Wood Box Pictures?

[oppermancjo]

I'm battling with the wife on this one...

My new insert is in and so far running beautifully. I am now being presented with a slight logistics issue as far as getting wood to the insert. Last year, I had is stacked outside and simply carried in a bag or two as needed. I use one of the canvas bag carriers. That is simple enough but requires going outside into the cold. Also, once I got the wood inside it tended to sit in a pile on the floor in front of the fireplace = Momma No-Happy. Now that the insert is in, I have proposed some solutions to this particular conundrum.

Solution 1: Build a storage box that sits near the fireplace. Ideally, I would like it to be large enough to hold 2-3 days worth of wood. Looking at the following pic, you see the room I have to work with. She wants it small enough to sit on the hearth next to the insert. I don't like that for 2 reasons. One, it is way too close to the insert and two it would have to to be so small that it wouldn't even be worth having. I would rather have it sit on the floor next to the hearth. Far enough away for me to feel comfortable and enough space to make it worth having.

I have a bunch of salvaged chair rail from a hotel renovation. It's 3/4" x 4". Not sure of the wood species. Pretty sure it's not pine but is soft. Thinking maybe Aspen or Popple. the stuff is in nice shape and a lot of it is already stained a nice dark cherry color. That's what I plan to use.

Solution 2: Build the box to my specifications but keep it in the breezeway. She's ok with how big I want to build it but not the location. I'm ok with this solution but if I am going to put it in the breezeway, I may as well just stack it all in the attached garage.

Solution 3: Store wood in attached garage. I have done this before but it creates a mess, and makes for less room for vehicles, storage, working, etc...

So, what I would really like is some pictures of your wood storage solutions. I did a search on the forum and came up with a couple pics but am looking for more ideas/designs to base mine off of.

Thanks!

 

[Garmins dad]

picture is not working for me..

Im with you, make it big enough for a few days wood. IF she don't like it get her to get wood when it's -30... worked for me :msp_biggrin:

 

[fordracer]

Here is how i store firewood.View attachment 257365

 

[Garmins dad]

Here is how i store firewood.View attachment 257365

My wife would shoot me... cause my one dog would pull every piece off your rack and chew on em..

I do like how much you have in there..

 

[Whitespider]

Your picture ain't showing up for me either, but...
If you have an outside wall (or a garage wall) next to the fire place you can build a through-wall wood box.
Dad built one next to his fireplace several years ago. It protruded from the wall on both the inside and outside (into the rear garage extension), with a sloped lift-up lid on both sides. The box was loaded from the outside, which eliminated carrying firewood through the house and across mom's carpet. He would wait for the box to partially empty before cleaning out ashes... he'd just set the bucket of ashes in the box, then walk around outside to retrieve it. So this also eliminated carrying ashes through the house and across mom's carpet. The box was quite large, but only protruded into the house a few inches... finished to match the existing woodwork in the house. It actually worked exceedingly well.

 

[Ayatollah]

I can't see that original picture either. What I always wanted to do was screw some iron holders that kinda resemble gun rack holders onto the hearth bricks, and they would go about half way up the hearth on each side. then, your evening woods could be at your fingertips

 

[owbguy]

Here is how i store firewood.View attachment 257365

did you borrow zogger's camera?

 

[oppermancjo]

 

[oppermancjo]

Still working on the picture thing... For some reason it wants to post everything as a thumbnail. Anywho.....

I second the comments about the large wood stack. I'd like that much wood in the house too but I also have a dog that would chew the hell out of it...

 

[Yooperforeman]

View attachment 257496Here's a woodbox I made out of white ash.Stained it and then 3 coats of poly.(the Jungers is no longer there)

 

[jhoff310]

I used on old wooden toy box I found. Worked well kept all the bark and crap inside the box and not on momma's carpet.

Jeff

 

[johncinco]

I use an oversized rubbermaid container. It holds 2-3 days worth of wood. Small enough to carry about 1/2-3/4 full into the house then a couple extra pieces to top it off. Keeps all the chips/dirt inside. Cheap enough to replace once a year. The bottom usually cracks through after I get careless and start tossing pieces into it. Handles built right in. If you want to get really fancy, you can put the lid back on it.

 

[rmount]

Here's mine, lives in the hall, just around the corner from the stove and holds 3 days worth of heat

 

[oppermancjo]

Judging by the general lack of pics, I should just put it in the garage. I suppose I could just put a few days worth in there instead of trying to fill it to the brim. I was envisioning something nice in my mind but it probably wouldn't stay nice for long since I'm tumbling firewood into it.

Perhaps I'll put something in the breezeway. Just not a lot of room out there either.

Thanks for the input everyone!

 

[Henry and Wanda]

Hello,
Here is one I built out of recycled P.T. fence boards. I don't have it in the house but sitting on the outside porch !View attachment 257413View attachment 257414





Henry and Wanda

 

[oppermancjo]

Hello,
Here is one I built out of recycled P.T. fence boards. I don't have it in the house but sitting on the outside porch !View attachment 257413View attachment 257414





Henry and Wanda

Thanks! I had seen this one in one of the other threads when I searched. It looks nice! I figured it was some sort of salvaged wood. This is the basic design that I was going to shoot for. I just wanted to see some other concept/ideas to toy around with.

 

[H 2 H]

Here is what I built it; it holds about a weeks worth depends on the temp out side thu; boxes on top hold odds and ends from splitting :msp_wink:

It seats on the end of the bench in the garage

Just had to fill it this morning it took 3 wheel barrows loads

 

[benp]

I would go the building the nice box route. Hold a lot and keep majority of the mess contained.

Make it look really nice and momma may be very receptive to it. Even let her have input on finish and/or placement.

If those baseboards in the corner are not used, I would relocate that end table and place the box there. Perfect spot.

Good luck.

 

[rmount]

oppermancjo, to be honest the only "nice" ones I've ever seen belong to people who burn for the ambiance. Anyone I know that burns 24/7 for heat has an ugly practical one. If you burn 4 cord a year that is 4 cord into the box and 4 cord out of the box, its pretty hard to handle 8 cord of wood and not bang things up a bit.

 

[Richard_]

recycled pallets and some spare cedar fence boards , and 2-2x4s with a grand total of $12.00 and a few hours of my time