Whoever buys this one gets a great little gem. I have never seen wood split in such a beautiful way. It is pretty exceptional. The wood for this beam came from an old barn near Green Isle, MN.

We think, but have not confirmed that this is an old Pinske Barn. We know Pete Pinske, who was a 3rd generation barn builder. His grandfather started building barns in the late 1800s. The Pinke’s were early pioneers of doing hip-roof barns. The hip-roof allowed the farmer to store more hay in the building. Pinske’s were probably building the hip roof barns 20 years before they were popular. The Pinske’s were also very good about selecting trees for lumber in the winter time. This gave them an advantage to build more barns in the summer time with better lumber. Pete recently helped build a house for his grand-nephew where they reclaimed wood from one of the original barns that Pete’s grandfather built. They used material for cabinets an other decor. So the wood ended up traveling 5 generations.

This mantel should be priced higher because it is extra cool.