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From old beam to beautiful side table!

In this video, a salvaged wood beam from a home renovation is transformed into a stylish side table. The process includes ...
Mansion Global

Homeowners Get Into the Groove of Reclaiming Old Wood

When Charles and Laura Preston were building their vacation home in Texas Hill Country, they kept returning to one material in the plans: antique timbers reclaimed from an 1800s Vermont barn and ...
Los Angeles Times

The Grain of History: Firm Sells Quality Salvaged Wood

RUCKERSVILLE, Va. — Willie Drake’s lumberyard could be a museum: The massive timbers come from forests that no longer exist. Stacked two stories high are giant beams of American chestnut, a tree that ...
Wall Street Journal

Old Wood Can Cost More Than New Lumber. People Want It Anyway.

In an orange dumpster one recent Sunday morning, between old bricks and trash bags, Heather Olsen struck gold: rustic wood beams that once held the floor of a 100-year-old house. A nurse, mother of ...
New York Post

You’ll wish you were raised in these barns

Almost any building, from a church to a school, can be transformed into a house. But converted barns in particular hold the inexplicable allure of Americana. Curious about what life would be like in a ...