Easy Answer….The Barn

Custom home furnishings is a dream come true for most homeowners.  The piece you want to bring your kitchen, your bathroom, your home to life…doesn’t exist in a store.

Bringing custom one of a kind furnishings into your home is one thing.

Knowing they’ll be built from centuries old barn wood is something all together different.

Rustic furniture can be done in many ways, but rustic barn wood furniture from Whatman Hardwoods comes from barns.  These barns come from every county in  Ohio, and may have seen two to three centuries of life.  They are part of our history, part of our story.

And they can live on in your home.  That matters.

Here are three ways of creating custom handcrafted furniture from recycled Ohio barn wood will add a unique one of a kind story to your one of a kind home.

1. Supply and Demand:  Historic barns aren’t being made anymore.  There is no shortage today, but no two barns are alike. And so, not only will your piece be one of a kind…it may never be duplicated again.

2. Custom built in the first place:  Nothing gets built like it use to be.  The barns that have dotted Ohio’s landscape for these many years were custom created by design focused craftsman, with attention to detail and quality.  Unique carpentry, thick boards, specific attention to detail is why they still stand today.  This level of quality shows up in barn wood furniture.

3. Imagination happens:  Sometimes we know the story.  Who owned the barn, who built it, what happened inside those walls. And sometimes we don’t.  But you can almost feel the history in an old barn.  Did two lovers marry here?  What was born here, what lived here, what was alive here. Dreams came true here, and they can for you in your home too.

These Ohio barns were meant to last forever.  And they can…and do…in custom handcrafted rustic barn wood furniture created just for you by skilled custom carpenters.