really made out of this metal, in fact it is probably just dark steel made to look like wrought iron.

It is very important that you find out what you are really buying you don’t want to pay wrought iron prices for plain old pretty steel. That would be insane! If the wrought iron beds are manufactured in the States then it is not wrought iron at all.

The United States stopped making this metal back in the late 60’s because it just took too much time. This metal is one of the ones that takes the longest to forge and no one wanted to waste their time anymore so they stopped producing it. Now if you want to get the real wrought iron you will have to look to the UK.

You could get lucky at an antique store or an auction or flea market as well. Oftentimes people sell these types of things and don’t even bother finding out what they are worth and some people don’t even care, they just want to get rid of that ugly bed they always hated.

But as they say one mans trash is another mans treasure! If you ever see a wrought iron bed for sale cheap then don’t hesitate, buy it then because you probably won’t get the chance again down the road.

by: Tony Dunk
Tony has worked in a furniture workshop for more than 12 years. He has worked on numerous pieces of wrought iron furniture and has enough knowledge to give you his quick 3-step evaluation of the metal as well as his insights on wrought iron chandelier. This is made available to the public via his wrought iron furniture website, http://www.jlspecialty.com