Wrought iron is oftentimes used to produce splendid wall decor. When seeking out appealing decor for your home's walls, there are numerous wrought iron on the market including those that can be hung inside or outside. They come in different colors, sizes, shapes and materials. Wall decor has numerous benefits that make it an ideal choice when choosing decor pieces to add to your home.

A type of iron, wrought iron is usually manufactured from refined metallic iron. It also contains one to three percent of slag (which mainly consists silicon). Slag is a substance that is created during the smelting operation.

Metal wall plaques and metal wall decor are ideally manufactured from wrought iron due to the fact that the material possesses the following features:

1. Sturdiness. Wrought iron is hard-wearing.
Iron is utilized in many of the items that we see in everyday life, such as cars, buildings, and tools, which makes it an integral metal. Iron is ample; it is the second most common element in the world, and the 4th most common element in the crust of the Earth. The human body contains about one-sixth ounce of iron.  Iron is the foundation of strong metal alloys, which are used to manufacture wrought iron wall decor and metal wall plaques.

2. Power to be Adaptable.
As equated to cast iron, wrought iron is much more idyllic for the creation of wall decor. The higher carbon content of cast iron makes it fragile and hard. Because wrought iron has a lower content of carbon, it is much easier and idyllic to work with when creating wall decor. Because this material is so flexible, it can be used to make wall decor of any shape and pattern, such as mirrors and wall grilles. Wrought iron pieces can be crafted into conventional or modern wall decorations, as well as traditional artwork.  You can find traditional fleur de lis wall art made from iron, or abstract wall art for a decor theme that is more modern.

3. Timelessness. Wrought iron has been a fundamental metal for many centuries.
History tells us that wrought iron has been utilized as a great replacement for bronze by people in Asia Minor during the 2nd century. Tools and weapons made from wrought iron were found in some areas by the third century B.C.; namely: China, Mediterranean, and India. Over time, Europe was employing cast iron to make wrought iron. In the last century, wrought iron was normally only manufactured for decorative uses, like the production of metal wall plaques.

4. Resemblance to Wood.
Due to the slag that wrought iron oftentimes holds, it has ‘grains’ that resemble actual grains of wood. When wrought iron is twisted to form a specific shape or carved object, you can distinctly see wood-like grains. Despite the fact that this is a rare characteristic, it is advantageous to lending texture to wrought iron metal wall sculptures and wall hangings.

Because wrought iron is durable and prolific, it is an ideal substance for creating metal wall art and metal wall decor. Due to its wood-like quality and texture, the metal wall plaques and metal wall sculptures made from wrought iron will always look interesting and appealing as wall art pieces.

 andHaving a place to hang your hat is the motivation behind what most people work for throughout their lives. While many people strive to buy a house, sometimes it is not something that is possible to do right now, so you find yourself renting a place to live instead. Unfortunately when you do not own your residence, you may have some restrictions that you have to follow when you want to decorate your space. 

The types of restrictions that you run into are frequently rather limiting, so you will have to come up with some creative solutions to get around living in a barren space that looks impersonal and generic. But don’t worry – even if you cannot paint the walls in your space there are many different things that you can do to make your rented space your home.

Wall Art
A great way to bring color to your walls is simply to cover your walls with artwork. You may choose photos, wall sculptures, paintings, prints or posters, and when you are done, you will not even notice the plain white walls in your room. If you have large pieces of art or posters, hang them first to create focal points in your rooms. Then take your smaller pictures and group them together in some way that they relate to each other.  Match the frames, colors within the pieces or subject matter, and then form them into groupings so that they make a larger impact than if they are just strewn across your walls.
 
Curtains
Another way to get a lot of color into your room in an apartment is to hang ceiling to floor curtains on your wall. The beauty of this solution is that you can flank a window or sliding glass door with the curtains, or you may simply hang them on your wall to create the illusion of a window. You may even want to hang a large mirror on your wall and hang your curtains on either side of it. Use bright or bold colors to add energy to your room, or you can use a more neutral palette to simply create interest and texture on your walls.

Embrace Neutrals
If, like most apartments, your walls are painted white, then you may simply wish to embrace the white as the main component of your room. Choose a few pieces of large furniture to saturate the room with your favorite colors. For example, a couch and an area rug and a large glass bowl if rendered in the same bold color will pop out of the room at you. By creating a truly neutral backdrop keeping your walls, curtains and the balance of your furniture in pale tones, you draw the eye directly to your boldly colored pieces of furniture and accents, and you have long since forgotten about any white wall restrictions that you may have in your apartment.

Just because you are renting does not mean that you have to suffer a bland environment. Go ahead and get creative!

Debra Haynes is a staff writer and decorating specialist with Metal-Wall-Art.com and she offers stylish suggestions for decorating with abstract metal art and tropical metal art.