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Barnwood Builders
Barnwood Builders

Barnwood Builders

—A staple of the rural landscape, barns have served U.S. society for more than 200 years. Many of the old structures have fallen into disrepair because of time and weather. In this series, Mark Bowe and his crew of West Virginia-based craftsmen salvage antique barns and cabins before the timber can deteriorate. Their goal is to put new life into worn-out structures. Among its projects, the crew tackles disassembling an antebellum log cabin in West Virginia, refurbishing it and rebuilding it for a collector in Tennessee.
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Season 1812 of 12 Episodes

  • The guys head to Lower Salem, Ohio to save a classic example of a pioneer log home; over in Marietta, they ride up the Ohio River on an old Sternwheeler boat; Sherman and Ryan tour a small factory that makes historical markers.

  • The guys head to Canaan Valley, W.Va., for the largest commercial project they've ever built; they work with massive timbers and make an intricate post and beam structure; Mark meets the team who will make this place a wellness center and spa.

  • The Barnwood Builders return to Canaan Valley, WV to finish the biggest commercial structure they've ever built, a two-story, post and beam wellness center with heavy duty steel brackets and intricate scissor trusses inspired by a local church.

  • Using a mix of old school techniques and modern day tools, Mark and the guys bring every log back to life in an 1800s log cabin; Sherman visits a log home addition in Virginia and Katherine checks in on the progress at Barnwood Village.

  • The Barnwood Builders travel to New Salem, Tennessee to save a rare 19th century saddlebag style cabin before it's too late, battling the elements to preserve every last timber; Mark tours a home built from container cabins.

  • The Barnwood Builders are on the hunt for spare parts as they travel deep into one holler and high atop another to two different towns to save two different barns; along the way they find rare artifacts and visit a historic pioneer village.

  • The Barnwood Builders travel to save a fine example of a Pennsylvania bank barn; crafted from white oak, the timber frame features a style of diagonal bracing they've never encountered before.

  • The Barnwood Builders head to the Greenbrier River in West Virginia to build a pavilion, combining the elements of a timber frame structure and a classic log cabin.

  • The Barnwood Builders go to Lake Lure, North Carolina to build a log cabin garage right beside Russell's Fort, an American icon from 1775.

  • The Barnwood Builders access the beautiful back lot of the Boneyard facing a state park to create a picture-perfect cabin; working with custom notched inventory, the guys design a two-story log cabin ahead of their client's arrival.

  • The Barnwood Builders find a home that's half log cabin and a half timber frame in Lowell, Ohio; as they work to save this structure they find a home filled with treasures.

  • Mark and the guys complete Barnwood Village with a modular unit that needs their rustic touch; the guys reflect on their long journey together traveling the country, saving history and making friends.

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20 episodes will be broadcast over the next two weeks

    Saving the Cabin That Saved the Company
    Taking Down the Lincoln Cabin and Building a Dog Trot
    Rescuing a Massive Barn and Finishing the Lincoln Cabin
    Repurposing Every Beam From a Pennsylvania Bank Barn
    Salvaging a Homestead Corn Crib With a Hometown Barn Raising
    Wading With Alligators to Build a Two-Story Hunting Lodge in Florida
    Transforming a Shipping Container Into a Portable Barnwood Cabin
    Turning a West Virginia Smokehouse Into a Modern Bunkhouse in the Florida Swamp
    The Carolina Log Home
    Moving A Pre-Civil War Log Cabin From West Virginia to Tennessee
  • Saving the Cabin That Saved the Company

    The crew works to salvage a cabin that saved their business; it takes a variety of surprising repairs to bring it back to life, but once it's up, there is a great surprise.
    Upcoming
  • Taking Down the Lincoln Cabin and Building a Dog Trot

    Mark and the crew work to dismantle a barn built by Abe Lincoln's uncle; old tobacco timbers are used to build a new barn in the Appalachian dogtrot style.
    Upcoming
  • Rescuing a Massive Barn and Finishing the Lincoln Cabin

    In St. Meinrad, Ind., the guys rescue a huge double-pen barn with pioneer-era, hand-hewn beams; Mark pays a visit to the nearly completed Lincoln Cabin.
    Upcoming
  • Repurposing Every Beam From a Pennsylvania Bank Barn

    The guys take down a Pennsylvania Bank Barn in hopes of recovering the long beams and huge sleeper logs.
    Upcoming
  • Salvaging a Homestead Corn Crib With a Hometown Barn Raising

    The guys reclaim a 170-year-old corn crib filled with antique treasures, then they take the structure back to Lewisburg, W. Va., to be erected in an old-fashioned barn raising.
    Upcoming
  • Wading With Alligators to Build a Two-Story Hunting Lodge in Florida

    Mark and the guys transport a log home to Florida where they turn it into a hunting lodge; Mark makes mouth-blown glass for the windows, and he dives into an alligator pond to get some long-leaf pine for the floors.
    Upcoming
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A staple of the rural landscape, barns have served U.S. society for more than 200 years. Many of the old structures have fallen into disrepair because of time and weather. In this series, Mark Bowe and his crew of West Virginia-based craftsmen salvage antique barns and cabins before the timber can deteriorate. Their goal is to put new life into worn-out structures. Among its projects, the crew tackles disassembling an antebellum log cabin in West Virginia, refurbishing it and rebuilding it for a collector in Tennessee.

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