Windows were framed into the cordwood with rough-cut poplar. Post-and-beam construction combined with cordwood barn building produces a farmstead outbuilding that protects livestock in the winter and ...

“If you want it to last, build it right. Just build the way they used to build barns around here,” lectured the old Dutch handyman. “You can’t take shortcuts if you build with quality, and a quality ...

While traveling through West Virginia and Pennsylvania last month, a large part of the time on two lane highways, my wife and I began to notice the many interesting barns along the way. Many appeared ...

John Ebersole’s workshop, deep in the countryside of Christiana, smells of wood warmed by late-morning winter sunlight. It’s not a large space. Three visitors, plus Ebersole, are enough to make it a ...

When you plan to build a barn, it may be intended to serve one or more purposes -- to shelter your livestock; to act as a workspace; or to store feed, tools, and equipment. Before construction of the ...