John High demonstrates the use of an adz - the ax-like tool early American builders employed to roughly dress timbers. At his booth in the main hall at the Pennsylvania Farm Show, the 47-year-old ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. – Old barns have special appeal for Jim Riedl. There’s history. The economic value of hand-hewn beams fashioned from old-growth timber. And, Riedl says, there’s mystery. A darkened, ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - You’ve no doubt heard the expression everything old is new again, and a local business is proof of that. It’s called Antique Beams and Boards, and the Delta-based business is ...

Builders have argued about this for decades — and the evidence is more interesting than you'd expect.

TOWN OF BERLIN, Wis. — The decision to tear down the barn wasn't an easy one for Ann and Jerry Ohde. At one time, it was gleaming white, and an important center of the life that Ann had built with her ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SHELBYVILLE, Ind.– A Shelbyville woman has ...

LANESBORO — "Now thank we all our God with hearts and hands and voices," the Elstad Lutheran congregation sang Sunday, their song swirling around 145-year-old hand-hued beams, sliding through gaps in ...

A Wisconsin company reclaims lumber to fabricate flooring and beams for residences across the country. The unique colors and markings in reclaimed lumber provide a one-of-a-kind look for residential ...

Former Times-Reporter staff writer Renee Brown Parker takes us on a personal journey of replacing the family’s nearly 100-year-old barn with a new one. Old bank barns are familiar sights around here.