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Thieves are stripping KY barns for farmhouse-chic decor By Tessa Duvall, Louisville Courier Journal Burkesville, KY - Just off a bend in the Cumberland River stands a weathered tobacco barn whose split and slivered planks have gone missing piece by piece. Lois "Nan" Coffey, 95, points in exasperation with her tobacco pole cane at the gaping holes and absent barn doors that have left the structure stripped bare in places, like a skeleton with bones missing. Barnwood thieves have been stealing Kentucky memories across the commonwealth -- from Todd to Russell counties -- not for what's in them but to feed a growing desire for the farmhouse chic popularized by famous HGTV hosts Chip and Joanna Gaines -- that is, taking ancient, weathered barnwood and using it to make a new house look old. In Kentucky, with more old barns per square mile than any other state, barnwood thieving has been a problem for years. Call a sheriff to ask about a barn theft case, and he's just as likely to ask which one. Read more at courier-journal.com This story was posted on 2019-04-18 05:10:08
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