Bosgraaf used barn wood to build a farm table, a wood-storing bench, two interior benches for stereo equipment and a white oak sliding door that separates the kitchen and the utility area.

The result of that inspiration is a barn-style pantry door, custom built with remnants of the reclaimed barn wood that was used for the floor and ceiling beams in a recent renovation of her kitchen.

In 2010, a local real estate agent called the couple with news that The Beams, an iconic 1890s barn on the main road in Middlebury, Vermont, was for sale.