This is our first house with a wood stove, and for the first few years after we bought it, we never used the stove. Why? I have NO CLUE! Finally, after being here a few years, we thought, why aren't we using the wood stove? DUH! So, we went about buying wood one fall, having no idea how much we needed to get through the winter. We ended up with a LOT of wood, and many of the pieces were just halved (not cut into pieces that would fit in the stove). So once they are cut into smaller pieces, the wood just keeps multiplying! We have made it 2-3 winters so far, and still have enough wood for probably a few more winters! It's so funny that we were worrying if it would be enough for the first winter - lol! The wood stove is great, though, cuts our heating bill down substantially. And it's great for all us firebugs - we all get off on making fires in the stove. There's just something so fun and satisfying about it...