Bernie

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Bernie Builds a Barn
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NEARLY FIFTY YEARS AGO, I built my first barn on
our place at Wilton, Connecticut. It was a
family project since the kids wanted a horse, and
the deal was that they could have one but that
they must help build a barn and stable first. I
was (am!) much taken with old New England barns
generally and their early post- and-beam
constructions. And I had had some experience
revamp- ing and working on same with my early
boss, George W. Rhine. So I brushed up some on
technique and styles, and that is what we
did. Later, since I was a freelance writer, I
sold several articles about our venture to the
shelter mag field (as we knew it back then),
including one publication which compared our
lifestyle to that of no less than (the!) Robert
Redford then of Utah but who, curiously,
later moved himself to Wilton Now I have penned
this picture-caption tale long after, as a
memento of those bygone days Bernie
Powell
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Post-and-Beam gets its great strength from all
the notching, mortising, and pinning of joints
and braces
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Cutting mortise notches on a cold winter morning
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Tight fits are mandatory and must be pounded
snugly home
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Gambrels gave more headroom in oldtime barn lofts
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Underage employee learns how to lay a loft floor
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Like many oldtime barns, mine was a hill barn
stable lower and behind it thus (heavy) bales
from loft always travelled downward
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I thought to let my barn weather into soft grey
from an all-natural look. But the guy who bought
my place from me had another idea
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And thats all I have to say bout that!