We revamped an old woodstove, and it works like new again

Cid V Brunet

AT NIGHT, WE WATCH the moon rise through the white pines surrounding our little trailer in Lunenburg County, N.S. We’re nestled between Christmas tree farms, there are sheep nearby, and it’s a short drive to Rissers Beach (where a great white shark was spotted in July). But the trailer itself needed work on the systems that make it liveable: water, electricity, and heat. A generous neighbour offered an old woodstove if me and my partner were prepared to fix it up. When we arrived with a pickup truck, our neighbour apologized and pointed to a heap of old farm equipment. Pools of rainwater sat on the stove’s rusted cooktop, bird droppings looked like splashes of primer, and it was coated in dirt and cobwebs. And it was perfect: 75 pounds…

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Cottage Life (Digital) - 1 Issue, Winter 2024

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