The first thing to determine before refinishing your stove is "What are you going to do with it?" If your stove is for display only, then a good coat of Heat Resistant paint is fine, and stay away from...
Reed Diffuser the Perfect gift for someone special including yourself.What is a reed diffuser? A container with slender porous reeds that soak in fragrant essential oil elixirs and fill the home or office...
TESTING FOR BAKELITE; SOME Thermo Plastic Bakelite tests easily / Some does not, but they are still what we consider Bakelite today.The MOST conclusive test of what WE call Bakelite TODAY is to Cut it with a...
Corn stoves can save lots of dollars on heating costs. With the pending large increases in natural gas and heating oil prices many rural and suburban residents are using wood, pellet, or corn stoves to ...
Greetings~ With Considerable Experience in The Restoration, Repair, and Sales of Antique Wood and Coal Burning Stoves, I want to take a Minute and offer up some of my Experience for you to possibly learn from....
Quite often I'm asked what the numbers in the rear corner of an Antique Cook Stove/Range actually mean or stand for. Quite simply, in most cases, they pertain to the length of the Firebox (thus usable wood...
False Claims Have you seen claims of wood having a burn time 72 - 96 hours?That you can put a furnace 500 feet from a building? That you can heat a 5,000 sq ft house with a furnace having a 100 gallon tank?How...
Antique Wood and Coal Stoves, including Cylinder, Parlor, Four O'Clock and other Stoves often had a False Top, or Finial. I refer to it as a False Top as it had little Function except as a Decoration. It...
Momoko Dolls - What, Why, How, Where!Introduction What is a Momoko doll? Why get one? What are they like? Where do I get them? Up until recently, I had no clue and no interest.I told my friends I didn't want...