Plenty of old Maine homes and camps already host an old-fashioned woodstove — a no-frills potbelly, an ornate parlor stove, or a classic Franklin stove (named for the Founding Father who designed it).

Back in the ’70s, the energy crisis and the back-to-the-land movement coincided to produce a mania for wood stoves. There was something old-fashioned and appealing about them, and a lot of ...