Siobhan Spain’s brother installing reused barn wood in her kitchen.

Credit Courtesy of Siobhan Spain

Spain’s family deconstructed their barn instead of demolishing it. When you demolish a building, it gets torn down as quickly as possible without regard to what happens to the discarded materials. When you deconstruct a building, you take it apart piece by piece and try to resell or reuse everything you can.

via Choosing Deconstruction Over Demolition | Iowa Public Radio.