A Wrought Iron Bed Can Make You Go Back in Time

In today’s world of synthetic, cheaply made furniture, there is nothing better than a wrought iron bed to reminisce on how things were. Don’t get me wrong, I am not a brittle old guy. I’m essentially in my mid-20s, and in lots of ways I find irresistible high tech things. I use up a lot of time on my computer surfing the Net, I play electric guitar, I have a cell phone and an I Pod. However, my most treasured possession is my wrought iron bed frame.

I have seen many wrought iron beds in my life, but this one is actually stunning. It is precisely what you would think of when you make an effort to create in your mind a wrought iron bed. It is as big and decorative as your characteristic wrought iron fence, in fact. It is sturdily made with flourishes, flowers, and big iron lion’s feet at the base. It has in reality been in my family for generations. My father alleges that it was a invaluable antique, but my mother says that he is just being ridiculous. She says that there are thousands of wrought iron bed frames just like this one out there, and it is not worth anything except it is of over-romantic value.

Whichever one of them is right, I adore that wrought iron bed. I believe it has to do with how it seemed to me when I was a child. Most families begin with furniture for kids, but in my family we have for ever and a day used the identical bed frames since we were very small. That part of wrought iron bedroom furniture really impressed me as a toddler. I essentially thought the wrought iron bed was a stronghold. I would sit on top of it for hours, playing with my toy knights and imagining to be defending from a siege. I would battle make-believe armies, throwing small toy figures off the bed and acting as if that they were catapult stones until my mom would come in and make me go to sleep.

The thing I like best about that wrought iron bed now is how steadily made it is. It’s not that other beds are badly made, but I am grateful for the fact that I can sit on the side of it and it doesn’t squeak one bit. The frame is totally hard and will be totally hard for more than a life time. You just simply do not get quality like that any longer in most customer products.

A Seemingly Old Kind of Wrought Iron Fence

My grandmother’s wrought iron fencing looks very old. From its decorative look, you would imagine that it was forever there. It is one of those wrought iron fences that doesn’t mess around. It is ornamental and it is dangerous at the same time. It has numerous spikes at the top, towering above curly cues and inlaid metal flowers. It goes against her gentle nature, meaning that it was put up there by a former, less charitable individual of that old colonial house that she lives in. Yet in any case, that brought iron fence is not that old. Is not from some odd, reclusive ancestor. To tell you the truth, it is there because the neighborhood is slowly but surely changing.

You see, my grandmother is not a wrought iron fence person. Up until a few years ago, she had no fence at all. She has a wrought iron balcony, preferring the security of metal to a more flimsy wooden rail. The fence, however, goes, against beliefs. She has always been one of those people who runs a house where practically anyone who knows her is welcome to walk right in. For her whole life, she has loved entertaining other people more than anything. It is her true passion, and putting up a wrought iron fence that makes her house less welcoming breaks her heart. Nonetheless, she had to.

You see, about three years ago, there was a string of robberies. It started off on the other end of town, but soon it moved through her neighborhood as well. It turned out in the end to involve only a few people, but for weeks at a time people were always afraid. There are a lot of retirees in the area, and they felt that there was no way for them to be safe. If they left their houses, they could be mugged, but if they stayed inside, they could be robbed. I had wanted her to get a security fence at the time, arguing that her safety was more important than anything else. At first, she had refused to get a fence of any kind. Finally, she had agreed to get the wrought iron fence, but only under pressure. You could tell she did not like it, although she would put up with it.

Fortunately, over time she has grown to like that wrought iron fence. My grandmother has always loved anything with patterns and ornamentation, and a fence wrought iron has both an abundance. I just hope the neighborhood one day returns to normal so that the wrought iron fence become a luxury, not a necessity.

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