Wrought Iron Garden Gates

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In many ways, I am a good designer, but one thing holds me back from ever being great: I have no sense of dimension. Whenever I imagine a space that I have to layout, it becomes much larger than it actually is in my imagination. My garden was no exception. I dreamed about it night after night as winter slowly turned to spring. I knew that I would make it great this year. I would design a path, install a waterfall, grow several species of rare and exotic flowers – the works. And to top it all, I would add wrought iron garden gates to the front entrance.

I have always had a fondness for wrought iron gates and doors. When I was a little kid, as a matter of fact, I dreamed of living in a castle. I suppose many kids did, and in many ways my dreams were typical. Instead of a portcullis, however, I imagined a wrought iron door at the front. It would be so big that it would require a giant to open it, and I would have one specially employed for the purpose. I tried to convince my mom to install a wrought iron gate on our house, thinking that it was as big as the castle of my dreams. Apparently, my imagination has never grown a sense of proportion.

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My wrought iron garden gates were every bit as oversized as the iron door of my dreams. I had pictured double wroughtirongardengates, big enough to let two or three people through at once. When I looked at the space, however, I did not think that I would have room for the smallest wrought iron garden gate they sold. Even if I could install it, it would look forced. Having something so big and grand in such a small and cramped space never creates the right effect.

Still, I knew that one way or another, I had to have wrought iron garden gates. I could get rid of some of the flower beds, even forsake the waterfall, but the wrought iron gate had to stay! In the end, I actually designed it so that it was in the interior of the garden. The garden had a sort of ante-chamber, and once you pass it, you are confronted by the wrought iron garden gates.  It was a little bit forced, but I was still quite happy with it. Who wouldn't be?