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Show ! .i : i nom& . i i I'M Friday, April 9. 1999, THE DAILY HERALD, Home Magazine I touch: lostaEgia calces vintage stoves ho Hi ub I By MICHAEL WALSH r:PR' pi p Primary Color Home Fueled by. nostalgia for all lings antique, particularly uritry-styl- e kitchens, stoves om the 1920s through the 450s are selling like, well, hot ikes. They contain no microchips, printed circuits, no integral thaust fans and no digital adouts. With neither convec-on- , micro- - nor magnetic-av- e capabilities, they do not 'Ster speed cooking. They are, instead, low-tec- h irtle8 compared with state--the-ar- Page 7 ' t, hares, ooking on them requires. sig- mcaauy more monitoring tan cooking on their modern lunterparts. These' are not high-tec- h appliances. La 1. oniy a sugm exaggera-o- n to say that vintage stoves eigh a ton. Most were made nlit- a- " heavy-dut- I,'- ' steel and cast y on. Some lack thermostats or en temperature gauges. arly gas models may lack lot lights and so have to be t with a good, ooden kitchen match. They idiate a good deal more heat to the room than do modern oves. As for forget Functional art On the upside, they have so w working parts that almost thing ever goes wrong with lem. lheir gilt is trteir sim- icity. Though most of their nd have long since been con- gned to landfills, the sur- vors continue to perform as faithfully. ey always have Precision cooking, however, another matter. Even among those who own irloom stoves, assessments performance vary. Some ovens bake vear the r better than newer models. thers concede that while the old-tim- e BuiniwiniiiiiMiMin Old nwets new: ill inn t i in - ii in- -1 nmrmin-rniMii- t ininmiiliTniiiini baking may not be as good, the sacrifice is minimal considering that an old stove's primary attribute is its charming good B""iaKt IRI1V rnmii ASPEN COVE ICOIIIll ft in m Appliance! nilU f"WB-- i Hi SVfl I looks. An old kitchen stove looks like what it is: an old kitchen stove, honest, unassuming, stoic and, even when it's not turned on, warm. Depending on your age, they look exactly like the stoves your mother or grandmother cooked on back when only mothers or grandmothers did all the cooking. Z. Single Family Attached 1. Single Family Detachid Homes $ rom high $I20's HOMBntOMLOW$100'S T 2 ro $109,990 iw,.-- ruts Styles Most were made of thick enameled porcelain on steel, frequently in two tones, cream and green, black and white, See PRIMARY, 8 300 West $00 Noith, Mm Cmr Decoiatb Models Open Daily 1993 Wikhei Salt Reserve Now! 19 new lots coming soon! Only 14 lots left In Phase 1! acre lots with Secluded spectacular lake & mtn views. Water, Intwer, telephone, electronic gated entrance, tennis & basketball courts, 1500 ft from boat launch, & miles of year round recreational trails &play areas nearby. 11- -6 6S7-16- (801)489-772- 7 OwnerAgent 15 Mwm Smm Lake Pasabe op Homes Best BROKERS WELCOME Visit Our Web 2-- 4 if rtnn Heartland (soke Home Design and People's 41 iniiiiiBiiiriiiiiiw Even a reproduction antique stove makes a nice fit in a modern kitchen. Nona VET riniiii Pqf '.I ehatnrethomn.coin 20 Nihuks to Pasx City! uirfielD IN THE HESEK VAUlHr Award &m SLr iA photo |