Antique Forever Stove

What in the world, Kortney… an antique stove?? Aren’t antiques only for looks? Are you not going to cook or bake in your kitchen?? This seems impractical?

I’m sure this only scratches the surface of the many questions & concerns.

But hear me out!

There is a lot to unpack here, so stick with me! (pictures at the end of this post)

This is probably the number one thing in our future house that I am most excited about & most grateful for. It’s not just the look of this antique cook stove that I love. That wasn’t even what led me to this stove in the first place. It was the fact that I could cook with wood if needed.

This stove is half wood burning & half propane.

I believe that we are going to endure hard times ahead & a lot of the decisions I have been led to make for our new build are practical if worse comes to worst. I am not a “prepper” by any means, but I am led to physically prepare in some ways & I sincerely pray & ask God to lead me in how to prepare for my family.

Ultimately, spiritual preparation is what really matters when it comes to preparing for the end times. Keep in close communion with God, know His Word & maintain an alert & spiritual mind.

But the way I see it, if I am also physically prepared, I can better serve my family & others & keep a steady head & heart in times of trials. I want to be able to help others in need & use that to share the gospel & lead others to Jesus.

I would never tell anyone how to prepare physically because I think we are all called in different ways. My best advice is to sincerely pray and ask God to lead you & guide you in how you should prepare physically or even if you should prepare & in what way. I’m not going to tell you what to prepare for because honestly, I don’t exactly know, but I do know what bible prophecy warns for the end of the age, & we are getting close, if not already there.

Back to the stove!

I’ve prayed about it a lot & spent a year (or more) researching & calling around to every antique stove restoration company in the USA! I am confident in who we chose to move forward with, as no one else in the country was as knowledgeable or passionate about this particular stove. They have gone above & beyond in explaining things & answering our questions & have assured us that this stove is restored with minor modern updates (as per the laws today) for everyday use! This will be a stove that we pass on to our kids, grandkids & many generations (if Jesus doesn’t come back before then). This stove is NOT for looks. I plan to use it day in & day out in service to others.

There aren’t many dual fuel stoves on the market these days as nobody really cooks with wood anymore. & I get it. Its messy, puts off heat, more hassle in prepping & cleaning, but when its desperately needed…oh what a blessing it will be instead of a hassle. I will be able to cook, bake, & keep warm all in the comfort of our home.

& if we are never in times of tribulation then I still plan to cook with wood in the wintertime & I hope it adds an added layer of cozy to my children’s childhood memories that they’ll hold dear as they grow old.

There are just so many layers to the love I have for this particular antique stove.

Truly, the number one thing that led me to this stove was the “survival” aspect of it. Call me crazy! But I want to depend less on technology and modern advances in these coming years.
It’s a great heat source & can save us money in the winter.
We can put the kids to work with chopping wood (builds character)
In the event of being without power for a long period of time, we can keep warm & continue to cook and even bake (the lover oven is a wood oven).
It’s a piece of history. So much history that I will need to write a separate blog post to cover it all!
It’s charming & all original.
My dad would have thought it was the coolest thing ever. My dad was interested in wood stoves & even went as far as to cut a hole in our basement wall for a wood burning stove. He also had a large collection of cast iron pots and pans which we still have today! In fact, the last time I was home, I bundled a few of them & brought them back to NC in hopes to use them in our future kitchen. My dad had those massive cast iron stew pots & a handmade stand he welded to hold the pot over fire. I remember him making stew in our back yard in it. So, cooking with open fire really reminds me of him & gives me all those happy memories.

Our Gold Medal Glenwood Cookstove

We are getting the smallest model they made in the 1920’s, the 36-18 model in the original pearl grey porcelain finish, two wood burning stove tops & four propane burners. Wood oven below, propane oven top left, & broiler top right.

This stove pictured is not our stove but the exact size & color that the restoration company has done in the past. Minus the hood range, we will not be getting the matching hood range.