Month: June 2021

Our refurbished barn wood series continues with these gorgeous shiplap accent walls. These walls were made of wood taken from our client’s old family barn. To maintain the weathered and warn look of old barn wood we sanded minimally to keep as much of the original paint on as possible. The bedroom accent wall and window are framed beautifully with unpainted wood and the office is adorned with barn beam shelves. The accent walls were sealed with water based polyurethane. Somehow the enmeshment of rustic barn wood and new sleek lines throughout this house is unexpectedly appealing. It really makes the new feel homey and cozy. What a fun project this has been.  

We continue our series of refurbished barn wood projects in the basement of our client’s new home with these counter tops. Both the island countertop and the bar top were made from barn wood restored from the client’s old family barn. The wood was only lightly sanded and finished with satin polyurethane to maintain the rustic allure of old barn wood. Not only are these countertops functional, they tie the aesthetic qualities of the room together, giving the entire basement a sense of continuity, not to mention their beauty. This is only about the halfway mark in this series of refurbished barn wood projects for our client’s new home. Follow us for updates in this series of new, interesting, and stylish uses for old barn wood.

The series of refurbished barn wood projects in our client’s new house continues. This week we’ll feature the basement, starting with these support post wraps. Each post was wrapped and trimmed with barn wood from the client’s old family barn they had torn down. The wood was sanded lightly to eliminate splintering, finished with satin polyurethane, and joined around each support post. These posts really tie the room together and add a sense of rustic elegance to the layout.

These rough sawn, douglas fir, barn beams came from a family barn our client had torn down. He requested that they be made into floating shelves. They turned out beautifully, if we don’t say so ourselves. They were sanded lightly, satin finished with polyurethane, and mounted using 12 inch steel rods embedded into wall studs. This is another sleek and stylish example of perfectly melding the old with the new.

These laundry room counter tops were made with refurbished barn wood from our client’s family barn that was taken down. The client had the basin and the bases for both pieces and asked that we frame the basin and make a top for the base that fit over the hampers. We delight in giving old, used things new life. Both tops were lightly sanded to reduce splintering while retaining their rustic allure. They were then finished with satin polyurethane, joined and affixed to their bases. These are two great examples of how well the old can meld with and complement the new.

A customer came to us last year around this time with a proposition. He had a pile of wood from a family barn that had been torn down and asked if we wouldn’t mind using that wood in a number of projects throughout the house he was having built. We were only too happy to oblige. This tray ceiling was accented with that very same rough sawn fir lumber. The fir boards were satin finished then cut to length and installed on site. It was decided to leave the lumber unsanded to maintain that rustic barn quality, which contrasts magnificently with the sleek, straight, white lines that comprise the rest of the room.