Need Pics of by your stove Wood Storage Ideas

I don't have pics right now but can quickly explain my method. My drying wood is on wood racks in the rear of the backyard. They are about 12" off the ground in rows 5 ft high and 12 ft long. When I rotate wood for a winters use I convert my 12x12 covered porch into a storage area. I clear plastic the screens from the inside and then stack approx. 2.5-3 cords on the porch. It's very convenient to walk out the back door to the porch and walk in with a days worth of wood and not even take off my slippers.

This is how I store my wood

Our storage around the stove is a mish mash. An old peach crate holds the splits for immediate use. An old apple basket stores my pine cones for kindling and an copper planter for house plants keep my wood kindling sticks.

I made a small wood rack (1.5' tall by 3' wide) out of rough 1x4 cedar for 2-3 days of storage.

A friend of mine gave me one of these.

This holds just about a day supply for us. Any bigger would be in the way. It won't be next to the stove until November.

Huntindog1 said:

What is that box , where did you find it? I like it.

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I made it. Jotul 602 sideplate for the front. Re-purposed oak bureau for the rest of it.

https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/crossing-an-old-jotul-602-with-an-oak-bureau.91026/

fishingpol said:

I made it. Jotul 602 sideplate for the front. Re-purposed oak bureau for the rest of it.

https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/crossing-an-old-jotul-602-with-an-oak-bureau.91026/

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I thought I recognized the work, I have a jotul 602 Very nice BTW

holds about 8 cords.

jeepmedic said:

holds about 8 cords.

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Just out of curiosity, how much do you burn in your outdoor boiler in a typical winter?

Nice job fishing, my wife would like that in the family room, keeps the mess inside the box instead of on the floor.

This is how I store my wood outside

Just put wood in there the last 2 days. Bring on the cold!

Huntindog1 said:

Any help would be appreciated.

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In the outdoors, the wood we will use for the winter will be top covered.
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Here ya go! I use a smaller crate for the matches, firestarters and gloves. I have yet another two littler ones for kindling *if* we split any...the pine and box elder we've been burning haven't needed it.

We also have another big crate by the Temco, but we don't have that one working yet so it's just decorative. That will probably move and change when we decide to run that one because it's open and I want more clearance. Probably use a metal tub for that one.

Huntindog1 said:

Here is last years , the crate that the stove came in. But we have did some more finishing of the basement remodel so looking for something better.

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Stax has the best one (still waiting for your shipping fees Stax) but couldnt you use the box in the picture and dress it up with some pine boards or plywood?

Right now i am using a blue tote from walmart to store wood in the stove room.

I dont have my woodstove upstairs. So its nothing pretty......

I wanted to finish this last part of the basement last Winter, but Winter never really came. So maybe this year.

(Hopin for snow I love Winter )

Did apple crates for pinecones/small stuff,and big splits stacked against far wall away from stove. But all outside for now till a few hard frosts.

My woodbox isn't quite so fancy as some . . . but it gets the job done . . . mainly being that it serves as a decent spot to store a day's worth of wood, kindling, Super Cedars, tools, etc. and keeps the mess to a minimum.

The woodbox was built with some 2 x 4s and tongue and groove pine boards I had left over from some other project . . . has a cover which is nice in the Summer since I can close it. Originally my intent was to remove the woodbox in the Summer, but my wife liked the look enough (or tolerated it well enough) to let it stay in the Summer.

Inside I have a plastic tote to catch the dirt, bark, etc. which I can then toss outside when it starts to get a bit messy. Side compartment holds kindling, Super Cedars, etc. Side has hooks for my tools, flashlight, IR thermometer, etc.

Usually the wood looks a bit nicer . . . this was my shoulder season uglies that I burned up a few years ago.