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Antique stoves help add value
People, Events and Places in Real Estate
Quinn finishes
broker training
Home group
wins award
HOWEY-IN-THE-HILLS —
Shawn Quinn, broker of TBS
Brokers, Inc., has recently
completed the training to
become a member of the
Business Brokers of Florida
(BBF). Members of the BBF
must demonstrate their
expertise and ability in business brokerage when applying
for membership. Once accepted as a member they must
adhere to a strict code of
ethics. TBS Brokers is one of
only two business brokerage
firms in Lake County to have
qualified for membership in
this prestigious organization.
Quinn represents both buyers
and sellers with their business
transfer needs. Visit www.tbsbrokers.com for more information.
ST. PETERSBURG — New
Millennial Homes, the
builder of the Freedom
Home in Tampa has been
awarded the 2008 livable
Communities Award for forward thinking in the field of
home and community
design. The Livable Communities Award, co-sponsored
by AARP and the National
Association of Home
Builders (NAHB), honors
builders, developers and
remodelers that create attractive and well designed
homes and communities
that are safe, comfortable
and accessible for people of
all ages and abilities.
New Millennial Homes is
one of four winners of the
award.
BY DEBBIE ARRINGTON
Sacramento Bee
Tom Lawson showed off his
latest masterpiece with the
pride of a fine craftsman.
"This is a real beauty," he
said of the gleaming 600pound blue, white and silver
cast-iron stove. "You should
have seen it when we started."
It's another successful
revival, brought back from the
dead to fully functional
kitchen centerpiece.
Lawson's Buckeye Appliance
specializes in such comebacks.
The Stockton, Calif., business
is one of a handful of vintage
and antique stove restorers on
the West Coast.
A blue lion logo roars on the
oven door of the Wetter Stoves
& Ranges Sultana model, circa
1915. It's a hybrid; half woodburning, half gas.
"This was state of the art in
its day," Lawson said.
The Wetter was one of many
rare and unusual vintage
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stoves that have benefited
from the Buckeye touch.
Old stoves — mostly built
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"They hold up better than
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doesn't work.
"The biggest problem is people don't keep them clean,"
said Josh Lawson, Tom's son.
"General upkeep will keep
them going forever."
Often the problem is simple;
a replacement part is needed.
The Lawsons have thousands
of parts for a century of models. Full restorations cost about
$1,500 and up.
The Lawsons' shop features
an array of appliances built
before 35-year-old Josh was
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in price from $2,000 for a
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SHNS PHOTO
From left, Darcy Lawson, Tom Lawson, Josh Lawson and Pat DeLacy
stand beside a gas- and wood-burning Wetter stove from the 1910s,
recently restored for a customer in Sacramento, Calif.
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"It cost $900 new in the
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was always expensive."
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The stoves come in a rainbow of colors from tomato red
to cobalt blue. Black, green
(mint and forest), aqua and
yellow are also popular.
The stoves come with clever
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touches like Wedgewood's
Radiant broiler; the burners
are arranged in a loop underneath a reflective plate for
more even cooking. Several
models have built-in salt and
pepper shakers above the
range.
Some wood-burning stoves
feature a heated water pipe
that provides instant boiling
water at the turn of a spigot.
"They were just ingenious,"
Tom said.
For stove and kitchen kitsch
lovers, Buckeye Appliance is
an eye-popping surprise.
A small sign marks the large
warehouse with a few storefront windows. Rows and rows
of stoves line the giant work
area where Tom and Josh Lawson and technician Pat DeLacy
tackle the makeovers.
"We've got about 135, 150
stoves back here," Tom Lawson
said. "I lose count. If you want
it, we've probably got it."
Inside the showroom, about
15 fully restored stoves sit
among a plethora of vintage
kitchen items, matched by
appropriate decade or color
scheme.
Darcy Lawson, Tom's wife,
put together the kitchen
tableaux, crammed with everyday items. Shelves are filled
with 1950s mixers. An
adorable pink porcelain and
chrome dining set fits right in
with a baby-pink stove.
Recently, the Lawsons
branched out into architectural salvage that added walls to
the vignettes. Recovered from
old homes, many of these
items fit right in with the
stoves. Why not? They came
out of somebody's kitchen.
The salvage side also is
stocked with elaborate mantels, windows and other finds
that could help with the
restoration of a Victorian or a
bungalow or add personality
to a more modern dwelling.
Opened in 1976, Buckeye
Appliance was named for Lawson's native state of Ohio. He's
also a huge Ohio State Buckeye fan; the banner in the
front window is a tip-off.
About 35 years ago, Lawson
started as a Maytag repairman
— in his driveway. He and a
friend eventually opened a
used-appliance store and tried
to expand to selling new.
Lawson gravitated to the
kitchen stove. He loved the
workmanship and attention to
detail put into these steel and
porcelain stalwarts. He
enjoyed fixing them up.
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