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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 guys reminisce as they take down a big, old tobacco barn in Kentucky.
Mark donates a timber frame to West Virginia University, his alma mater, as an addition to its pioneer heritage center; the builders work with volunteers to raise the timber frame barn, teaching them how to build bents, cut pegs and hew logs.
The builders head up 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.
A modern mansion is given a complete log cabin makeover 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.
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 inventory quick, so he buys three cabins on a remote farm. It’s a fast triple takedown full of suspense, strategy, and plenty of big crashes. The guys 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 most complicated build 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.
