So, the stove was finished last week and I am super excited about it.
Originally I tried using naval jelly on it to remove the rust, but it actually didn’t do anything. At all. So my husband rented a sandblaster! And it worked so well that we now have stove part shapes sandblasted onto our driveway.
But that’s ok.
So anyway, the stove is rust free and painted. And sitting in my dining room.
You want to know what is so special about this stove? Well, I will tell you:
This stove is a Martin Stove & Range Company (Florence, Alabama) wood burning stove. It had been sitting upside-down behind a house in Hurricane Mills, Humphreys County, Tennessee for years. The house it sat behind was a house that my great-great grandmother Margaret Elizabeth “Lizzie” Summers lived in at one point. I do not yet know what year this stove was produced, so I can’t be certain if she used this stove. HOWEVER, because of the dates when the stove was most likely made (based on information from the grandson of Mr. Martin of Martin Stove & Range Company) AND based on the dates when Lizzie lived in the house it is highly probable that she did use this stove.
No matter, though, it’s an awesome stove that was in a house where she lived.
I love the little heart detail all over the stove. Hearts on the legs, in the corners and on the door. There are still cracks that need to be repaired, but that will come in time.
I think it looks pretty awesome in my dining room!
