Ye Old Cook Stove

This little cook stove is the center piece of our booth space

in the Iron Horse Primitives.

This beauty used to be my moms.

There is quite a story that goes with this little stove.

My mom bought it from my father-in-law many years ago.

It was in pieces.  She and dad fixed it and set it up.

They had it for several years until it was sold in an auction.

A few years later, my mother-in-law was at a friend's home

and saw the stove and recognized it.

The owner was wanting to sell it.

My hubby and I bought it and set it up as a

decorator piece in our dining room in our old farm house.

We sold the farm house to our oldest son and left the stove to him.

A few years later he sold the farm house.

We took the stove to store it for him.

I stored it as a decorator piece in my potting shed.

 It was pretty rusted.  I decided to move it to my booth space

in the Iron Horse Primitives.

To clean it up, I used white vinegar and a scouring pad

and scrubbed as much rust off of it as possible.

I then treated it with crisco just like I would one

of my iron skillets and let it sit in the sun.

It worked beautifully!

I love treasures that have meaning.

This little stove definitely is one of my favorite treasures!

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