  The lumber used to
build these barns generations ago are usually of a local
variety of pine or hemlock. Since every barn is uniquely
tweeked by time and nature, the system Scarboro River
Barn & Lumber uses to harvest the salvaged lumber
keeps the lumber from each barn bundled and separate from
the other. Each board is removed by hand, one by one,
pulling every nail. Sorted, stacked and banded on sight
in bundles of 3-6 feet, 6-10 feet, and 10 feet and over,
each bundle is measured for the total square footage of
lumber. Due to the random widths of the boards, they are
sold by the square foot rather than board foot.
Another factor that determines the condition of the board is the side of the barn it was on. Boards facing south or west are usually more weathered than thosethat were on the north or east sides. Also, the thickness of a board and the degree of paint can vary slightly from top to bottom due to the protection of the roof overhang. If your decorating style is country, colonial or rustic, you will find what you are looking for with our antique lumber.
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The color of barn
siding ranges from no paint, which is in various shades
of gray, to boards that were at one time painted red
These can have very limited remnants of paint to a
definite red color. 
