When walking through the door of the Dream Bedroom Makeover winner’s home, Christy Gregor, you could feel the energy of a project-making day. A day that resulted in a custom headboard.
Barns are beautiful. They’re a connection with a simpler time—a structure that was built by hand, without heavy machinery. Today we see the prevalence of barn wood being used in almost everything. From furniture to home remodeling, barn wood is everywhere.
“A sustainable lifestyle starts in the home because that’s where you live,” says Elba I. Cox, principal broker and owner of EcoPro Realty Group in Lake Oswego.
Martha Cerna, Communications/Marketing Manager and Mark Haley, business relations director with Habitat for Humanity ReStores, explain how to convert an old glass-paneled door from one of their company stores into a mirrored coat rack.
Homeowners interested in building with sustainable materials have a new resource for uses indoors and out: Western Juniper.
Writer Sophia Bennett and photographer Matthew Eaton explore the history and beauty of Oregon barns. "They captured my imagination," Eaton says when asked what he loves about barns. "Over decades of providing protection and fighting gravity, the character they developed was largely forgotten by all but a few who took notice of their crooked frames, bulging belt-lines and thinning roofs and saw beauty not only in the total package but in the individuality of their parts.”