![]() customize to your height… do “flat columns” or “corner columns”… and use the decorative insert of your choice - the 10 possibilities, some simple, some flowery, shown above and in the lead photo. ![]() They can use square tubing either 1″, 1.5″ or 2″ wide…. Superior fabricates your column to order.Superior offers a wide selection of design possibilities for its aluminum railings and columns. I talked at length with one of the co-owners, Darren, who was super helpful. ![]() My most useful find - with distribution in 84 locations nationwide - is Superior Aluminum Products of Russia, Ohio (just north of Dayton.) This company was launched on July 11, 1956, in Youngstown, Ohio. That is their photo, above. Check out these three places where you can find to decorative metal columns and railings –> (There surely must be more, so I welcome any tips.) Oh, did I mention old school - these companies have been around since - yes - right after World War II, and still have fabrication in the U.S. For this story I found three suppliers - one really good sounding, national source of decorative aluminum columns… and two local sources for ornamental iron columns and railings. Researching ornamental iron and aluminum columns and railings to help owners of mid century home add some old skool curb appeal to their front porches was hard - the websites were not set up for national consumers, particularly, so I had hunt and peck. Retro Renovation stopped publishing in 2021 these stories remain for historical information, as potential continued resources, and for archival purposes.
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