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Katch Hadley tears down an
old barn in Creston on Jan.
29. Hadley uses the wood
he removes from old barns
to make custom furniture
for his company, Big Sky
Barnwood Furnishings.

RIGHT: Katch Hadley cuts wood in his
shop. Hadley thinks he has enough
wood currently to build 30-40 tables.

FAR RIGHT: Rene Gardner laughs while
helping Katch Hadley remove wood
from a barn in Creston on Jan. 29.

BOTTOM RIGHT: Katch Hadley re-
moves beams from the roof of a barn.
Hadley uses the wood he removes
from old barns to make custom furni-
ture for his company, Big Sky Barn-
wood Furnishings.

picture frames,” he said.
Then he crafted tables. He gave one to his wife, Breann, and gave other furni-
ture, including a vanity, to other family members.
They suggested he should sell them, which he has; Hadley recently built 11

refurbished barnwood tables for Tamarack Brewing Company in Lakeside. He
builds them big and solid, with a typical table weighing 300 to 400 pounds and
costing more than $2,000.
But it’s hard to put a concrete price on what his future furnishings will cost,
Hadley said, because everything he has made is custom.
“I don’t mass produce anything,” he said. “I can build anything custom.”
Hadley said he builds because it’s in his blood; his dad is a contractor who

builds custom homes. But when Hadley isn’t tearing down old barns or crafting in
his 30-by-40-foot workshop, he’s working full time at Flathead Electric Coopera-
tive.
Seeing table tops in old doors or thinking a lineup of old wall studs would make
a handsome vanity might not be his primary job yet, but Hadley will keep search-
ing for and polishing up these hidden gems.
“It’s just fun for me,” Hadley said.
For more information on Big Sky Barnwood Furnishings, call 406-253-1373.

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