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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.
2013
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.
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.
The guys salvage a homestead corn crib with a good old fashioned barn raising.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
2015
Mark Bowe and the guys travel to Abingdon, Virginia, to take down a farmhouse that Mark bought sight unseen. The house is really a 200 year-old log cabin covered by layers of siding and overgrowth. As they strip away each layer, the news gets better. They salvage the incredible hand-hewn timbers underneath.
The crew travels to the Show Me State -- Missouri -- to take down and rebuild a historic 170-year-old cabin. Sherman leads the guys in converting this cabin into a guesthouse for kindred spirit client, Mark Perry. Meanwhile, Mark Bowe drums up business west of the Mississippi. The guys work in weather extremes to turn the cabin's frown upside down.
Mark Bowe and the guys work in downtown Lewisburg, West Virginia, to raise a massive timber frame as the new shelter for the Lewisburg farmers market. The 200-year-old logs prove to be a challenge when the builders begin to raise the bents.
Mark Bowe and the guys head to Johnny Jett's hometown in Kentucky to build a log chapel. First they reclaim a stained-glass window from a deteriorating 100-year-old church. Then they build the chapel and install the window.
Mark Bowe and the guys travel to Jane Lew, West Virginia, to salvage the wood from a 120-year-old cattle barn that is slated for demolition. The site is so wet they have to build their own road just to get to the barn. The rare, wide plank boards end up in living rooms, man-caves and outdoor projects all over Jane Lew.
Mark Bowe and the guys travel to the heart of West Virginia to salvage incredibly rare 170-year-old logs from a perfectly preserved log home. The pressure is on to keep these logs pristine as they take them down.
Mark Bowe and his crew volunteer to help a Boy Scout troop build a new lodge out of their old lodge. Mark and the guys have a lot to teach the boys about pioneer life, and the boys' determination gives the crew hope for the future.
Mark Bowe and the guys make a rare trip north to dismantle an enormous, 200-year-old barn. This New England-style barn is unlike any one they have ever taken down. The barn is so big it takes extra hands to get the barnwood down and a crane to lift out the valuable beams.
Mark Bowe and the guys are in Pipestem, West Virginia, to rebuild a log cabin that has been in the Brown family since 1856. They use original logs from the cabin, old logs from a nearby barn and new logs from a local saw mill. They team up with a local crew called The Good Ole Boys to turn all these logs into a home that will last for generations to come.
Mark Bowe and the guys save a log cabin from an old Virginia tobacco farm and to turn it into a tasting room for a local distillery. Their client takes the opportunity to go to "Barnwood School." He works alongside Mark and the guys so he can pass these skills on to others.
Mark Bowe and the guys go beyond the call of duty to save the last cabin from the old town of Roanoke, West Virginia. The Fox Sisters show up to watch their father's boyhood home get moved to a local four-diamond resort, and when the job is complete, the community comes out in full force to celebrate the new cabin.
Mark Bowe and the guys save the logs from a fire-damaged home in West Virginia. Mark promises the family who sold him the cabin that he will honor their history, and he calls it "Grandma's Cabin." Once the logs are salvaged, the crew rebuilds Grandma's Cabin in the boneyard for a client in Montana.
Mark Bowe and the guys get to work on a huge log home in the Blue Ridge Mountains. To make the unique design work, they even create a new kind of notch and work with a team of local craftsmen. See Tune-In Times
2016
In the Season 3 premiere, the team return to Montana to rebuild Grandma's cabin.
The guys face a huge build in a family retreat previously featured during Season 2.
Mark and the guys wade in water to save a dilapidated springhouse, then they rebuild it back at the bone yard.
Mark and the guys explore a pioneer settlement, where they save a classic log cabin and re-purpose its rare hand-cut sandstone chimney; Sherman helps local stonemasons turn the chimney into a fire pit.
Mark and the guys have to build their own road to reach a cabin that has been overgrown for 11 years; while Rose never got to finish her dream cabin, Mark salvages some of its wood to make a rose inlaid table for her daughter.
Working with a passionate client, the crew builds a huge double-pen log cabin on a platform 13 feet off the ground.
The Barnwood Builders go deep in the holler to reclaim a rare one-room log schoolhouse full of history. Back on the boneyard, the schoolhouse gets a whole new life.
The guys visit South Carolina to tackle the 100% cabin and renovate it into a hunting cabin.
The team brings an Appalachian-style cabin all the way to western Colorado. At the Canyon of the Ancients Ranch, they explore the stacked stone ruins of the ancestral Puebloans and also leave behind a legacy of their own. Before they leave, they also rebuild the Virginia spring house which will support a living roof.
Mark and the guys use over 100 antique logs from two tobacco barns to build a dramatic entrance for their client's property. The drive-through double corn crib requires a whole lot of teamwork, and involves some of the trickiest notching they've ever done.
The Barnwood Builders are finding creative uses for all of their leftovers! Every time they take a cabin down, they end up with extra inventory. So instead of burning the small beams, they'll use them to build a Parts and Pieces Pavilion to sell their scraps as upcycled products.
In the shadow of the New River Gorge Bridge, the Barnwood Builders work with three centuries of materials and techniques in one project. Using custom 21st century steel brackets and hand-hewn 19th century beams, they create a one-of-a-kind pavilion for the Wild Rock Community Center.
The guys take down a massive double-pen barn in southern Indiana. While they work to save every log and barn board, Mark visits an incredible lodge built from a different barn they took down in nearby St. Meinrad.
2016
The Barnwood Builders pull into New Ringgold, Pennsylvania, in a covered wagon, ready to take down and move a very complicated carriage house. They find all sorts of treasures in the 150-year-old pioneer garage before they carefully strip it, lift the roof off in sections and disassemble the beams.
The Barnwood Builders float down the Ohio River and land in Paducah, Kentucky, where they try to save a little cabin in a big quarry. The cabin is in rough shape, but these guys don't give up on it. Their time in Paducah is filled with pioneer ingenuity. Alex Makes a chair, Johnny drives a dump truck, Sherman makes a quilt and Mark helps build a barnwood table.
Mark Bowe and the Barnwood Builders take the logs from the Bird's-Eye Barn across the New River and put them back together on a West Virginia island. They have to reconfigure the barn to turn it into a modern fishing cabin with a complicated design. While the crew finishes up, the boss goes to visit the completed Wildrock Pavilion from also from season 3.
Mark Bowe's client wants to use the barnwood from an enormous Pennsylvania bank barn to outfit his Arizona restaurant. It's a beast of a job in the middle of a heat wave, but the Barnwood Builders just won't quit. They save 5,000 board feet of prized barnwood from the cattle stalls, granary floors and 40-foot walls. Mark also pays a visit to another restaurant decked out in barnwood for inspiration.
Tammy Harrah and her late husband dreamed of running a craft store in a log cabin on their West Virginia family homestead. Mark and the guys are helping Tammy and her son see that dream come true by building that cabin for them, making some homemade crafts for the store and visiting a pioneer landmark along the way.
Mark and the guys return to Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, where they stripped a massive bank barn earlier this year. This time, they are back for the incredible chestnut beams. The roof gives them some trouble, but Johnny's up for the task. They save the central bents, carve up the outer bents and lift out the sleeper logs. Mark visits an incredible bank barn wedding venue and he learns to cut soap stone with a water jet.
The Barnwood Builders head to Cashiers, North Carolina, to build an antique log cabin in the middle of a huge, framed-out modern home. Old wood meets new on this complicated job, and getting it right will take a lot of collaboration. Mark also visits the client's decked-out timber frame barn, and Sherman shows off his horse-wrangling skills.
Mark buys a massive tobacco barn with an incredible log structure hidden inside. He wants to turn the logs into a cabin, so the guys must unwrap the barn layer by layer. It's a tricky job because the barn is filled with hundreds of old poles that fight the guys at every turn. Mark also salvages some barnwood and gets it milled into flooring, and Johnny and Sherman take a trip down memory lane.
Mark's clients want bigger and bigger antique log homes, but the pioneers didn't build big log cabins. They did build big barns, though, so the guys try to build a 1200 square foot cabin using barn beams from their Boneyard inventory. And Mark's friend shows up to make a one-of-a-kind whiskey tap out of an unused beam end.
Not far from the Boneyard, the town of White Sulphur Springs was devastated by a recent flood. Mark and the guys step up to help their neighbor rebuild, Barnwood-style. They repair a garage by wrapping it in barnwood and use log skins to transform a prefab shed into a log cabin playroom. Mark also visits a modern Montana home covered in log skins.
Mark Bowe and his crew get a strong dose of family history in Leivasy, West Virginia, where they work on saving 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.
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.
The Barnwood Builders find themselves in unfamiliar territory as they transform a nearby office space into a showroom for their business. They use vertical barnwood, horizontal barnwood and a timber frame facade. Then they finish off the room with barn doors, hand-crafted items and reclaimed roofing tin.
2019
While salvaging barn wood, the crew has to deal with a massive Ohio barn's dangerous roof; Mark Bowe finds a flooring company with a new idea for old wood; later, he visits an incredible timber frame home
The crew saves an Ohio barn built with incredible craftsmanship and Mark scouts another barn that turns out to be a keeper. Later, he visits a massive timber-frame barn that was perfectly restored on its original site and converted into a restaurant.
The crew restores two cabins and builds a barn door for their blacksmith shop. Mark Bowe scouts an old log cabin and drives through a river to visit the fishing cabin he and his crew built two years ago.
Mark Bowe and the crew start a new boneyard in Texas by building a timber frame barn and two log cabins with some help from their new business partner. Mark gets his first look at the incredible party barn they built the last time they were in Texas.
Mark Bowe checks out some renovated grain silos and the craziest treehouse in town while the guys put a roof on their Texas timber frame.
Mark Bowe and his assistant, Katherine, work in Texas while the guys build a cabin in Virginia with their favorite crane operator, Mark Battle. Battle is the best crane operator around -- just ask him! -- and a visit to his finished barn turns up more than expected.
The team gets creative while trying to make something worthwhile out of a lackluster cabin.
Mark Bowe visits finished cabins he helped build in Montana, Texas, South Carolina, West Virginia, and North Carolina; a big surprise awaits Mark in Gatlinburg, Tenn.(TD)
The crew rebuilds the Minor Hill cabin in Franklin, Tennessee. Mark Bowe checks out a log cabin addition to an 1806 stone home and then tours a local whiskey distillery built inside a timber-frame barn.
Half the crew is in Ohio to save an 1830s log home, while he other half is back in West Virginia to tear down an old log barn.
The crew shares some secrets, lessons and behind-the-scenes moments.
Mark and the guys take down a dangerous barn for their new neighbors and build a replica of Abraham Lincoln's boyhood cabin. Graham learns to make bentwood furniture, and the teams visits a stunning opera house.
The guys turn a brand new storage shed into an 1800s log cabin, then drive it to Round Top, Texas. Mark gets a lesson from a local silversmith, and the team visits historic structures built around the state by 19th-century pioneers.
The team transforms the Boneyard by enclosing part of their shed with walls so they can work year-round, finishing off their new workspace by covering one wall with multi-colored barn wood. Mark also explores a German housebarn and visits a beautiful log home built along a cliff.
Mark looks back at a season of new faces, new places and a new boneyard
Revisiting Grandma's Cabin. The Barnwood Builders save an incredible cabin nearly lost to a fire.
2018
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.
The Barnwood Builders build a pioneer blacksmith shop made from reclaimed beams, barnwood and rafters to serve as their office breakroom. Mark helps set up the frame, then a local blacksmith installs the forge and gives the guys a lesson at the anvil. When the blacksmith shop is complete, the Barnwood Builders gather in their breakroom to hammer away.
The Barnwood Builders have been saving Kentucky tobacco barns for more than 20 years, and Johnny has found another one in Nicholas County. As the guys take it down, they share memories from their earlier days, and they meet the family who will use the logs to build an addition on their Florida home. Mark checks out a finished log home that he stacked with the guys several years ago, and the whole team visits Daniel Boone's Kentucky home.
Mark donates a timber frame to his alma mater, West Virginia University, as the latest addition to their pioneer heritage center. The Barnwood Builders work side-by-side with WVU volunteers to raise the timber frame barn by hand, teaching them how to build bents, cut pegs and even hew a log.
The Barnwood Builders head up the Appalachian mountain chain to the Catskill Mountains in New York to build a huge, antique log guesthouse for a couple who traded city life for country life.
A family calls on Mark and his team to save their 1800s West Virginia log cabin before it's bulldozed by developers. The team must battle a huge porch, two tricky chimneys and a stubborn addition in order to get the logs out.
The Barnwood Builders give a modern mansion a complete log cabin makeover complete with log skins and a stacked log entryway. The pressure is on, however, as this home will act as the centerpiece for an entire log cabin community. Mark then tours a completely restored and redesigned pioneer cabin that was moved in one piece.
The Barnwood Builders get ready for a farm wedding by building a barnwood dance floor, a timber-frame photo booth and an incredible handcrafted wedding arbor. Mark and the guys also work on a custom-designed split rail fence for the bride to walk past as the guests watch from hay bale seating. It's a day filled with something old, something new, something borrowed ... and something barnwood!
The Barnwood Builders fight through mud and heat to turn the salvaged Shaver House from West Virginia into a two-story lake house in Alabama. Mark experiments with new construction products, and everyone ends up in the lake.
Mark needs a lot of inventory in a hurry so he buys three cabins on a remote farm. It's a fast-paced triple takedown full of suspense, strategy and plenty of big crashes! Despite the fast work, however, the guys are still able to discover family stories that give these logs history and meaning.
Mark Bowe returns to the finished homes of some of his favorite Barnwood Builders jobs. After months of work, the 100% Cabin, Rose's Cabin, the Boy Scout cabin and many more are living new lives as modern homes.
The Barnwood Builders square off against their toughest barn yet -- a stubborn old timber frame with wooden pegs, metal spikes, steel bolts and a whole lot of beams. But saving this barn is worth the effort because it will be rebuilt for a veterans group.
Mark and his team take on their hardest build ever for their most important client: America's wounded warriors. The guys work side by side with veterans to construct a giant timber frame lodge for Project Healing Waters.
2019
One half of the team restores a huge log cabin at the Boneyard, the other half teaches some young men how to build a cabin in Tennessee. Meanwhile, Mark scouts a cabin built with pine logs, and the guys visit a shop filled with old-time treasures.
The Barnwood Builders create a timber frame barn for a private collection of American muscle cars in Columbus, Texas. Mark visits one of the biggest barns he's ever seen, finds the oldest live oak tree in the state and explores some local history.
The Barnwood Builders score a major salvage from a barn near one of America's oldest pine forests in Brookville, Pennsylvania. Later, Mark and Sherman visit a local mill that turns reclaimed wood into spectacular products and Mark finds a perfect example of a hand-painted barnwood billboard.
The Barnwood Builders head back to Brookville, Pennsylvania, to save the frame of a bank barn that sits dangerously close to a road. Then, Mark visits an old log lodge resort and scouts an amazing timber frame barn built in 1895.
A couple enlists the crew to build a log chapel which will be used as a venue for weddings in Waynesboro, Virginia. Later, Mark tours an old Texas church and visits a 1795 log-built bed and breakfast where they famously make pickles on the side.
In Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania, the Barnwood Builders save one of the biggest barns they have ever seen. This dangerous demolition demands the best of everyone. Mark explores an extraordinary early 19th century bank barn made of stone and finds an old pioneer springhouse and root cellar.
The Barnwood Builders visit the oldest statewide 4-H Camp in the country and teach a team of teenagers how to build a log cabin. Mark and Sherman compete as archery coaches, Johnny learns the pioneer craft of paper marbling and Mark learns about cows for the first time in his life.
In Texas, the Barnwood Builders raise the largest timberframe they have ever built by combining wood and steel. Along the way, they battle hundred degree temperatures, and Mark explores a renovated inn with the Junk Gypsies.
In Leicester, North Carolina, three young interns working alongside the Barnwood Builders save an extremely remote cabin in the hills. Back on the Boneyard in West Virginia, the young men are put to the test during the restoration.
While Mark Bowe is on the road looking for hand-made crafts to sell in his other store, Sherman leads the crew building a log cabin kitchen near Alexandria. Things get wild as Mark carves a 10,000-year old mammoth tusk for Sherman, builds a custom wallet out of bison hide and wanders into a store with a stuffed giraffe.
The Barnwood Builders go back to school when Mark Bowe buys a cabin with an unusual design called Piece en Piece. It's a combination of timber frame and stacked logs that none of them have ever dismantled. There is one surprise after another and even an ingenious Sherman Thompson invention.
The guys transform a timber frame barn into a modern home for an architect in Louisiana. As they build, they explore the rich architectural history of the Bayou State. Afterwards, they visit a cabin Mark repaired years ago and an historic French-Creole house nearby.
Mark Bowe and his crew work to salvage a cabin that saved their business. It takes a variety of repairs to bring it back to life, but once it's up, Katherine has the best surprise of all. Later, Mark's pal Eddie makes a lamp out of reclaimed materials.
2017
After once saving Larry Melton's childhood home, The Barnwood Builders do something they've never done before and invite him to the Boneyard to help restore his family home. It's log cabin restoration and repair 101 as Larry learns the ropes, and just when he thinks the experience can't get any better, Mark arranges a final surprise with some very special guests.
The Barnwood Builders have taken down big barns, but they've never seen a log home this large. As they dismantle the Ohio cabin, the guys discover that it's filled with history, craftsmanship and a lot of cherished memories. Mark also gives the cabin owner tips on how to convert her family's old barn into a modern home.
Mark Bowe and his crew work through layers of architectural history to uncover an original pioneer home in Minor Hill, Tennessee, and they hear stories from family members who lived in the cabin. Mark also visits a beautifully restored log home with its own extensive family history.
The Mt. Olivet Church has been the heart of Pocahontas County, WV, for 137 years. The old log structure is struggling to survive, so Mark and the guys are brought in to take it down so it can be restored and live a new life. As the job comes to a close, however, the community pulls off a surprise ending. The guys then get their first look at Johnny Jett's fully finished Kentucky chapel.
Deep in a West Virginia holler, the team builds a log potting shed for one of their own, Graham. They outfit the building with reclaimed materials from roof to porch, and Graham discovers the challenges of being a client.
Mark finds a cabin from a unique moment in history when pioneers started using new technology -- the sawmill. The crew also discovers their showroom manager has a surprising personal connection to the home. Later, Mark visits another West Virginia cabin filled with family memories.
Mark Bowe has a Montana client who wants to give a modern home a classic log cabin look. The only way to do that is to use real logs so the guys build a cabin facade using antique log veneers. They use more log veneers to create a new piece for the Barnwood Showroom. Mark then tours a beautiful home that's fully decked out in reclaimed wood veneers.
The guys head to Bronston, Kentucky, to check out a 150-year-old, double-pen farmhouse built by their client's great-grandfather. She hopes to preserve her pioneer heritage, so the crew takes care to save every log possible.
Mark Bowe and his crew work through layers of architectural history to uncover an original pioneer home in Minor Hill, Tennessee, and they hear stories from family members who lived in the cabin. Mark also visits a beautifully restored log home with its own extensive family history.
While Mark is on the road drumming up new business, the guys pick off a list of chores on the Boneyard, including stacking the Hamlin cabin. Mark checks out the most incredible hand-hewn timber-frame barn he's ever seen and visits a beautifully restored historic home owned by Super Bowl champ, Jeff Hostetler.
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. Later, Mark visits a timber frame that's been converted into a gorgeous wedding venue.
Mark Bowe and the guys salvage every last good log they can 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 and discover some creative new ways to use reclaimed old wood.
Mark Bowe and the guys sit down to talk about a few of their favorite things: cabins and barns. With special guests, never-before-seen footage and hilarious outtakes. Mark also talks about his new house.
2020
After welcoming a new team member, the guys build a custom timber frame and a new log cabin. Then, Mark Bowe visits a West Virginia factory that creates wooden barrels, and Alex Webb creates a hall table using reclaimed flooring from an old barn.
The Barnwood Builders have a million things to do on the Boneyard. As they prep two cabins and complete an endless list of tasks, Sherman works with blacksmith Glen Bryant to create a branding iron, and Mark Bowe visits one of the first cabins he built.
The crew visits Johnny Jett's hometown of Morehead, KY, to save an old barn, and Mark challenges the two junior members of the team to take down a few logs. Johnny takes the guys to see an old grist mill that's close to his favorite covered bridge.
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.
In New Freeport, Pennsylvania, the Barnwood Builders save a cabin with incredible stone work, and the guys learn pioneer stone techniques from a local expert. Later, Mark visits two incredible restorations and Alex makes a barnwood wedding gift.
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
Down in Virginia, the Barnwood Builders recreate an 18th-century log chapel and save an old barn using modern equipment that looks like it came from outer space. They build a bench with a chainsaw artist, and Johnny Jett learns to play golf.
The Barnwood Builders travel to Walton, WV, to save the barn that inspired Mark Bowe to start his business 25 years ago. The guys find some fun treasures, Sherman makes a special gift and Alex visits a workshop that makes some of the finest pipe organs.
The Barnwood Builders teach two young apprentices how to build a timber frame barn in Weston, West Virginia. Mark Bowe explores the finished 4-H cabin at Jackson's Mill, and Mark Battle checks out a finished mountain top retreat in New Market, Virginia.
The Barnwood Builders restore a timber frame home on a frozen field in West Virginia. Mark and Johnny visit an extraordinary mountain top retreat with a log home and timber frame pool house, and Alex Webb builds a lord's table and bench at his workshop.
2017
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 Barnwood Builders rebuild the structure with its huge logs in Texas. While on the job, Mark visits an original Texan pioneer cabin and discovers something about his crew that he never knew.
The Barnwood Builders never give up on a log cabin and despite some rough going early on, this one turns out to be worth all the extra effort. Mark goes on a cross-county search for replacement logs while the team finds creative ways of pulling the cabin apart without sacrificing its logs.
The Barnwood Builders build a timber frame kitchen that will be the centerpiece of a high-end mountain retreat in Brevard, NC. Later, Mark and the guys visit some of the architect's other spectacular log homes.
Mark and the guys travel to Gatlinburg, TN, to replace a log home lost in the 2016 wildfires. They bring with them the Beam Cabin they built on the yard last year, but it's no easy feat to move these massive logs up a narrow mountain pass. Designer Karen Tillery works with Mark to renovate on the fly.
The Barnwood Builders turn to the old-school method of using ropes to take down a log cabin in Harrisville, WV. Later on, they shop at the oldest five-and-dime in America and meet some modern-day pioneers who hewed their own log cabin by hand.
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.
Mark and the guys have fought rain, snow and heat, but they've never had winds like these! The vicious Ohio winds turn a complicated job into a treacherous one as they attempt to save a giant double pen barn.
Mark finds a perfectly preserved bank barn in Pennsylvania. The beams are so nice, he considers keeping this barn for himself. He also visits an incredible bank barn that has been completely renovated into a high-end home with barnwood flooring and soapstone counters.
After the flood waters recede, the Barnwood Builders join the recovery efforts in their hometown of White Sulphur Springs, WV. The team builds a timber frame pavilion as the centerpiece of a memorial park and the community comes together to build barnwood picnic tables.
Mark and the guys go the extra mile to save the antique logs from a Tennessee home in distress. During the job 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 barnwood memento of his childhood home.
After years of searching, Mark Bowe has found the barn he wants to turn into his own home. The guys work carefully to take apart the enormous bank barn without breaking any of the beams. In the face of bad luck and frustration, the team works together to save the hand-hewn beams, flooring and valuable sleeper logs. Mark also visits a nearby bank barn that has been transformed into a gorgeous wedding venue.
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. Mark also pays a visit to two sisters to see how they finished the craft store the guys built for them last season.
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 boneyard, then they add a timber frame facade and a complete barnwood interior to finish it off in style.
2021
In the hills of Alabama, the Barnwood Builders take on their most-complicated build ever to create a monster-sized wedding pavilion dreamed up by designer Karen Tillery. It's the perfect marriage of wood and steel!
In Kentucky, the Builders help Sherman build a family fishing cabin.
The Barnwood Builders finds good things really do come in small packages when they take down a modest bank barn in Punxsutawney, PA, and come away with more lumber than ever expected. Later, Mark tours an 1800s feed mill with most of its machinery intact.
The Barnwood Builders climb the Alabama mountains to build a cabin for designer Karen Tillery, but the jobsite becomes a big challenge that forces the crew to dig into their bag of tricks. Mark Bowe visits a pre-Civil War log house he saved with his son
The Barnwood Builders travel to Johnny Jett's hometown of Goddard, Kentucky, to save a 19th-century gristmill. Johnny takes a tour of his artist studio and shares some treasures from his front porch, while the guys visit a cabin replicating life in 1815.
The Barnwood Builders are back home in West Virginia building their very first A-frame structure. With repurposed materials from the Boneyard, they construct a camping cabin from start to finish to create a wilderness oasis called Camp Barnwood.
The Barnwood Builders have a whole lot of fun in Abingdon, Virginia. While saving an old barn, the guys explore the local history as they work with a master craftsman, operate an old sawmill, explore a restored cabin and even drive an antique tractor.
The Barnwood Builders head to Gatlinburg, TN, to build a cabin in the Smoky Mountains, but a narrow access road makes it difficult to reach the job site. Johnny and Graham take in the local arts and crafts, and Larry Melton stops by to surprise the crew.
In Blountville, TN, the Barnwood 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.
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. Later, the crew explores a cabin that served as the capitol of the Southwest Territory.
The Barnwood Builders take down an 1839 swing beam-style barn in Blairstown, New Jersey. While 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.
The Barnwood Builders head to Paris, Texas, to turn an 1800s cabin into a bridal suite, but they suffer a setback when most of the logs are missing tags. Mark and Teeshawn explore the Texas countryside, and the guys visit an extraordinary blacksmith shop.
The Barnwood Builders return to Paris, Texas to build a one of a kind timber frame wedding chapel: the guys get a motocross demo from a professional rider and visit a log chapel they helped build in Virginia to celebrate its anniversary.
2023
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.
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.
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.
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.
Mark and the guys travel to Patrick, South Carolina 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.
The Barnwood Builders return to the Boneyard to do the work most folks never get to see. This week they'll turn a Kentucky two-story log cabin into a double pen dogtrot and repair a beautiful timber frame barn from Pennsylvania.
Mark looks back on some of the most creative ways the team has transformed cabins and barns; from repurposing leftover material to restoring a cabin that looks beyond repair, Mark can always dream up new ways to give old wood a new life.
2020
The Barnwood Builders travel to Frericksburg, Texas to rebuild a very special cabin they saved in Ohio. Mark checks out a store set inside an old grain barn, and visits an extraordinary home built with log skins and reclaimed materials.
The Barnwood Builders save Barnwood off of a very dangerous barn in Lewistown, Pennsylvania. Mark Bowe scouts an old log cabin in Missouri, an amazing barn in New Hampshire, and an extraordinary home in Texas. And Alex and Tim visit the longest covered bridge in Pennsylvania.
The Barnwood builders restore a cabin with major challenges. Mark visits the finished log skin mountain home designed by Karen Tillery. Katherine Shelton works at the boneyard blacksmith shop. And Alex makes a table from salvaged floorboards.
The Barnwood Builders save an exceptional log cabin as they help a local sheriff return to his family farm in Middlebourne, West Virginia. And in Alabama, Mark Bowe visits the finished lakeside cabin designed by Karen Tillery.
The crew takes the week off to build furniture, cut trees and plant gardens in their own backyards in West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Virginia. Also, Mark Bowe visits the finished Catskill Cabin in Shawangunk, New York.
The team divides and conquers as half the crew builds a secluded hunting cabin in Guyton, GA, while the other half strips a pre-Civil War cabin in Monroe County, WV. Later, Mark Bowe visits an extraordinary round barn in Pennsylvania.
Mark finds a barn being torn down in Pennsylvania and buys it on the spot. The crew goes the extra mile to rescue the beams as Johnny deals with overhead wires and Sherman works with one good arm. Later, Mark visits the largest bank barn in the state.
The team discovers a pre-Civil War cabin that's practically perfect in Ballard, WV. The guys go to extraordinary lengths to save the old home, and Mark teaches his son some valuable log cabin lessons
2024
The guys head to Lower Salem, Ohio to save a classic example of a pioneer log home; over in Marietta, they ride up the Ohio River on an old Sternwheeler boat; Sherman and Ryan tour a small factory that makes historical markers.
The guys head to Canaan Valley, W.Va., for the largest commercial project they've ever built; they work with massive timbers and make an intricate post and beam structure; Mark meets the team who will make this place a wellness center and spa.
The Barnwood Builders return to Canaan Valley, WV to finish the biggest commercial structure they've ever built, a two-story, post and beam wellness center with heavy duty steel brackets and intricate scissor trusses inspired by a local church.
Using a mix of old school techniques and modern day tools, Mark and the guys bring every log back to life in an 1800s log cabin; Sherman visits a log home addition in Virginia and Katherine checks in on the progress at Barnwood Village.
The Barnwood Builders travel to New Salem, Tennessee to save a rare 19th century saddlebag style cabin before it's too late, battling the elements to preserve every last timber; Mark tours a home built from container cabins.
The Barnwood Builders are on the hunt for spare parts as they travel deep into one holler and high atop another to two different towns to save two different barns; along the way they find rare artifacts and visit a historic pioneer village.
The Barnwood Builders travel to save a fine example of a Pennsylvania bank barn; crafted from white oak, the timberframe features a style of diagonal bracing they've never encountered before.
The Barnwood Builders head to the majestic Greenbrier River in West Virginia to build a one-of-a-kind pavilion. Combining the elements of a timberframe structure and a classic log cabin, the guys create a spectacular gathering place.
The Barnwood Builders go to Lake Lure, North Carolina to build a log cabin garage right beside Russell's Fort, an American icon from 1775.
The Barnwood Builders access the beautiful backlot of the Boneyard facing a state park to create a picture perfect cabin; working with custom notched inventory, the guys design a two-story log cabin ahead of their client's arrival.
The Barnwood Buidlers find a home that's half log cabin and a half timberframe in Lowell, Ohio; as they work to save this structure they find a home filled with treasures
Mark and the guys complete Barnwood Village with a modular unit that needs their rustic touch; the guys reflect on their long journey together traveling the country, saving history and making friends.
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Tim Rose
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2024
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
2022
The Barnwood Builders work close to home to salvage a barn in Alderson, WV.
In Alabama, the team faces obstacles transforming a ranch house by a lake.
Mark and the crew salvage their first-ever cabin built by Finnish settlers.
The Builders convert a massive timber-frame barn into a wedding venue.
The team saves a legendary fort dating back to 1775 in Lake Lure, NC.
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.
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.
"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.
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.
The builders battle extreme weather in Sacramento, Ky. to save a cabin built in 1853.
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.
The builders travel to Flintstone, Md. to save a unique double pen bank barn dating back to the 1800s; the clients are young homesteaders on a mission to restore the land back to its original glory
2024
2021
The Barnwood Builders have a blast saving an old barn in Abingdon, Virginia.
The Barnwood Builders head to Gatlinburg, TN, to build a cabin in the Smoky Mountains, but a narrow road makes it difficult to reach the job site.
In Blountville, Tennessee, the Barnwood Builders find a log cabin built in 1818, and Mark teaches the new crew how to scout log cabins.
The crew create log cabin treehouses in the Smoky Mountains of Sevierville, TN, and must maneuver the logs through trees to reach the platforms.
For the first time ever, the Barnwood Builders travel to New Jersey to take down their clients' 1839 swing beam-style barn.
The Barnwood Builders head to Paris, TX, to turn an 1800s cabin into a bridal suite, but they suffer a setback when most of the logs are missing tags.
The crew returns to Texas to build a timber frame wedding chapel. Later, they visit a log chapel they helped build to celebrate its anniversary.
2023
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.
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
Behind their showroom, the Barnwood Builders construct a timber-frame pavilion; Mark plans to produce similar pavilions in kit form using a notching technique. Mark goes to the Smoky Mountain sheriff’s cabin while Ryan prepares dinner.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
