OLD FARM RECLAIMED LUMBER

"Back in the mid-1970s my dad, P.C. Snapp, and I got 1,000 board feet of wormy chestnut out of an old barn down in Caney Valley in Hawk ins County with the help of my uncle Mike Grindstaff and friend Henry Derrick," Snapp remembers fondly. "Dad and I made picture frames, clocks, post office door banks and bookcases for people and we never charged a cent. They were gifts. That 1,000 board feet lasted us almost 30 years," he said with a laugh... When he ran out of lumber Snapp went to look for more. "I found a barn that had a mix of wormy chestnut, oak, pine and popular," he remembers. "I kept the chestnut and found uses for the other species through area connections. With the help of Brent Buchanan we took down 74 barns in two-and-a half years. The experts say if you reuse the lumber in an old barn you have [just] saved 300 trees... Snapp and his crew's handy work and craftsmanship has resulted in him making items ranging from fine end grain cutting boards, pizza peels, table tops.,..

Also known as: Old Farm Reclaimed Lumber, LLP

Primary location: Johnson City United States