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If you’re starting a home redesign or renovation sometime in the next few months, there’s a lot to consider. The colors, shapes, and materials that you use for your renovation help set the tone and ambiance that make your home a more pleasing and beautiful place to live. Still, renovating can be such a big task that it’s hard to know where to start. At the Iron Shop, we’ve got some helpful suggestions. Starting with some beautiful colors and a stand-out feature like a spiral staircase, you can make your home more beautiful, more valuable, and an overall better place… Read More

2020 has been a big year for creativity and DIY projects. Traditional holiday crafting like baking and building gingerbread houses was more popular than ever. Ikea even made their own gingerbread furniture templates! We were so inspired by all of the creative gingerbread house designs this year, we decided to throw some inspiration of our own into the mix! Take your holiday gingerbread house to the next level with the architectural beauty of a spiral staircase! Use it to accent a roof deck or feature it inside behind sugar glass windows. However you decide to showcase your gingerbread spiral stairs,… Read More

Spending time outdoors brings so many healthy rewards—fresh air, safe socializing in a physically distanced space, and more. For many property owners, their outdoor living space serves them well throughout the warmest points of the year. However, an outdoor living space can be outfitted with implements to make it inviting all year in spite of the changing seasons. And, certain backyard activities can be arranged for comfortable entertainment at just about any time. Here are some suggestions for getting more use of your outdoor living space and ideas for backyard activities and comfortable entertainment year-round. Create a Heat Source for… Read More

The couple, both artists, had always owned the roof, accessing it through a ladder in the public hall. “They wanted a direct, private way to get there,” said Andrew Magnes, one of two partners in League Studio, along with Gregory Canaras. “In an apartment of less than 1,000 square feet, a spiral stair was the only way to do it.” “A custom stair was too expensive and complicated,” Magnes said, as well as difficult to fit into the available space. Instead, the architects used a customizable stair kit from The Iron Shop near Philadelphia. Full Article  

The Iron Shop was happy to partner up with Tiny House Nation in this upcoming season. Check out this promo video from the FYI Network featuring Award-winning Producer/Rapper Lil Jon:  Award-winning Producer/Rapper Lil Jon has asked John and Zack to come build him a tiny recording studio right in his backyard! He’s looking for something completely functional he can record his next big hit in, but his wife Nicole is hoping this tiny house can replicate the style of their big house and also serve as a guest space for their family and friends. John and Zack will have… Read More

In these troubled economic times, when finances are of paramount concern and families cannot afford to move, The Iron Shop has a solution to increasing living space in your current residence. By converting an attic, loft or basement into a viable living space, individuals can increase square footage exponentially. By adding a spiral stair instead of a traditional straight stair to access the new living area further adds to the square footage by taking up less floor space, adding valuable room to your home. “Spiral stairs are an excellent solution when there is limited space or a situation where you… Read More