Book your stay in a ‘Barnwood Builders’ cabin

By Stephen Baldwin, RealWV

In May 2023, I was driving through White Sulphur Springs around 8am. There was a loud noise behind the Barnwood Living store, so I pulled in to see what all the commotion was about.

Turns out it was Mark Bowe, rapping a country song over the purr of a crane while personally manning the controls and dropping logs onto a frame. 

Bowe is the host of the hit TV show “Barnwood Builders,” where he and his crew preserve and repurpose historic log homes. His latest project is the perfect combination of old materials used in a new style–log cabin tiny homes.

“We get at least 500 people from out of state that come to the store every month,” Bowe says. Now those visitors can stay in a cabin Bowe and the builders constructed just for them.

Over the last year and a half, he and the crew have been hard at work building tiny cabins behind their store. The Spa City Cottage is available now for rent via Airbnb, as is the Big Draft Timberframe. A third cabin, the Dry Creek Cabin, will be ready for visitors this fall.

The cabins are all nearly 400 square feet and include modern amenities, such as wireless internet, bathrobes, smart TV, comfy beds, and curated interior designs. The cost per night is usually around $175 during the week and $225 per night on the weekend.

Tune in to watch Barnwood Builders on MAX or The Magnolia Network.