Old wood, new purpose: Old barn wood and other castaways are useful once again Published: Sep. 17, 2008, 11:36 a.m.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Old barns have become a hot commodity as designers of luxury home seek seasoned timber to give new buildings a vintage look, worrying those who want to preserve the barns and a ...

After spotting an old barn in Nye, he tracked down the owner and got permission to tear it down, and started making custom frames from the old wood.

Delta business turns old barn wood into new products sold nationwide Antique Beams and Boards was started in 2006 and it’s been growing ever since.

But now the wood from the old barns has become a popular material for construction or remodeling. “A lot of people want to buy things that have a story and are a part of history,” Bowe said ...

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Two brothers-in-law, Adam Jackson and Kyle Petrie, started Barnwood Bros to sell old wood they gather from fallen and dilapidated barns around Wyoming.