Most of the barn boards the business uses, including this one being moved by co-owner Joe Brien, are salvaged from local "burn piles."

A night stand was among Buxton Barn Board's first products.

Joe Brien and Jane Hamilton Davis are co-owners of Buxton Barn Board.

The bookcase that started it all, built by Joe Brien for Jane Hamilton Davis's daughter, Autumn.

Rough-hewn charm courtesy of Maine weather.

A parson's bench by Buxton Barn Board.

Joe Brien found this copper piece in the South Portland dump, and is refashioning the metal into a clock face.

A new coffee table is highlighted outside the Buxton Bard Board workshop.

A table in the design process.

Square-head nails replace screws used in the building process.

Joe Brien shows the square-head nails he uses in building furniture.

This tea chest has found a home (if not yet its place there).

The natural beauty of aged wood.

A parson's bench in the workshop.