February 8th, 2021

This week we will be providing an update on some antique new arrivals. I was looking back at some of the photos I’ve taken during lockdown and realized the quantity of new items we’ve brought in recently. Also, we haven’t provide an update on antique...

February 1st, 2021

Quarantine Series: Recycled Repurposed Reused At The Barn we like to be as environmentally friendly as possible. We posted an article about the Springwater Woodcraft products we carry. How everything is made of white pine from sustainably managed forests. And how they...

January 25th, 2021

During the first month or so of the lockdown we spent a lot of time working on smalls. Smalls in the antique world is just about anything that will fit in a china cabinet. Examples of smalls include: china, glass & crystal, silver, figurines, copper, brass,...

January 18th, 2021

Since there is a lot of confusion about the new stay at home order, and we are getting a lot of the same questions, I will attempt to answer common covid questions in this week’s post. I have read the 32 page document the Ontario government released on January...

January 11th, 2021

Quarantine Series: Reclaimed Wood If you are a regular reader of this page you’ve seen “reclaimed wood furniture” often. But what exactly is reclaimed wood furniture? Well quite simply it is furniture made of recycle wood and often metal. The wood...
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