Among the Branches - For the Love of Tree Houses

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Among the Branches - An East Hampton Tree House Captures the Fanciful Air of The Lord of the Rings

Tree House Design by David and Jeanie Stiles / Text by Kelly Sanchez / Photography by Billy Cunningham


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For most kids, there is nothing quite like climbing a tree-the thrill of finding that perfect perch from which to survey the world or disappear into the secret reaches of a leafy canopy. David Stiles understands those children. In fact, he and his wife, Jeanie, have spent a pleasurable portion of their careers creating tree houses for them. "To do a tree house you have to think like a child," David Stiles says. "For me that's easy!"

The couple, who divide their time between Manhattan and East Hampton, also design houses and cabins, and they've written 21 how-to books (five on tree houses). Though David Stiles studied industrial design at New York's Pratt Institute and sculpture at Florence's Academy of Fine Arts, he says that as a boy he was always building-"in-ground huts, clubhouses, bent-pole huts."

When New York financier Alan Patricof and his wife, Susan, asked the Stilese's to design a tree house for their granddaughters, Lily and Nina, they leapt at the chance.

"A tree house should never overpower the tree in which it is built. It should sit lightly in the branches,"says Jeanie Stiles, who, with her partner and husband, David, designed an arboreal escape for the grandchildren of clients in East Hampton.

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Ruby Tuesday! November 9, 2009
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This is an Accidental Ruby Tuesday, which came my way most unexpectedly this past weekend.

I’d overslept and missed the best part of sunrise, but I nonetheless left the house early enough to see some long shadows and a bit of color.

But the skies were boring compared to the sunrise I’d invisioned, and I drove without a destination, disconsolate yet propelled by my inate wanderlust.

Then, on the edges of Ashfield (it might have been Goshen by then) I passed a rustic building gleaming with chrome detritus of a most unanticipated sort – the Good Time Stove Company:


…yes, a real store, festooned with an interesting array of shiny stuff displayed to the delight of early morning travelers like me. I’d passed it hundreds of times without stopping, but on this particular morning the light was right, and I backed up to snap this shot.

There are several bits of Ruby scattered about this photograph, though I doubt you can see the most impressive one to me: the glowing red heart affixed to the chest of the twenty foot Tin Cowboy at the left of the photo.

Trust me, it’s a trip.

So at this resolution you might just be able to see the Glowing Red Whatever at the foot of the fifteen-foot Bicycle Wheel Arch which frames the entrance to the stove shop. I call Ruby-Dab!

…but then, off to the right, was a sign: “Three Sisters Sanctuary:”


Yeah, I know, “That’s pretty scant Ruby.” Let’s call it “sorta red.”

But I, being curious, wandered out back, the idea of “three sisters” appealing to me in some way or another.

And there I spied Ruby:

Morning Dragon


‘Twas a Morning Dragon, fifty feet at least, basking in the break of day, with two-foot chunks of sea glass guarding its sinuous spine, and a belly where fire lived, and a hideously beautiful mouth where the smoke came out, gnashing its earthbound fangs at the waning half-moon:


This was a truly cool find, and the low light of morning lit it to my liking.

I hope you like it too.

Ben Franklin, His Stove and Patent Issues

Last month, Good Time Stove Company was contacted by a student writing a paper about Ben Franklin. Below are the questins posed for that interview and the Stove Princess' responses.

1.When David Rittenhouse improved the Franklin Fireplace, would there have been any jealousy involved from Ben Franklin?

I am not familiar with D. Rittenhouse or his improvements but from my understanding of Ben Franklin, the Franklin stove that he invented was intentionally NOT patented so that it was open to and encouraged the development of antique stove innovations leading me to believe that Franklin would have embraced Rittenhouse's contributions.

2. Should have Benjamin Franklin put a patent on the Franklin Stove?

To each his own. Personally I think that this type of openness encourages innovation and creativity that results in advances and progress that patents and other forms of intellectual property right discourage and hinder. Again, this is only my personal opinion, but it seems to me that in many ways the antique stove industry itself flourished under this model.

3. Was the invention a successful or a bad idea? Hugely successful, generated a huge industry and was absolutely integral to the every day function of domestic life for more than 100 years. The Franklin fireplace beget all other stoves in the American stove industry.

4. What would have happened if there was never a Franklin Stove? I personally believe that someone would have stumbled on this creation in due time, probably sooner than later. Fire technology and heating/cooking appliances had been in existence for some time. In the face of increasingly limited resources (trees and coal), the innovation seems inevitable. Given that there were well over 2,000 manufacturers, each claiming his own designs and innovations it seems evident that once the ball was set in motion its momentum would be nearly unstoppable and so the stove and range industry continues to be a huge market today.

5. Would the pamphlet that Franklin created for the fireplaces help a consumer decide which fireplace to buy?
Yes, although often times the pamphlets themselves focused on how the stove function and operates as opposed to how to select the right stove for the consumer or his home. The relied on the prowess of a sales person for this. To this ends many pamphlets were catered to the sales person touting the merits of the manufacturer, foundry, production, etc with less focus on the product itself.

6. Will there be some other fireplace invention like it, but more advanced? Of course!!!

7. Would life have been different without the Franklin Stove in the 1700s? Can you imagine your like without a means of cooking, baking, making food, heating water, staying warm, etc. Life was in no way absent these amenities before 1700, but Ben Franklin's invention represented tremendous progress towards convenience, efficiency and specialization.

8. Why do people still use them today? Cant people invent better than this or is this all it can get? Nostalgia, ambiance, aesthetic, antique authenticity (as opposed to a reproduction), superior cast iron quality (as opposed to the substandard cast iron used in modern stove production), antique artistry in the castings and designs (as opposed to bland cookie-cutter designs of modern models), using an antique stove is more environmentally friendly reducing landfill waste instead restoring a fine antique appliance to its peak performance and efficiency. Antique stove has a demonstrated capacity to function for generations where modern stoves suffer from built in obsolescence and find themselves irreparably broken down within 10-20 years of regular use.

9. If he were to put a patent on the fireplace, how much would have he made? The industry was one of America's largest at its height. Anyone involved could make money, especially those who made and defended patent claims. PD Beckwidth, inventor of the oak or cylinder stove, spent his entire life in litigation defending his claims to this patent and died in its pursuit. Today Round Oak stoves, among the mot widely recognized name in the antique stove industry bears the phrase "from the estate of P D Beckwidth." Ben Franklin's contributions to America, and the stove industry in particular, cannot be measured in mere dollars alone.

10. Could have this invention influenced others to create their own invention? Yes and it did. It was huge industry. So large in fact that at one time that patent office itself had to close due to the shear volume of patents generated by the stove industry at the height of its production.

Stone by Stone
Garden Sanctuary rises in Goshen

By CHELSEY POLLOCK
Gazette Contributing Writer
Three Sisters Sanctuary - Goshen, ma


The Three Sisters Sanctuary is a garden of sculptural objects created by Richard Richardson.

GOSHEN - Two large stones stand on opposite sides of the grassy landscape. Their white quartz shapes stand in sharp contrast to the countless other darker boulders organized in circular "formations weaving around the yard".

Those two stones are battling sisters fighting it out for attention, says Richard M. Richardson, of Goshen.

Richardson, who has spent the past 15 years carefully developing his ornate backyard garden, said that all stones have a personality of their own. And the dueling sisters are not the only characters in the garden.

A group of tall rocks, which Richardson, 60, calls the Elders, are gathered off to the edge of a drum circle in the backyard.

"They just kind of feel like they have the wisdom of the garden," Richardson said of the group.


A sculpture of a girl made of shells, and other found objects, sits in the Three Sisters Sanctuary in Goshen.

A widely varied collection of large stones are purposefully scattered along the other side of the drum circle. Richardson said that when he stands in the center of the circle and looks out at these stones, he feels like he is at a dance, scanning the potential dance partners. Thus, he calls this formation "Dancing with the Ladies."

Richardson said he is not much of a gardener - and downplays his experience, saying he's just picked things up along the way.

By trade, he restores and sells antique stoves as the owner of Good Time Stove Company in Goshen. But after decorating the interior of his house, he said he decided to move his attention outside.


In the Three Sisters Sanctuary in Goshen brother and sister, Jaime LaBonte and Megan LaBonte stand beneath what Megan says is her favorite part of the garden, the dragon. The garden was created by Richard Richardson, who in an artist in Goshen.

"I started one day when I built one outdoor room and that was fun and there's no restriction," he said. "Outside, you have a room and any other space that abuts it."

Then, one day he was digging a well in his backyard and he found a seemingly unlimited supply of the large rocks buried on the property. As he continued be said the stone just jumped out of the ground.

"They didn’t want to be down there," he said. "They were waiting for me."

Richardson decided to put the stones to good use and began adding new sections to his backyard garden, which he calls the Three Sisters Sanctuary.

"You can really work with what you have and nature can work with you," Richardson said.


Richard Richardson, center, and two of his children, Sara "Stove Princess" LaBonte and Jaime LaBonte, pose with a cylinder stove in the showroom of the Good Time Stove Company on Cape Street in Goshen. At left is a line of parlor stoves (on the floor) and smaller 4 o’clock stoves (above and behind them, along window). The Three Sisters Sanctuary is located behind the store.

The garden now consists of several different elements, like the drum circle, an amphitheater and a sanctuary dedicated to Richardson's late daughter - Tina Marie. The separate "rooms" are connected by winding stone and brick pathways and a series of metal and wood arches.

Here, the natural aid the man-made seamlessly intertwine.


This 16-foot wooden figure representing a woman was built to be burned as a party of Megan E. LaBonte’s "Burning Woman" party, held earlier this month at the Three Sisters Sanctuary.

Rusted bicycles rise from the ground among the grasses and trees. Metal sculptures from various artists are scattered throughout the yard. Colored glass shines from among the rocks of the water garden and from the crevices in some of the stone formations.

Throughout the garden there is a wide variation of plant life. In the spring and summer, the garden is alive with color, Richardson said.

But, he said, "When he plants go away, there's still plenty to look at. It was meant to be a four-season garden."

The yard also incorporates fire with several fire pits, one with a chimney made to look the head of a dragon. The dragon is made of a mosaic of stone, glass and other objects. "When the fire beneath is lit, he appears to breathe smoke into the, and above the garden, Richardson said.



The dragon in the Three Sisters Sanctuary serves as the primary chimney to a fire pit below. Smoke travels out of the dragon’s mouth when a fire is lit.

The hodgepodge of items tucked throughout the yard is a bit overwhelming at first. But, Richardson said, the collection is intended to be an assortment, of interesting forms, rather than a mix of cohesive materials.

"I’m a collector of shapes. If I like a shape, I don't really care what it is," he said. "If at some point it talks to me, I'll do something with it."

It has been Richardson's artistic vision that has sculpted the Three Sisters Sanctuary over the years, with the help of local artisans, stone workers and gardeners, he said.


Richardson said that he sees the garden as his legacy, his gift to the Pioneer Valley.

"Without trying to seem like I'm flattering myself, I do believe that it is of some great substance," Richardson said. "I believe that it is more than just a backyard."

All of this creation hides behind the Good Time Stove Company building on Route 112 in Goshen.

The building is decorated with an array of found objects many of them rusted red or painted with bright colors. Richardson said that an average of 10 people per week used to stumble upon the garden, after stopping to check out the eye-catching building or the two-story tall tin man who stands sentry nearby.

But after recently posting a sign welcoming the public to visit the garden, Richardson said he has seen those numbers jump to 50 to 100 people on the average week While the high traffic has been an adjustment, Richardson said he is excited to see the rising interest in his work. "The only way it can really be used is if I share it," he said. And it teaches people how environmental art works; whether they are children or adults matters not."

Next venture: Richardson's next project will be to develop the furthest edge of the garden, where. the dueling sisters sit, into a labyrinth called "the Dance of Life." The labyrinth will take visitors through different. Rooms, representing courtship, seduction, commitment, conception, childhood and adulthood. The final section of the labyrinth - the Exit of Life- will drop visitors back into the main garden. Richardson says he hopes to complete the labyrinth in two to three years.

And after a hard day's work Richardson only needs to walk a few feet from the garden to his home, where he and his family have lived for almost 35 years. "My favorite part is that I live here," he said. "I live inside of my art."

Antique Stove Information Clearinghouse Under New Direction

Quite a few years ago, Clifford Boram of Indiana started The Antique Stove Information Clearinghouse, a repository of historic data on early stoves and their makers. Now in his mid-seventies, Cliff has decided to turn the reins over to someone else, so he can have time to pursue other projects. In May, Cliff sold his business to TASA member Dave Petricka of Faribault, Minnesota. Cliff is pleased with the arrangement and says that Dave is an ideal person to take over the task. Cliff says he will be available to offer support during the transition period.

Dave is an antique stove collector and, like many of us, is especially drawn to anything fancy or unusual. He says he plans to continue on with The Antique
Stove Information Clearinghouse much as it has been in the past. Although he is already fielding stove inquiries, he says the volume of information is quite overwhelming and it's going to take some time for him to get up to speed. Eventually, Dave would like to make some of the stove catalogs available online, but "that's a very long-term goal" he says.

Dave says that The Antique Stove Association and its members have done a lot for him over the years, and preserving and continuing the work that Cliff started
years ago is a way for him to "give something back" to the organization.

Dave can be reached at 507-210-4304 or davepetricka@yahoo.com.

Connecting a Wood Stove

Ofttimes, fashions that once seemed dated or even eccentric have a way of surfacing when they satisfy either whim or necessity. Such is the case for the wood stove today.

Dictated by economics, concern for supplies of fossil fuels, and nostalgia-heating the public consciousness if only as a supplement for one's present heating system or to have as a standby in case of power failure, repeated fuel crises, or steeply rising costs.

Before you catch this fever of self-reliance, however, there are several points worth considering, any of which may quickly dampen your enthusiasm: the availability and cost of a functional, safe stove; a method of installing it in your home; and the labor and/or expense of amassing the wood necessary to make your investment pay for itself.

Many countrymen who properly cull their woodlots have never deserted the stove as the sole source of heating their homes. For them cutting and working up a supply of seasoned, split hardwood each year is an integral part of their life in the country. Others have hung on to a stove as an auxiliary space heater to tide them over before and after it is cold enough to justify turning on the central heating.

Even urbanites today-attracted heat source either from stove or fireplace-are and healthful kind of outdoor recreation (and a lot of hard work) in the process.

If you decide to go this way and heat with wood rather than add another layer or two of clothing and even retire earlier for the night, you must first find an efficient stove in good condition and then take all conceivable precautions to assure its safe installation and operation.

There is a wide variety of wood burning stoves available today as a result of the recent fuel crisis. Established companies that languished as anachronisms for the past quarter century have suddenly been propelled into greater production than ever and others have sprung up to duplicate ancient patterns or design boldly different ones. In addition, Americans have discovered foreign stove makers-principally from the Scandinavian countries. At one time their back orders stretched nearly as far as their distribution lines, but they are readily available now from many dealers in New England and at stiff prices.

For years the Franklin, potbelly, and box were the principal types of home heating stoves available. Some were beautifully simple; others were embellished with every possible type of ornamentation. Carefully tended and maintained, these have lasted for many years and many bear the labels of manufacturers long since passed into oblivion when central heating became fashionable and convenient. Some of the more recently made stoves will be fortunate if they see several seasons of use because they have been hastily designed, poorly constructed, and are made of metal that is questionable in its quality and thickness.
Their only justification is their low price.

Before committing yourself, investigate all possible products. Compare costs, efficiency, and even looks. Then talk with other stove owners.

You may be fortunate to find an antique stove in mint condition. But be prepared to pay for it. Any stove should be free from cracks. It should have all its parts in working order. Replacement parts for old stoves are hard to find, but sometimes you can locate a local welder to restore the stove and manufacture new parts. Consider the color of the metal. A stove that has been operated unwisely by running it at continuously high temperatures will show metal discoloration on the firebox, which may have weakened its seams and composition. Although rust will appear on any stove unless it has been carefully restored, this is usually a minor problem and can be corrected with a wire brush, several coats of stove blacking, and concentrated work.

Prices for new stoves vary although all are higher than they were two years ago. Some may hesitate to spend as much as the $300 to $400 required for some American and many foreign made stoves. This can be translated into a considerable amount of fuel oil even at today's prices. However, buying a wood stove-like arranging for a home mortgage-should not be considered an annual outlay. Both can be depreciated for as long as they are "functioning efficiently. Often the more you spend at this stage to assure safety, the greater the result in savings-possibly including your house and your health.

Fire is always a lurking threat, even more so in the country where help is likely to be farther away. Therefore, safety is the most important consideration in converting to wood stove heating.

After you have decided on the stove to fit your needs, the next step is to see how it is to be vented. All solid fuel stoves must be connected to a chimney or flue to transport the smoke and gases outdoors. The prudent householder will see that this is done in accordance with safety standards cited by stove manufacturers, local fire and building ordinances, and the recommendations of the National Fire Protection Association.

Existing chimneys can often be used to vent a new stove. However, certain precautions must be taken first. Check the condition of the chimney. This can be done by the homeowner visually or by the local fire department. Look for stains on the masonry (these may indicate smoke leaks from former years), and loose or cracked mortar (a possible avenue for sparks that could destroy your house). Any defects should be properly repaired.

Clay mortar was commonly used in unlined chimneys built more than seventy-five years ago. It is questionable whether any of these meet present day safety standards, but the customary sight of smoke rising from a two-hundred-year-old been rebuilt or modernized attests to their continued use.

If the condition of an old chimney dictates it, you can hire a mason to rebuild it or at least insert flue linings in it. This will be a major undertaking and expense. Otherwise, chimneys can be lined with metal linings that are made to specification. Some homeowners have installed sections of regular stovepipe-fastened machine bolts-by inserting them down the chimney to the stove connection.

Chimney tile-mortared together smoothly – or metal liners discourage the accumulation of creosote, which is one of the byproducts of burning wood-particularly woods-mid which may ignite and cause chimney fires. (There are chemicals available that can be burned on the fire to discourage creosote accumulation. A safer way is to clean your chimney each year before the real stove season starts. Do this by wrapping chains in a burlap bag, tying a rope around its neck, and raising and lowering it against the insides of the chimney walls. Be sure you have blocked the hearth and flue openings before you begin. This will prevent soot from permeating the house.) Soot and creosote will be less likely to accumulate if you burn a fire continuously. These by products are usually consumed satisfactorily but a visual inspection should be made.

If you use an existing flue for your wood stove, it should not be the same as that which is used for either the central heating vent or a working fireplace. Gases can be drawn downward and into the house while you sleep. For safety, therefore, you will have to make a list of priorities. Even if you decide to vent the stove through the over mantel of the fireplace, you will be giving up the use of the hearth as many did in the early days of "modernization" when wood stoves became fashionable and. known to be safer and more efficient than fireplace fires. (Even the best fireplaces-while cozy and heart-warming-are only about 10 percent to 20 percent efficient in their conversion of wood to heat; stoves are from 30 percent to more than 80 percent in the case of some of the Scandinavian imports.)

Should you not have a chimney at all through which to vent a stove, or if blocking off an existing fireplace or even using it safely without extensive renovation is considered either hazardous or unwise, you can beat the problem by installing a new chimney altogether. This can either be constructed of masonry (brick, stone, com- position blocks), which would call for the services of a mason and the resulting cost and bother, or a metal, prebuilt chimney. Never try to avoid the expense by venting your stovepipe through a window sash. This merely courts disaster.

Masonry chimneys start from below frost level on a poured concrete foundation and are built up; factory built metal chimneys, long known in the Midwest and introduced here principally for second homes after World War Two, are supported from the roof and
hang down; Money, time, and labor are saved by installing a prebuilt chimney. Several nationally known companies manufacture them and provide specific instructions for installing them. These can be followed accurately by anyone with a feeling for tools and the ability to read directions.

Chimneys can be built either inside a house or made to run up an outside wall. The advantage of housing the flue within a building is that of added choice of where to place the stove and more-even stovepipe temperatures. Unless the prebuilt chimney is inspected periodically during the heating season, the greatest disadvantage is that it brings the possibility of an unleashed fire closer.

Whatever kind of chimney you decide to install, make sure to observe the following points:

1. Stoves are heavy. Before bringing one into the house, check the underpinnings of the floor and strengthen them if necessary.

2. Wood stoves are radiant heaters. They must be kept at recommended distances from all combustible materials. Wood, wallpaper, many kinds of fabric, most kinds of paint, furniture, and even the woodpile itself are all potential fire hazards. A freestanding stove must be 36 inches from the nearest combustible material on sides, front, and back. If gypsum, plaster, asbestos, stone, or brick is used for wall sheathing, most stoves can be brought to within 12 inches from the wall. Some manufacturers state that if the noncombustible wall covering is 4 inches or more thick, their product can be placed as little as 6 inches from the wall. However, use your own discretion.

3. A noncombustible hearth should be provided under the stove and extend 18 inches out from the firing door, 12 inches out on either side. This can be a piece of asbestos encased in tin and can be purchased at a hardware store. Or you can make one of marble chips, shells, crushed gravel, brick, slate, etc., that is laid on a metal or asbestos fires top cut to the proper dimensions. Stoves on legs should have 18 inches or more of open space under them.

4. Common carbon steel or galvanized stovepipe should be 18 inches from walls and ceilings. The Shakers, ever an inventive and practical people, often located their wood stoves toward the center of the room and led a well-supported stovepipe at a slight angle under the ceiling to the chimney vent. This method provides added surface for additional heating.

5. Common flues must never pass through combustible ceilings or walls unless proper precautions are taken and recommended distances observed. Double and triple walled pipe are safe to use and easy to install. Even with a good fire going in the stove, they will only feel slightly warm to the touch. Manufacturers list specifications for clearances. If you do not use this product, cut a hole in the wall or ceiling that provides 18 inches of clearance around the pipe and fill this hole with noncombustible insulating material or brick work.

6. Factory-built chimneys should be 2 feet above the ridge of the house or 2 feet higher than any projection within 10 feet of it. These come with rain caps to prevent water from running down and extinguishing the fire. They can also be enclosed by bricks or brick like metal boxes to simulate a permanent masonry chimney.

7. It will be safe to use single walled stovepipe between sections of double-walled fittings that pass through ceilings if these are in a position to be inspected readily. However, if the chimney is inaccessible, built-in, or remote from frequent inspection, this additional means of heating a loft, for example, should not be considered. It would be better to invest in a full section or two of insulated pipe.

Even with the above points in mind as you contemplate installing a wood stove, it is still prudent to consult with your local fire department, study and follow the directions provided with the stove (if it is a new one), and request more information from the National Fire Protection Association.

Antique Wood Stoves: Heating In Style

Antique wood stoves are valuable not just because of their age and rarity, but also because they are as relevant today as they were a century ago. A wood stove is a heating device that you can use as a stand-alone heating equipment or use as a fireplace insert. Antique woodstoves are popular because besides adding to the beauty of your home, they keep your house warm and can cook the food as well. Around the world, people have been using wood stoves safely and conveniently, for hundreds of years.

Not Only a Showpiece
Antique woodstoves are certainly a collector's item and would be a treasured item if you were fond of antique collectibles. If you buy an antique stove, then you are not buying just a showpiece to add to the beauty of your house. Most of the antique stoves are still in working order. People use them for heating homes and cooking food. These stoves are very convenient to use and are not bothersome to maintain. There has been no significant change in the basic design of wood stoves over the last century. Therefore, you are not trading in any kind of modern convenience when you buy an antique stove.

Antique wood stoves are a natural choice for historically themed hotels and tourist spots. They add to the authenticity of these places while working as any other heating and cooking appliance. Similarly, they're also perfect to restored homes and museums.

These days you can even buy an antique looking wood stove that has the looks of an old stove and yet has all the features of contemporary stoves. This way you can enjoy the antique looks and yet do not compromise on the features that modern stoves offer.

Safer Heating Devices
Safety is another important factor in favor of antique wood stoves when compared to many fireplaces, cooking stoves and heaters that use gas. If you light a match, there is no risk of igniting the gas in the air and starting a fire. With the appliances that use gas, you have to be careful of leakages. No matter how old antique stoves are, you can always expel any unwanted smoke with the help of a pipe that goes through the ceiling or the wall.

Eco Friendly Stoves
Antique wood stoves are eco friendly and do not use any non-recyclable fuel like coal or gasoline. Inexpensive and easy to find wood can be replenished, unlike many other fuels. Listed below are some popular styles of antique wood stoves:


Victorian Stoves - These stoves are in vogue since the later part of the nineteenth century. These early kitchen stoves were usually made of cast iron. Nickel was used to adorn the stoves.

Country Stoves - These early twentieth century stoves are almost similar to Victorian Stoves except for the nickel highlights and clean, crisp casting.


Retro Stoves - These extremely popular stoves of the 1930s are simple updated version of above-mentioned models.


Cylinder Stoves - Because of their peculiar design, anybody can easily recognize these Antique Wood Stoves. While using very little floor space, they provide extraordinary heat.


Parlor Stoves - These beautiful stoves were the center of interest in Parlor rooms in the Victorian age, artistically designed with cherubs, mythological figures and floral designs. Other than providing heat, they were lovely pieces of decoration as well.

Manufacturers of wood stoves are offering modern wood stoves with all contemporary features that mimic the style and looks of these antique wood stoves.

These are just a few options for antique style wood stoves available. You can select the one matching your personal preference and heat in style. Alternatively, just select an antique looking stove with all the modern features for a perfect confluence of classic elegance and modern comfort.

Source: http://www.alternative-heating.com/antique-wood-stoves.html