We knew we wanted a wrought iron railing around our open area upstairs
and up the stairway but realized at approx. $4.29 per spindle and we only needed
about 300 of them??? eeks! - we are doing this project debt-free and that
wouldn't be feasible! Way too expensive! So here is what we ended up with...
how do you like it? We LOVE it! Carpenter scavenged (with permission) at every
construction site he could find over a period of months and came home with assorted
lengths of rebar - (like is used to reinforce concrete) - one of the boys cleaned it all up on a
grinder and then painted each one flat black. I even spent an afternoon painting them. The spindles are as sturdy as can be and look just beautiful in our rustic country home. The best part about it - it was free except for the bit of paint and time spent to gather/scavenge for them.
A small bloop with Carpenter drilling the holes where each spindle fits into the beams - he measured the distance wrong and ended up with a large drilled hole in the wrong place. I LOVE the mistake!
He put in an extra spindle in its place and used the welder and made a shepherd's hook on the end of it.
I found a little LED candle lantern and it is our little nite watch lantern. The Lantern has a timer and comes on for 5 hours each evening at dark and turns off on its own. It flickers with just a tiny light.
"Nothing ventured - Nothing Goofed!"
or is that "nothing gained"? Oh well - our goof was our gain! We have a really nice lantern on our stairway!
If you are interested in getting a lantern like ours - it was purchased at http://www.save-on-crafts.com/
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