My new firewood rack may not be the most exciting thing I have purchased in the last year but it has certainly turned out to be one of the most useful. You see it is not until you actually buy a firewood rack that you realize just what a difference they can make.

That it had a wonderful real wood burning fireplace was one of the reasons that we bought the home we currently live in in the first place. When we did buy the place the previous owner left behind a stack of firewood, all laid out rather neatly on the ground behind the house. Because that set up was already in place it never occurred to us to change anything. When we had used up all of that firewood we simply had more delivered and had it stacked on the floor in its place.

As nice as the fireplace was we found we did not use it that often. Fires were hard to start because the wood was often a bit damp and pulling a few logs out of the pile was a bit of a chore, especially since if you pulled out the wrong one the whole pile would come crashing down. The fact that the occasional mouse could be seen scurrying out of the wood pile did not help either.

Not so long ago though a neighbor pointed out that if I purchased a firewood holder most of these issues would no longer be a problem. And how right they were. Now our firewood is stacked neatly in the fire wood rack and the lid keeps the rain and moisture out so the wood is nice and dry and ready to burn. Individual logs are easier to get to without fear of injury as well! Best of all perhaps though is the fact that the firewood rack keeps the mice, and other assorted creatures, out of wood pile, meaning that unpleasant encounters with wood pile squatters are a thing of the past as well.