Ah...my wife? Well, we have a King Parlor, not a Princess. Truth is, she loves it! Does she think the Ashford is better looking, yes. But, she loves getting up in the a.m. with a warm house, no need to load fuel, ability to stand in front of it for satisfying radiate heat to her back side and yes, she has placed a few items in front of it to raise the yeast!
“Looks” are so subjective. I’ll bet I spend more time in showrooms than just about anyone in the industry. Dozens of times each year, in fact right here in a Fairbanks, I have heard this before... “Hello, I’d like to get the Blaze King Princess. We bought that stove (points at pretty Stove) and says I told my wife she could have her way. Well, she’s tired on loading it, ashes falling out and now I get to get the stove I wanted.”