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Many of the features of Bruce’s kitchen were designed with pups in mind. At the lower left below are a pair of stainless steel dog- gie dishes in a cast iron bracket that nicely matches the cast iron bar stools. The bar stools look to be Victorian, but they are actu- ally 1940 reproductions of stools from the late 1800s.

The stove is another restoration form Erick- son Stoves and has been fitted with a hi-end electric Miele halogen cooktop so there’s no longer a need to stoke it with firewood. Two electric ovens have been fit into the body of the stove as well.

Another feature that caught my eye was this antique timed set-back theromstat! Bruce tells me that it’s fully functional and his heating technician had little trouble integrating it into his modern steam heating system.

Throughout the house there were wonderful pieces of art and craft, this clock being a fine example, it’s been assembled from various vintage bits that Bruce has collected, notable a steam whistle, fire hose nozzle and an old hat and coat stand. The fire hose nozzle forms the base of the clock and the steam whistle is at the top.

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