Yurt Appliances on the Fly...and cheap!

One of the fun new activities we have added to our daily lives has been keeping an eye out for items we will need in the house. We are by no means rich, so going to a store and picking them out is not an option. We also enjoy the fun in finding them for a good deal and have met some really nice people.

As an example of keeping our eyes out is when we were returning from Maine, I was doing 60mph on the highway and Sarah tell me to stop and turn around because she saw a woodstove for sale. We turned around, found the woodstove siting in a wheelbarrow ouside of a swanky bed and breakfast place. They wanted too much and ultimately we didn't buy it, but I now know that she has eagle eyes.

We did end up getting a wood stove from a really nice guy in Glover. He was selling two, but had only advertised one at the time, so he showed us both and explained each one in detail. One of them was an antique and absolutely gorgeous, but wasn't airtight at all and would burn wood quickly. We were very tempted to buy this one despite that, but when he said that if we went to bed around 9:30, we would most likely need to restock it around 2:00am. That was when practicality set in and we passed it up.

The other wood stove is fairly non-descript, it is black, heavy, and has a glass window, the emblem says "king" and he said that it will work much better than the antique one as far as needing less wood and attention. It is no "all-nighter" wood stove, but for $100 we are very happy. So here she is...

hanging out in the garage until next spring when we put up the yurt!

She isn't the only new addition to our appliance family, we also have a stove! No wood needed for this one, just propane. Believe it or not, we also bought this one from another really nice older guy. He hooked it up and showed me everything. He did warn me that the oven may or may not work, but he wasn't sure since he never needed to use it in the sugarhouse. I took the risk and bought the stove thinking that even if it didn't work, it should be a quick,easy, and cheap fix. Besides, I only paid $25 for it. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to really test the oven, but it doesn't seem to be flowing propane to the oven and wouldn't light, so I called an appliance fixer and found out that they will basically fix the oven after they rob you of all your money. If we had a really expensive stove, I could understand the cost being nominal compared to the cost of replacing, but ours cost $25 and is a million years old. We will wait until we stumble upon someone who might know and be willing to help us fix it. Until then... here is our stove with a complimentary storage box!

And finally, we found a sink at our local resource store for $5, and boy does he shine! There are no faucets yet, but all of our new yurt appliances are quickly taking up space in our garage. Tada!

Please excuse the spare tire pedestal

So, that is where we are at! We are continuing to keep our eyes out for the remaining things that we need, but we aren't in too much of a rush and we are enjoying every minute of the search. I am especially enjoying the game of how many things can I fit in my subaru. So far, the wood stove, the ovenless stove, and everything else aside from the lumber has made it in my car and arrived safely to its temporary home. Hell yeah Subarus!

Tonight after work, Sarah and I will be heading over to the wood shop to work on the yurt since our week and a half hiatus, more updates to come!