Tom Lawson showed off his latest masterpiece with the pride of a fine craftsman. “This is a real beauty,” he said of the gleaming 600-pound blue, white and silver cast-iron stove. “You should have ...

All kitchen showrooms, home improvement stores and shelter magazines feature endless arrays of the contemporary kitchen accoutrements we have been convinced to lust after: restaurant stoves, built-in ...

A century ago, home life in Vermont revolved around the wood burning cook stove. Meals were prepared, bread baked and hands warmed from the heat it produced. Stoves with names like Gold Coin, ...

The west Tulsa native built oil-field equipment until he was laid off because of the oil bust in the 1980s. He quickly found work in the aerospace industry but was laid off again nine years later when ...