Reclaimed Barn Wood

The beginning of the year I started to think through a project that sounded interesting ... more on that later when it comes to fruition! Anyways... to frame this particular project, I wanted to use old wood, reclaimed barn wood sounded so fabulous and MUCH more interesting than fresh cut. So I started asking around and found a place north of town where I could buy boards of all sizes, shapes, and type. I definitely felt out of my league staring at it all and just started picking out random boards that seemed like they might have extra character. Most were weathered completely gray, and just laying about all over a field. I loaded up my stash of wood, and brought it back to Charlotte.

It spent a while on my porch waiting for me to do something with it. ;) Finally, after letting it dry out completely, I took it to a friend's to plane it. And that's when all the cool colors and knots came out - that was SO fun! And just recently I marked the boards for the sizes I wanted, and we cut the boards down with a table saw, and mitered the corners. I was so excited that night I stayed up late gluing and clamping all the frames. :) They just need to be reinforced with nails. I love how they turned out!