Architect and consultant Terry Cline notes there’s something primal about warmth that radiates from a single source-and in Massachusetts, where he lives, that kind of heat means a lot in winter. “We typically refer to a furnace as ‘central heating,’ but it doesn’t feel central at all; it’s just uniform monotony,” Cline says. “Radiant heat from a central source such as a wood stove maximizes the sense of being cocooned and sheltered from the cold.”
