Wrought Iron Article
Wrought Iron Candle Sconces
I have always had a weakness for wrought iron candle sconces. I think it has
to do with what I watched as a kid. I used to always love anything having to do
with the middle ages. I have probably seen countless scenes in my life involving
people walking down long hallways decorated with flaming torches or wrought iron
while sconces. Of course, the flaming torch is preferable because it has more
fire and you can hold it, but I knew that I would never be able to talk my
parents into letting me have one. A wrought iron candle holder was the next best
thing, and I would daydream about it a surprising amount when I was a kid.
When I reached my teenage years, I briefly went through a Goth phase. This only
enhanced my fascination with wrought iron candle sconces. My mother took it a
little bit too seriously, which pleased me a great deal. She was shocked by the
way I was dressing and the music that I was listening to, as well as the friends
I was hanging out with. In reality, they were very good kids just trying to
assert their identity at a difficult age in life. She didn\'t realize this,
however, and continued to refuse me the right to decorate my room as I saw fit.
Finally, she relented and let me buy a couple wrought iron candle sconces out of
my own money, but she quickly changed her mind and forbid me to actually light
candles in them. Needless to say, I disobeyed quite frequently. Many was the
late night I would sit in front of those wrought iron candle sconces, listening
to bad music and reading French philosophy. Oh, to be young again!
When I fell in love, it was with a wonderful woman who was, in many ways, the
fulfillment of my dreams. Unfortunately, she has a much different decorative
aesthetic than i do. Wrought iron candle sconces were out of the question. She
wouldn\'t even let me use hand forged iron lighting to provide that medieval
decorative touch that I craved so much, at least at first. Finally she relented,
and much of the upstairs is now decorated according to my tastes. I admit that
in some ways it is pretty tacky, but it is what I like. The wrought iron candle
sconces make me happy.
