Yesterday, at long last, our new wood stove was installed. The small Vermont Castings stove that came with the house, pictured above, was undersized and difficult to keep a fire going.
In addition, the hearth was just an eyesore to me. It may not look so bad in the photo, because you can't see that there was an over sized "back splash" of terracotta tiles; I had painted them to match the wall at some point to try to blend it into the background. This never really worked. I use the wood stove daily for at least 3 months of the year, so having one that is efficient is more important than the aesthetics (well, maybe not MORE). After complaining and wishing to change out the stove for years, we finally got around to it. The 30% tax credit sure helped us make the decision.
TA DA! Here is the new Jotul 500, and the appropriatly sized hearth of Imperador marble. Looks a little bare, huh? Not after we arrange the kindling bucket, small stack of wood logs, my gloves and matches. That will wait for another day. Today is sunny and winter seems far off.
TA DA! Here is the new Jotul 500, and the appropriatly sized hearth of Imperador marble. Looks a little bare, huh? Not after we arrange the kindling bucket, small stack of wood logs, my gloves and matches. That will wait for another day. Today is sunny and winter seems far off.
1 comment:
Oh, that's a handsome new little stove, Charlotte! I hope you'll have many cups of warm tasty things sitting in front of it.
However, the old stove was ADORABLE! Perhaps a little too dainty, though? It sounds like it had trouble keeping up. It looks like a 'she'. What did you do with her??
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