Barnwood Builders

Season 192013

Mark Bowe and his crew of West Virginia master craftsmen salvage antique barns and cabins, reusing the wood to create stunning, modern homes. The Barnwood Builders are devoted to salvaging and will stop at nothing to give 200-year-old structures new life, providing entertainment, inspiration and awe along the way.

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9 Episodes

E01 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.

November 1, 2013

E02 Rescuing a Massive Barn, Finishing the Lincoln Cabin

October 7, 2014

E03 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 that lay below. They are up against the weather, the machines malfunctioning and the weight of the logs. Mark pays a visit to the finished King Cabin and gives the owners a bench made with some of the repurposed wood from the Bank Barn.

October 14, 2014

E04 Salvaging a Homestead Corn Crib with a Hometown Barn Raising

The guys salvage a homestead corn crib with a good old fashioned barn raising.

October 21, 2014

E05 Wading with Alligators to Build a Two-Story Hunting Lodge in Florida

Mark Bowe and the guys take the bones of an old Virginia log home down to Florida, where they turn it into a two-story hunting lodge. Mark makes mouth-blown wavy glass for the windows and dives in an alligator pond to get some long leaf pine for the floors.

October 28, 2014

E06 Transforming a Shipping Container into a Portable Barnwood Cabin

Mark and the guys turn a used shipping container into a portable barnwood cabin. They use welding torches and old logs to transform the steel container into a home. Mark searches for the perfect red barnwood to cover it. Then they try to lift the container cabin onto a trailer to prove its really portable.

November 4, 2014

E07 Turning a West Virginia Smokehouse into a Modern Bunkhouse in the Florida Swamp

Mark Bowe and the guys take down a West Virginia smokehouse and a half-barn nearby. They weave the logs together in Florida to create a bunkhouse for their client's kids. They cut down two trees to use as wood for the porch, and go on a catch and release wild hog hunt.

November 11, 2014

E08 Fighting the Elements to Build a Well House, and Repairing a Damaged Log Home

Mark Bowe and the guys return to their roots in Asheville, North Carolina. They have one day to build a log well house in the driving rain. Once it's up, they have to repair a severely damaged log home nearby. Along the way, Mark visits two of his favorite log cabins.

November 18, 2014

E09 Moving a Pre-Civil War Log Cabin from West Virginia to Tennessee

Mark Bowe and the guys take down a pre-Civil War log cabin in Braxton County, West Virginia. They take it back to Lewisburg to refurbish the logs, then rebuild it for a client who collects historic homes in Elizabethton, Tennessee.

November 25, 2014

Barnwood Builders

E01 Taking Down the Lincoln Cabin and Building a Dog Trot

E02 Rescuing a Massive Barn, Finishing the Lincoln Cabin

E03 Repurposing Every Beam from a Pennsylvania Bank Barn

E04 Salvaging a Homestead Corn Crib with a Hometown Barn Raising

E05 Wading with Alligators to Build a Two-Story Hunting Lodge in Florida

E06 Transforming a Shipping Container into a Portable Barnwood Cabin

E07 Turning a West Virginia Smokehouse into a Modern Bunkhouse in the Florida Swamp

E08 Fighting the Elements to Build a Well House, and Repairing a Damaged Log Home

E09 Moving a Pre-Civil War Log Cabin from West Virginia to Tennessee

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E01 Taking Down the Lincoln Cabin and Building a Dog Trot

E02 Rescuing a Massive Barn, Finishing the Lincoln Cabin

E03 Repurposing Every Beam from a Pennsylvania Bank Barn

E04 Salvaging a Homestead Corn Crib with a Hometown Barn Raising

E05 Wading with Alligators to Build a Two-Story Hunting Lodge in Florida

E06 Transforming a Shipping Container into a Portable Barnwood Cabin

E07 Turning a West Virginia Smokehouse into a Modern Bunkhouse in the Florida Swamp

E08 Fighting the Elements to Build a Well House, and Repairing a Damaged Log Home

E09 Moving a Pre-Civil War Log Cabin from West Virginia to Tennessee