While strength and durability are major benefits of wrought iron, another point sometimes overlooked is the ability to increase the view off your deck with one of these railings. Since smaller spokes and cross pieces are used, when compared to a wood railing, a wrought iron deck railing seems to disappear into the background leaving the views off your deck undisturbed.
	Using earthtones for the color of your deck railing will further increse the transparency of the railing as opposed to using a color such as white as seen in the picture on the left.