Along with the growing interest in period houses has come increasing fascination with period outbuildings -- especially barns. Some people are so charmed by the rugged timbers and joinery of antique barns that they have them moved and restored so that they can live where cows and horses formerly resided. Not surprisingly, a whole new group of specialty businesses and craftspeople has sprung up to serve the
burgeoning demand for barn experts. The Editors of PERIOD HOMES refer you to three types of companies: (1) Timber-frame design/build companies that can construct new post-and-beam barns in the traditional manner; (2) Firms that dismantle antique barns, then move, re-erect, and restore them; (3) Materials suppliers, both of antique barn beams and boards, and new large beams and boards for construction of new barns.
Click Here for a firms that specialize in Barns.
Click Here for suppliers of Timber Frame structures/materials.
Click Here for a list of Architectural Salvage Dealers.
These Supplier Lists were
extracted from recent issues of PERIOD HOMES. Each issue of PERIOD
HOMES magazine contains 18 or more
such illustrated Buying Guides in product and service areas
suitable for the restoration and renovation of old houses --
and the construction of new homes in historically inspired
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