11.   Reclaimed timber, such as weathered barn boards, old beams and cedar shingles, ties both lodge and cottage to the Appalachians.

12.   Still, James admitted, there is beauty in old beams.

13.   The old oak beams have been carefully preserved and the walls are a mixture of stone and white plasterboard.

14.   Very old beams may have straight saw marks in an unevenly spaced, zigzag pattern.