Our 1800's barn is under renovation. It will be and has been a slow process, but a labor of love. Robin and I like old things and the barn , to us, is a treasure. We would like to have Robin's craft shop located in the first floor in front of the loft, with my woodworking shop below. It's coming along, although to some it may still seem to be an eyesore, to us it's a gem. So far my friend Bob and I have jacked it up and installed a new sill in the front, 4 new floor stringers, re-assembled the floor, fixed the slate roof, fixed the downstairs sliding door and loft sliding doors came from another barn. We have used all the old hardware and even pounded back in some square nails. Next up is the loft side corner beam. I was lucky enough to have a friend that wanted some practice with his new sawmill, and he cut 3 8x8x16' beams for us to do the repairs needed to back and corner beams. Inside the front 1/3 it seems to have been living quarters with the walls lathe and plastered. Over the years of weather (and kids) the place had been pretty torn up. Robin and I did the demo work on the plaster. There were some pretty cool finds behind the plaster like 1800's newspapers and some very old wallpaper. Here are some pictures. I will update as we progress as with anything it takes alot of time.
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