Reader Comments on Vermont: The Matter of an Old Barn from YankeeMagazine.com http://www.yankeemagazine.com/rss/index.php Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:38:58 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/issues/2009-01/home/vermont-barns-historic Castle needs to let go! Sell the charming old wood which is in high demand to someone who will enjoy its beauty and put it to wonderful use. To let it rot and decay is not only selfish but shortsighted in saving the harvest of more trees. To sit and let it become dinner for insects and bacteria is irrational!!! Think beyond yourself Castle!!!! Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:06:36 +0100 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/issues/2009-01/home/vermont-barns-historic I can't believe Mr. Freeman would rather burn up all of that beautiful wood before he would sell it. If he sold the wood others can share in the beauty and history of his barn. It doesn't all go to wealthy clients of designers. I'm a retired teacher living in Delaware and recently bought some recycled barn wood from an Amish craftsman who finishes furniture made from the recycled wood. He got the wood from an old barn being dismantled in New Jersey. The furniture is beautiful and affordable and doesn't go to the Hamptons! I plan on making a kitchen table with my wood. Burning it up or letting it rot away would be such a shame. Sentiment should forbid him wasting that wood!! Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:34:24 +0100 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/issues/2009-01/home/vermont-barns-historic Mr. Freeman, if you decide to salvage your barn (I agree with Robb Riemer's comment that it is a waste on many fronts to let it rot), consider contacting Tom at the Old Wood Workshop located in Pomfret, CT (oldwoodworkshop.com) or any number of other salvage companies (many of which are small, family owned & run like ours). You would support a "green" business and make a potential buyer of your wood happy. You can't believe how many people would treasure what you have. If you can't save it, consider sharing it. Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:36:27 +0100 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/issues/2009-01/home/vermont-barns-historic I went through your exact feelings when I went into my old barn last fall and found the results of a leaking roof. My son found two carpenters who fixed the leaks and reinforced a wing, added raw siding in spots, and rebuilt that center beam that holds the high roof. The barn again has a proud look about it. My barn is a "catch all". It, too, hasn't seen any farm activity since way when. Years ago it was suggested to sell it for salvage but I had no idea who or where then. I now think perhaps I should have and would now not have this large blank space in my check balance. Oh, well. The building is again tight and secure. Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:00:04 +0100