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Barnwood BuildersA 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.S5, EP6 "Cowboy Party Barn in New Braunfels, TX"Mark and the guys return to Texas to build a gigantic party barn out of an old timber frame; they use old-fashioned tools to retrofit the barn for modern use, and they install a rare swing beam in the center bent.
S5, EP4 "Out of the Ashes: Rebuilding in Gatlinburg, TN"Mark and the guys travel to Gatlinburg, Tenn., to replace a log home lost in the 2016 wildfires; they bring with them the Beam Cabin, but it's no easy feat to move these massive logs up a narrow mountain pass; designer Karen Tillery works with Mark.
S10, EP2 "Harvesting History"In Ballard, West Virginia, the Barnwood Builders discover a pre-Civil War cabin; Mark teaches his son some valuable log cabin lessons.
S5, EP7 "Barn Storming: A Wild Takedown In Pleasantville, Ohio"In Ohio, Mark and the guys attempt to save a giant double pen barn, but high winds turn this complicated job into a treacherous one.
S5, EP10 "Saving More Than Logs in Bulls Gap, TN"Mark and the guys go the extra mile to save antique logs from a Tennessee home in distress; they meet Larry, who grew up in the log cabin with no running water; in the end, Mark makes him a one-of-a-kind barn-wood memento of his childhood home.
S11, EP5 "Carving Out a Life"In New Freeport, Pa., the Barnwood Builders save a cabin with incredible stonework and the guys learn pioneer stone techniques from a local expert; Mark visits two incredible restorations; Alex makes a special wedding gift out of antique wood.
S5, EP8 "Barnwood Gold Mine in the Keystone State"Mark finds a perfectly preserved bank barn in Pennsylvania; the beams are so nice, he considers keeping this barn for himself; he also visits a bank barn that has been transformed into a high-end home with barn-wood flooring and soapstone counters.
S5, EP11 "Mark Finds His Dream Home Barn"After years of searching, Mark Bowe finds the barn he wants to turn into his own home; the guys take apart the bank barn without breaking any of the beams; the team works together to save the hand-hewn beams, flooring and valuable sleeper logs.
S11, EP3 "Kentucky Home"Mark challenges the two youngest members of the team to take down a few logs; Johnny gets a special visit from his dad; Graham reveals some secrets about the pioneers; the guys tour of an old grist mill; Johnny Jett's favorite covered bridge.
S5, EP12 "Barnwood Doubleheader"Mark splits up his crew so they can conquer two jobs at the same time; Johnny and Tim take down a big tobacco barn that has plenty of antique material worth salvaging, while Graham and Alex tackle a log cabin that's still in great shape.
S5, EP13 "Foldable Cabin"Mark brings one of his biggest ideas to life -- a foldable steel cabin; the crew takes the cabin on its maiden voyage and unfolds it for the first time in the bone-yard, then they add a timber frame facade and a barn-wood interior.
S6, EP8 "Fancy Cabin Takedown in Minor Hill"Mark Bowe and his crew work through layers of architectural history to uncover an original pioneer home in Minor Hill, Tenn., while hearing stories from family members who lived in the cabin; Mark visits a beautifully restored log home.
S6, EP2 "Log Castle in Cave Spring, Ga."The builders turn one of the biggest barns they've ever saved into an even bigger home; they work through sweltering heat to transform the Ohio double-pen barn into a huge log home in Cave Spring, Ga.; Mark also visits a small log cabin.
S6 "Larry Melton's Chance Of A Lifetime"After saving Larry Melton's childhood home, the builders invite him to the Boneyard to help restore his family home; as Larry learns the ropes, Mark arranges a final surprise with some very special guests.
S6, EP3 "A Barnwood Miracle"The Mt. Olivet Church has been the heart of Pocahontas County in West Virginia for 137 years; the team dismantles the log structure so it can be restored and live a new life; the guys get a look at Johnny Jett's finished Kentucky chapel.
S6, EP6 "Thin-Skinned"A client wants to give his modern home a classic log-cabin look; the guys build a facade using antique log veneers; they use more log veneers to create a piece for the showroom; Mark tours a home that's fully decked out in reclaimed wood veneers.
S6, EP1 "Big Ol' Buckeye Cabin"In Ohio, the builders dismantle the largest log home they've ever seen, and they discover it's filled with history, craftsmanship and cherished memories; Mark gives the cabin owner tips on how to convert her family's old barn into a modern home.
S6, EP7 "Part of the Family"The guys head to Bronston, Ky., to check out a 150-year-old, double-pen farmhouse built by their client's great-grandfather; the client hopes to preserve her pioneer heritage, so the crew takes care to save every log possible.
S6, EP10 "Stubborn as a Mule"The Barnwood Builders save a barn that once housed mules in the iron-mining boomtown of Low Moor, VA; as they work, they find evidence of the barn's industrial past; Mark visits a timber frame that's been converted into a gorgeous wedding venue.
S6, EP5 "Cabin at a Crossroads"Mark finds a cabin from a unique moment in history when pioneers started using new technology -- the sawmill; the crew discovers their showroom manager has a surprising personal connection to the home.
S6, EP9 "Boneyard Punch List"The guys pick off a list of chores in the Boneyard, including stacking the Hamlin cabin; Mark checks out the most incredible hand-hewn timber-frame barn he's ever seen; Mark visits a restored historic home owned by former NFL player Jeff Hostetler.
S6, EP12 "Hometown Heroes"Mark Bowe and the guys sit down to talk about cabins and barns; with special guests, never-before-seen footage and outtakes; Mark also talks about his new house, and the guys choose their favorite jobs from the last few years.
S7, EP2 "Blacksmith Breakroom"The guys build a pioneer blacksmith shop made from reclaimed beams, barn wood and rafters to serve as their office break room; Mark helps set up the frame, then a blacksmith installs a forge and gives the guys a lesson at the anvil.
S6, EP11 "Pieces of the Past"Mark and the guys salvage logs from an old double-pen barn in Pennsylvania, so the logs can be reused to build a guesthouse in upstate New York; Mark and Graham visit a luxury ranch in Montana.
S7, EP4 "Mountaineer Volunteers"Mark donates a timber frame to West Virginia University, his alma mater, as an addition to its pioneer heritage center; the builders work with volunteers to raise the timber frame barn, teaching them how to build bents, cut pegs and hew logs.
S7, EP3 "Memory Lane"The builders have been saving Kentucky tobacco barns for more than 20 years; Johnny finds another one, and the guys reminisce while taking it down; Mark revisits a log home stacked years ago; the team visits Daniel Boone's Kentucky home.
S7, EP1 "In Merrie's Memory"Joe Colvard is determined to build a log cabin in honor of his late wife, Merrie; the guys stack Merrie's Cabin on the banks of Lake Hartwell in Georgia; with the help of a local woodworker, Mark surprises Joe with a heartfelt gift.
S17, EP6 "Pioneer Puzzle Master"The guys head to West Sunbury, Penn to restore a complex log cabin; it consists of more than 150 parts that must fit together perfectly; Mark looks for the next job, finding one of the best built barns he's ever seen.
S17, EP5 "Lake Erie Pool House"The guys build a log cabin pool house on a tight job site in Mentor-on-the-Lake, Ohio, extending the size of the cabin and incorporate a partition wall; Johnny and Sherman hunt for sea glass; Mark Bowe gets a lesson in chainsaw carving.
S17, EP4 "Hilltop Hybrid"The Barnwood Builders head to the hills of Pocahontas County, W.V., to try something new; working with repurposed factory beams and hand hewn timbers, they create a hybrid timber frame structure with a shed roof.
S17, EP3 "Small Town, Big Dreams"White Sulphur Springs, W.V., is a small town with big plans after a tragic flood devastates the community; the Barnwood Builders play a big part of this small town's revival as they build a log cabin and timber frame.
S17, EP2 "Mountaintop Masterpiece"The guys head to Albertville, Ala., to build a log cabin guest house high atop Sand Mountain; Mark visits a finished cabin he and the guys built on Lake Guntersville; Sherman and Johnny visit a woodturner who makes handcrafted wooden tops.
S17, EP1 "Bank Barn Retires"The Barnwood Builders head to Westmoreland County, Pa., to save a classic bank barn; if the guys don't save it now, it won't last another winter; along the way, the guys tour an 18th-century fort; Mark checks out a fully-operational bank barn.
S16, EP5 "Big Time Timberframe"Mark and the guys travel to Patrick, S.C., to build a huge wedding pavilion, the biggest timber frame they've ever created; on a job this big, they need some extra help so they bring along Mark's latest hire and have fun teaching the new kid.
S16, EP4 "Bricks and Beams"Mark Bowe and the Barnwood Builders crew build a beautiful, two-story log cabin addition for an old brick home in the rolling hills outside Lexington, Va.
S16, EP3 "Appalachian Ancestry"The Barnwood Builders team travels to Berea, Ky., to save an incredible log cabin built in 1795; as they peel away layer after layer of siding they discover a hand hewn masterpiece of Appalachian craftsmanship.
S16, EP2 "Put to the Test"Mark and the guys make the seven-hour trek to Dubois, Ind., to salvage a cabin picked by the youngest member of the crew, Evan; it's a big step to prove that his apprenticeship days are over.
S16, EP1 "A Diamond in the Mud"The Barnwood Builders return to West Alexander, Pa., to save an American gem built deep within the backwoods at the bottom of a steep hill; this 19th century barn will prove to be one of their toughest takedowns ever.
S15, EP8 "Barnwood Village"Mark Bowe and his designer Karen Tillery take steps to realize his dream of building a small village of finished antique structures in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.
S15, EP7 "Vacationland"The Barnwood Builders head to Carthage, Maine where they save a barn from the 1840s; as they uncover the craftsmanship of the old New England style barn, they have fun kayaking, canoeing, searching for crawdads and even enjoying some lobster rolls.
S15, EP6 "Barnwood Busy"The guys revive a 19th century cabin taken down in Ripley, W.Va; for a break, they to the state fair; they go to the Barnwood Living backlot, where they're challenged to make a 30-foot timber frame enclosure using only spare parts.
S15, EP5 "Modern Day Homestead"Mark and the guys create a rustic family gathering place in Franklin, Tenn. for a homeowner who loves 19th century hand-hewed craftsmanship; the property sits on a former horse farm that now serves as a dog rehabilitation camp.
S15, EP4 "Fun on the Farm"The guys travel to West Alexander, Pa., the heart of farm country, to save a classic bank barn; Johnny visits a local farmer and her pasture-raised animals; Mark drops by a local farmers' market to buy goodies for the crew.
S15, EP3 "Barnwood Living Pavilion"The Barnwood Builders build a timber-frame pavilion behind their showroom; Mark wants to build these outdoor living structures as kits using a notching system; while Ryan cooks, Mark visits the Sheriff's cabin in the Great Smoky Mountains.
S15, EP2 "Bigtime Barnwood"In Corry, Pennsylvania, the Barnwood Builders save one of the biggest barns they've ever seen; along the way, Sherman shares farming stories with the barn owner, and Mark explores the nearby wetlands designed for conservation.
S15, EP1 "Legendary Log Homes"Building a custom log guest home in Dandridge, Tenn.; as the cabin takes shape high in the hills of the Great Smoky Mountains, Mark visits one of the most famous log homes in the country; Johnny visits a candy store in Gatlinburg, Tenn.
S14, EP10 "Learning by Doing"The Barnwood Builders travel to Ripley, W. Va. to take down a quintessential log cabin; Mark inspects cabins in need of repair for the nearby farm museum; the guys visit Ryan's old high school.
S14, EP9 "Log Cabin Cupid"The builders battle extreme weather in Sacramento, Ky. to save a cabin built in 1853.
S14, EP8 "The Heart of Appalachia"The crew travels to Wise, Virginia, to save a stunning log home dating back to the 1860s; the Appalachian icon has been in one family for four generations, so Mark and the guys must salvage everything they can.
S14, EP7 "Restoring Russel's Fort""The Barnwood Builders" return to Lake Lure, N.C., to rebuild Russel's Fort, a historic 1770s log cabin they salvaged months before; the fort now has a gorgeous view of the lake, but the build is full of challenges.
S14, EP6 "Trial and Error"Mark challenges the guys to create a new system of notches to build a timber frame; the new notches are put to the test alongside salvaged floorboards used to design massive trusses.
S14, EP5 "Preserving a Local Legend"A museum in Townsend, Tenn., enlists the Barnwood Builders to restore a 19th-century gunsmith's cabin to be the centerpiece of an exhibit; after repairing the timbers, the team faces the challenge of stacking them flush with a 9-foot ceiling.
S14, EP4 "American Fortitude"With the help of a local historian and a Revolutionary War expert, the team saves a legendary fort dating back to 1775 in Lake Lure, N.C.; Mark and Graham visit the Oconaluftee Cherokee Village where craftsmen keep the story of their ancestors alive.
S14, EP3 "Home Is Where the Timber-Frame Heart Is"The team must use a little ingenuity to convert a large timber-frame barn in their hometown of Lewisburg, W.V.; once completed, the massive structure will serve as a grand wedding venue.
S14, EP2 "Smoky Mountain Magic"The Barnwood Builders head to Gatlinburg, TN, to build a cabin in the Smoky Mountains.
S13, EP3 "If it Fits, It's Finnish"Mark and the crew are called to Pennsylvania to salvage their first-ever cabin built by settlers from Finland; while they're excited to learn a new style of construction, Mark must figure out how to unstack the unorthodox cabin without damaging it.
S13, EP2 "Lakeside Log Cabin"The Barnwood Builders stack a double pen log cabin on the shores of Lake Guntersville; working with their favorite designer, Karen Tillery, the guys help transform a 1970s ranch house into a rustic lakeside retreat.
S13, EP1 "A Home Turf Takedown"Ryan builds a rack to display antique mantle beams; Katherine and Arlene from the Barnwood Living office talk to Mark about ways to reuse and sell scrap wood in the showroom; Teeshawn uses extra inventory from the yard to cut shakes.
S12, EP9 "Swing Beam Barn"The Barnwood Builders take down an 1839 swing beam-style barn in Blairstown, New Jersey; Mark works on his New Jersey accent, the guys explore a Christmas tree farm, work with a beekeeper and visit a craftsman who makes brooms the old-fashioned way.
S12, EP8 "Log Cabin Treehouse"The Barnwood Builders create log cabin treehouses in the Smoky Mountains of Sevierville, TN, and must maneuver the logs through trees to reach the raised platforms.
S12, EP7 "Treasure Time"In Blountville, Tenn., the Builders find a true treasure, a log cabin built in 1818; Mark teaches the new crew members how to scout log cabins; they take a trip to historic Blountville and Johnny Jett gets to knock over an old home all by himself.
S12 "Season 12 Lookback Special: A Season of Adventure"Reliving the adventure of Season 12; in an eight-state tour, Mark and the guys overcome all kinds of obstacles to save and restore some of the most spectacular projects they've ever seen.
S11, EP8 "Inspiration"The Barnwood Builders travel to Walton, West Virginia to save the barn that inspired Mark Bowe to start his business 25 years ago; Sherman makes a special gift and Alex visits a workshop that makes some of the finest pipe organs.
S11, EP7 "Out of This World"Down in Virginia, the Barnwood Builders re-create an 18th-century log chapel and save an old barn using modern equipment that looks like it came from outer space; building a bench with a chainsaw artist; Johnny Jett learns to play golf.
S11, EP6 "The Five-Barn Farm"The guys salvage five tobacco barns on one farm in Alton, Virginia, while Mark hunts for even more barns in Pennsylvania; Mark also visits an incredible finished home made of two cabins combined with a salt box addition.
S11, EP4 "Mountaintop Retreat"The Barnwood Builders travel to Eagle Rock, Virginia, to build a spectacular dogtrot cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Tim Rose travels to Halifax, Virginia, to see the finished log cabin they built five years earlier at the Springfield Distillery.
S10, EP9 "Just in Time"Mark finds a Pennsylvania barn that's being torn down and buys it then and there; Johnny deals with overhead wires, Sherman works with one good arm, and Tim never stops running.
S10, EP8 "Double Duty"While half the crew builds a secluded hunting cabin in Guyton, Georgia, the other half strips a pre-Civil War cabin in West Virginia; Mark Bowe visits an extraordinary round barn up in Pennsylvania that's unlike anything he's ever seen.
S10, EP7 "Coming Home"In Middlebourne, W.Va., the "Barnwood Builders" save an exceptional log cabin and help a local sheriff return to his family farm; in Alabama, Mark Bowe visits the finished lakeside cabin designed by Karen Tillery.
S10, EP1 "Barnwood Backyard"The crew takes the week off to work in their own backyards; in West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Virginia, the guys build furniture, cut trees, and plant gardens; Mark Bowe visits the finished Catskill cabin in Shawangunk, N.Y.
S9, EP14 "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.
S7, EP5 "A New York State of Mind"The builders head up to the Catskill Mountains in New York to build a huge, antique log guesthouse for a couple who traded city life for country life.
S5, EP9 "Hope Rises in White Sulphur Springs"After the flood waters recede, the builders join the recovery efforts in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.; the team builds a timber-frame pavilion as the centerpiece of a memorial park, and community members build barn-wood picnic tables.
S5, EP5 "Old-School Takedown in Harrisville, W.V."The builders turn to the old-school method of using ropes to take down a log cabin in Harrisville, WV; they meet some modern-day pioneers who hewed their own log cabin by hand.
S5, EP3 "High-End Timber Frame Kitchen in Brevard, N.C."The crew members build a timber-frame kitchen that will be the centerpiece of a high-end mountain retreat in Brevard, N.C.; later, Mark and the guys visit some of the architect's other spectacular log homes.
S5, EP2 "Adapt and Overcome In Hamlin, W.V."In spite of some rough going, the builders never give up on a log cabin, and it turns out to be worth all the extra effort; Mark hunts for replacement logs, while the team finds creative ways of pulling the cabin apart without sacrificing its logs.
S5, EP1 "Picture Perfect Cabin"Mark's client has a painting of a log cabin he wants to replicate, so the team sets out to find the perfect cabin for the job; after settling on a cabin from an old project, the crew rebuilds the structure with its huge logs in Texas.
S4, EP13 "Barnwood Showroom Transformation"The builders transform a nearby office space into a showroom for their business; they use vertical barn wood, horizontal barn wood and a timber-frame facade; then they finish off the room with barn doors, hand-crafted items and reclaimed roofing tin.
S4, EP12 "Building Fort Barnwood"Mark challenges his crew to build a log fort on the Boneyard; they use spare logs and some serious hillbilly know-how to construct a pioneer cantilevered fort, but when the temperature takes an unexpected plunge, the job becomes more difficult.
S4, EP11 "West Virginia Legacy Cabin"In Leivasy, W. Va., Mark and his crew get a strong dose of family history as they strive to save the O'Dell family's hand-hewn log home; Mark also spends some time with his own father and visits a log cabin built by his great-grandfather.
S4, EP6 "Beefy Bank-Barn Beams"Mark and the guys return to Schuylkill County, Pa., where they stripped a massive bank barn earlier in the year; now, they are back for its chestnut beams; Mark visits a bank barn wedding venue, and he learns to cut soap stone with a water jet.
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.
Original Air Date: Nov 1, 2013
Genres: RealityTV Series
Rating: TVG
Playback: HD
12 seasons available on demand (54 episodes)
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