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There isn’t much of anything more enjoyable than to sit by a wood fire on a cold winter night reading a good book, watching TV, and maybe take a nap. To me, there is no comparison to other means of heat.
It was not always so enjoyable when wood was your only source of heat. Many of the stoves were made of tin and would not hold fire all night. Therefore, a new fire had to be started each morning. It would take some time for the room to become warm.
There was little or no insulation in the houses, so extra clothes had to be worn to keep warm. Even though there was a fire burning, you cold be warm on one side and cold on the other.
The stoves had a foot rest on each side to get your feet closer to the heat when you came in from the cold. This was very decorative, and was used as a fast way to dry gloves or wet socks.
The cross-cut saw < which are collectible items today) were the only means of cutting wood. This was done each evening. It took two people, one on each side, with a continuous sawing to get the block of wood cut off. It then had to be split into stove lengths, carried onto the porch and stacked for the
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