You might recall the stove in my new house, which works very well but makes the house look like a crematorium.

Well, today I’m out of the hospital where I’ve been battling osteomyelis since Monday and I feel so much better that I suddenly decided to get the 50 years of caked-on grime and soot off the walls and the cast iron fixtures on a whim. I had been putting off doing this since we bought the house because it looked like a terrible job, and sure enough, it didn’t disappoint: as soon as I started, I instantly regretted it.

But after 3 hours of scrubbing the damn thing and mending the period stucco, just look at how glorious it looks! Yes, I’m easily pleased 🙂

  • A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
    101·
    2 days ago

    TIL these things can really be called a stove. I always thought the stove is the thing on top, where you cook, and the thing that bakes is always an oven.

    I know (wood burning) ovens can also have a stove, but I never knew the whole thing can legitimately be called a stove.

    Too pedantic? Should be on topic though.

    Anyhow, a beautiful device, pride of the house, and btw very common around here. Does not look like a crematorium at all, just comfy.

    • atomicbocks@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      41·
      2 days ago

      For clarity the part you cook on on top is called a range. The part you cook in is called an oven. If they are separate they are referred to as such but if it’s one unit with the oven below the range it’s called a stove.

    • ExtremeDullard@piefed.socialOPEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      I have no idea 🙂

      I suspect the original owner - who also built the house in the 80’s - miscalculated a dimension at some point and left it like that after he realized his mistake much too late.

      There’s also a window in the back room with the handle opening in reverse because the guy cut the mortises in the window frame for a right-hand side mechanism and realized later it was the wrong sided mechanism, but didn’t want to reinstall a new frame.