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Interior Design and Decorating Metal Finishes for the Home
As a female interior designer I really struggled getting my head around metals. We hadn't really studied them at college and they were an integral part of interior design.
The different types confused me and I always had to ask my peers, (men of course) what types to use where and what guage etc. I just couldn't pull it all together, perhaps sewing dolls dresses rather than building towers as a child didn't really prepare me for the more complex world of the construction industry! Anyway, to make sure that none of you feel like I did.
Here we cover all aspects of the metals used in the interior design industry.
Yes I did get Chris to write this one, being a male he was definately better prepared! Oh well, at least you get all the information you need to learn about the different types of metals.
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Metals - what metals are used for interior design and decorating and introduction to the types of metals. Ferrous Metals - These contain iron or pig iron in its basic form. These are the ones that usually rust, wrought iron, cast iron. Steel - There are many types of steels especially in the industrial uses having varying strengths and anti corrosive properties. Non Ferrous Metals - Included here are Copper, Nickel, Tin, Cadmium, Zinc, Aluminium and Lead. Precious metals are excluded as the likes of silver and gold are usually reserved for art works or plating. Non Ferrous Metals 1 - definitions of gunmetal, tin, nickel, chromium, zinc, lead, aluminium. |
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In this Section:
Interior Design Finishes - Carpet Contents | Home Paint Information | More Paint Information | Wall Hangings and Flooring | Types of Timber | Metals | Timber Uses | Decorative Painting | Types of Fabric | Introduction to Interior Finishes | Carpet | Paint | Wall Hangings | Timber Flooring | Hard Flooring | Clay Based Flooring | Stone Flooring | Semi Hard Flooring | Types of Timber and Wood | Metals | Timber and Wood | Decorative Painting | Fabric Types |
Interior Design Finishes - Carpet Contents | Home Paint Information | More Paint Information | Wall Hangings and Flooring | Types of Timber | Metals | Timber Uses | Decorative Painting | Types of Fabric | Introduction to Interior Finishes | Carpet | Paint | Wall Hangings | Timber Flooring | Hard Flooring | Clay Based Flooring | Stone Flooring | Semi Hard Flooring | Types of Timber and Wood | Metals | Timber and Wood | Decorative Painting | Fabric Types |
