Retro Brass Railing

Retro Brass Railing complements modern furniture and cabinets. The minimal style is a throw back to the mid-century era. This modern railing adds a decorative and functional edge to cabinets, furniture and shelving. The posts and rod are made of solid brass. Brass is un-finished. It can be polished to a shiny glow or darkened to look old. Attach to surface-top with screws.

Design Retro Brass Railing Layout to fit your suit your situation.

Guidelines for determining layout.

A sketch of how you want the brass railing to appear can be helpful in determining layout.

Retro Railing Posts

Placement of Retro Brass Railing Posts is subjective.
Post should be spaced equally across front.
Typical spacing between posts, across front or back, is approximately 8” – 12” apart.
If brass rail will be straight without sides, use end posts on each end
If retro rail will have sides, use corner posts as a junction between front or back and sides.
Please note if using sides: side-spacing often differs from front-spacing
Post-base diameter is 1-1/4”. These posts should be inset a minimum of 3/4” from edge.

Brass Rod

Brass Rod is available in 2 lengths: 36” and 72”
If rod is not long enough, it can be joined to another rod, within a post.
If needed, rod can be cut shorter with a hacksaw
Measure length of each straight run.
If your design is a straight rail, with no sides, it is one run.
However if it has more than once side, such as 3 sided it would then have 3 runs.
As rod is 36” or 72”, it often needs to be cut shorter or joined with a longer section to complete a run.
To calculate total amount needed: add together total number of rods, for each run. Consider that you may have leftover rod from one run to satisfy another run.