WYOMING FIRST: This Old Barn

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This week we are featuring This Old Barn from Casper, Wyoming

This Old Barn, Casper — Kathryn George thisoldbarn@atwy.net 307-234-0942

Kathryn has always loved woodworking. While working construction 10 -12 years ago, she got interested in working with barn wood and got hooked. Kathryn hauled a 10×20 shed out to her ranch, southeast of Casper, and decided to set up a small shop to start her business, which she still works out of.

Kathryn got the name for her business after reading the THIS OLD HOUSE magazines, and started selling wooden wheelbarrow and birdhouses at craft shows for extra income.  What is really unique about Kathryn’s products is that all the wood and iron and trinkets come from the Wyoming prairies. She is lucky enough to have friends with falling down barns and old dumps. She has never incorporated (made in china) in her pieces.

She has quite a variety of products produced: wheelbarrows, birdhouses, jelly cupboards, kitchen cupboards, benches and plant stands, shadow boxes – she has also started making planters out of old iron beds. There is really no limit to what she might build. Having an imagination with old wood and iron helps.

The price of a piece depends on how long it took to build and what particular items may be attached to it – anywhere between $20.00 dollars to $200.00. The shovel birdhouses are $65.00 and have been her best sellers along with the birdhouse benches which are $150.00.

flower bed planter

Kathryn participates in local (Casper and surrounding area) craft shows, Twelve Days of Christmas, Bear Trap Summer Festival, and has aspirations to be in the art fair in Jackson. You can e-mail or call for questions and special orders. You can also drive out to her shop and look around at her “Sanford and Sons” collection of barn wood and rust.

Visit Wyoming Business Council’s “Wyoming First” website (click here) to learn more about this service — and if you are a Wyoming business who’s not a member, be sure to inquire about membership! 

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