This was an absolutely unbelievable project. Borderline on the miraculous. The friends who moved this free vintage stove in here for me are in the superhero category. I’m making a Google photo album of the process. Pretty unbelievable. Stove is 30 years old, a GE 🥰works fine. It’s still a substantial upgrade from what I was using. I’ll post a few shots of the process. My whole kitchen is ripped apart to get the stove in here. The plug in cord was so short she had to climb out from in behind the stove in order to plug it in. The stove literally fits with zero room to spare for the drawers.🤪

Yes the drawers all open which is nothing short of amazing. Zero space but they open. Even though the stove is 30 years old it’s still a substantial upgrade from the one I had…🤪🤣

Result of all this, zero lanterns…so I need to get cracking for markets coming up. I gave one I had, a winter one, to the people who helped, and plan to do some watercolour cards as well…

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I am still in a state of shock at the way this stove materialized for me…out of a random community Facebook post where I asked for advice on what stove to buy…someone knew the guy giving this one away, mentioned that and tagged him…and he saw it, and posted the photo of stove. On that same thread, these neighbours offered to move a stove if I got one. So it was ALL other people’s initiative and kindness that lead to this unfolding. Brings tears to my eyes. This…this is the world we want to live in…where people look out for each other, even those they have never met. I will hold this experience in my heart, as a light in the darkness.

More..inside the Gaylord Opryland Resort. It has this huge indoor atrium with several fountains.

And waterfalls.

I guess you could you could say I’m fixing up my house with every check mark a young family would find necessary to find?