Creative, Fun and Functional Uses For Old Barnwood


Last summer, my husband got the idea that turned out to be a challenging and rewarding.

We wanted to build a multi-purpose shed for storage, workshops, and greenhouse space. After much thought about the costs involved, we decided to try to save money and recycle at the same time.

We both love the look of Barnwood. So put your ad and offer to remove unsafe barns in the area of ​​the house properties. I was surprised at the response we received. Soon we were looking at the farm that remains stable, the number of storms in the flower. We removed some of these structures. Then we moved to a barn that still stands, though barely. We decided to remove the barn too. We worked on the spot, tore down a barn, denailed community and to haul away loads loads back to our home. Soon we had more Barnwood than we ever imagined!

ad is still generating interest and he helped remove another barn. In the end he had to stop because we ran out of available space for storage of wood.

We brought together a number of wood including white oak, wormy chestnut, and many more. We have enough for Barnwood shed and we want to build more. We are still in the planning stages for a multi-purpose shed that will be launched in spring this year, but we are using Barnwood for other projects too.

We are still working on our house or yard. This was in some stage of remodel since I moved here 3 years ago. We are now working in the basement which was completely gutted and started over, we completed our family room and laundry room, and now we are working on our home office.The final restoration will be in addition to a basement bathroom. This will be a winter project next year. We decided to use some white oak and chestnut Barnwood office and bathroom projects.

the office is getting built in shelves and a table made ​​of white oak and the walls will have Barnwood wainscotting and chair rail molding chestnut. We are installed in the ceiling beams and crown molding is also Barnwood. This is combined with painted sheetrock on the walls. the look is very habit, and it comes together very nicely. And it's definitely not the builder beige!

We have built a hanging shelves, racks, coat racks and picture frames from Barnwood too. These items are sold at flea markets and festivals.

the most popular selling items are custom hand painted signs in Barnwood Scrappy characters I created a collection of left over pieces from Barnwood projects. I do camping signs, garden signs, signs mancave favorite characters and more. I was to paint words on the signs for any use. It's a lot of fun creating different characters and see the reaction they get when they displayed in the exhibition.