Buckeye’s Barnwood Bob finely-finished barn doors feature artistic walls & ceilings

Get To Know Your Craftsman, Barnwood Bob

A fifth-generation Pennsylvania family, my siblings and I grew up in the inner city of Philadelphia. From an early age, my brother and I worked building and repairing greenhouses for our family’s business. It was great fun. Under the mentorship of several older German master craftsmen, I received a “live” education in carpentry. As a result of developing solid skills using my hands as a young lad, it enabled me to pay my own way through college. Later, after earning an MBA at the Wharton School, the business world captured my imagination. I was fortunate to enjoy a long management career in mergers & acquisitions of multi-national healthcare companies, at the same time, working to improve my woodworking skills in our basement shop. There, I was a studious amateur, designing and building furniture whenever wasn’t on a plane or coaching one of Dawn’s and my two children’s sports teams.

Upon arriving in AZ, I quickly uncovered a significant unmet need. Modern home designs frequently incorporate large archways with no doors and no privacy. There were few resources for quality barn wood doors. Subsequently, after repairing a handful of builder quality doors for neighbors, I grew frustrated by the quality lacking in the product people asked me to salvage. I came to realize homeowners want and deserve a durable, high-quality barndoor that enhances the personal style of their Arizona home. It was then that we developed our system for making a non-warping door and applying the same finish quality that craftsmen use in making fine furniture. Barnwood Bob custom crafts an incredibly sturdy, beautifully finished sliding barn door. As a result, some clients describe our work as “wall art” rather than just a door.