This Radiator- is my love, my most awesome 'find'. My favorite heat source! I know it sounds really superficial to have a true feeling of love- for a cast iron object- BUT- to admire this, to think of its age, the home it graced, the people it kept warm... changes things? We went to a salvage yard- I frequent- about a year ago. I found the 'mate' to one of the radiators in the dining room. I needed to replace a leaky one [that rusted through the bottom] and don't you know... i found an identical match! I found it online- they still had in the salvage yard so we sent out for our 50 minute journey. Once there- I began looking around and this radiator- complete with lions and cherubs- was laying on the ground, muddy and yucky. The affection began at that moment. I knew I wanted it in our home- had no clue where. The kitchen! We had an old 'hot water-converted to steam' plain-jane radiator near the table. The once nice thing about the ol' plain-jane radiator was, its height. It was short- a perfect height for sitting on. To warm ones' ass.... or perhaps get 3rd degree burns. As much as I do miss the ass-burnings, I love looking at the lions and cherub heads more:) It throws off amazing heat- and when the sun hits the wall just right you see the heat waves rise and the smoke from the steam. It may be one of my favorite 20 things in this house? I have a lot of favorite things here. I'm thankful for the home that once 'housed' this fine heating element. I have given it a wonderful home now. I hope for it to stay here for the rest of my existence and maybe longer.
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