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Everything you need to know about industrial decor, metal-effect beams and the metal-illusion-on-wood technique.
Tutorial 7 min read
How to Install Faux Metal Beams: A Step-by-Step Tutorial
Your faux metal beams have just arrived and you're wondering how to put them up. Here's the good news: the installation is far simpler than you might expect. Where a real steel beam requires a crew, heavy equipment and often structural reinforcement, a wood beam with a metal effect finish goes up in 30 minutes to an hour, and in most cases, you can do it entirely on your own.\n\nThis tutorial focuses on ceiling installation, which is the most common application, but the same principles apply to wall mounting, door framing, and column cladding.
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Inspiration 8 min read
Industrial Restaurant Decor: 8 Ideas That Leave a Lasting Impression
A restaurant does not sell food alone. It sells an experience. And that experience begins before the first bite, it begins the moment a guest pushes open the door and takes in the space. Industrial decor has become one of the most effective styles for creating that unforgettable first impression. Raw metal, exposed beams, aged wood: these elements tell a story of authenticity and character that guests notice, photograph, and share.\n\nAs a workshop specialising in bespoke industrial decor, we have fitted out dozens of professional spaces, restaurants, bars, hotels, mountain chalets. Here are eight concrete ideas, illustrated by our own completed projects and hands-on experience, to help you turn your restaurant into a destination in its own right.
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Guide 7 min read
Faux IPN Beam: How to Create an Eiffel Industrial Style at Home
The IPN beam has become the defining symbol of industrial interior design. Its I-shaped profile, two horizontal flanges joined by a vertical web, immediately evokes the steel frameworks of the 19th century, the structures built by Gustave Eiffel, New York lofts, and converted factory spaces. Installing IPN beams at home means bringing that commanding aesthetic into everyday life.\n\nThe catch is that a real IPN beam in structural steel weighs between 10 and 25 kg per metre depending on its cross-section. Impossible to fix to a plasterboard ceiling. A logistical challenge to transport. Expensive to install. That is precisely why faux IPN beams exist, and why their realism has now reached the point where the difference is invisible to the naked eye.
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Comparison 10 min read
Industrial Furniture: Real Metal or Wood with a Metal Illusion? The Honest Comparison
You have made up your mind: your home or your venue is going to have an industrial look. The key question remains, the one everyone asks when it comes to placing an order: should you invest in genuine steel-and-metal furniture, or go for wood with a metal-illusion finish?\n\nThe answer is not as clear-cut as people tend to think. Each approach has its strengths and its limitations. The right choice depends on your project, your space and your budget, not on a value judgment about the material itself.\n\nAs a workshop that has specialised in the wood metal-illusion technique since 2010, we know both worlds. We have worked in spaces furnished with real steel, and every day we craft pieces in wood with a metal finish. Here is a straight-talking comparison, no spin, no vested interest.
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Guide 7 min read
Custom Industrial Table: How to Choose the Right One?
The table is the most defining piece of furniture in any interior. It is where you eat, work, entertain and live. In an industrial style setting, it also becomes the focal point of the room, the piece that sets the tone for the entire space. But between solid steel industrial tables, raw wood tops on metal bases, reclaimed factory models and metal-effect wood tables, the options are wide and the pitfalls many.\n\nThis guide helps you define exactly what you need, based on your intended use, your space and your budget.
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Guide 6 min read
Interior Glass Partition Without Metal: The Lightweight, Bespoke Alternative
The interior glass partition has become the defining feature of industrial-style decor. Between kitchen and living room, in an entrance hall, as an office divider or a bedroom screen: it brings light, transparency and the character of a workshop aesthetic. But a genuine steel partition is heavy, expensive, and demands substantial structural work.\n\nThere is an alternative that very few people know about: the interior glass partition in wood with a metal effect. The same aesthetic, the same visual impact, without the constraints of real steel. Here is everything you need to know before making your choice.
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