Barnwood Builders — Season 1, Episode 6: Transforming a Shipping Container into a Portable Barnwood Cabin

Episode synopsis

Mark and the guys turn a used shipping container into a portable barnwood cabin. They use welding torches and old logs to transform the steel container into a home. Mark searches for the perfect red barnwood to cover it. Then they try to lift the container cabin onto a trailer to prove its really portable.

About Barnwood Builders

Mark Bowe and his crew of West Virginia master craftsmen salvage antique barns and cabins, reusing the wood to create stunning, modern homes. The Barnwood Builders are devoted to salvaging and will stop at nothing to give 200-year-old structures new life, providing entertainment, inspiration and awe along the way.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Taking Down the Lincoln Cabin and Building a Dog Trot
• E2Rescuing a Massive Barn, Finishing the Lincoln Cabin
• E3Repurposing Every Beam from a Pennsylvania Bank Barn
• E4Salvaging a Homestead Corn Crib with a Hometown Barn Raising
• E5Wading with Alligators to Build a Two-Story Hunting Lodge in Florida
• E7Turning a West Virginia Smokehouse into a Modern Bunkhouse in the Florida Swamp
• E8Fighting the Elements to Build a Well House, and Repairing a Damaged Log Home
• E9Moving a Pre-Civil War Log Cabin from West Virginia to Tennessee