Thank you.

I highly recommend giving it a try if you can. If nothing else, at least you can say you tried.

Managed to get one of the hooks up, and I think it looks okay. I'm gonna have to do something with that ugly plastic hook/suspension system, though, since it seems to be swamping the nice iron.

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If nothing else, having this piece hanging there really illustrates to me just how nice hand-forged ironwork can be around the house. Mother has a tendency to buy stuff without asking me if I could make something similar. Probably got these candle stands from some church sale or the like. Even if I had welded them up like the big company had, I could have done a far better job of welding and blending in the welds than they did, and that would have made a tremendous difference all on its own.

So, lessons learned and a fun adventure comes to a close.