I think it could be beautiful to treat it as a 'ruin'. With vines growing up, a secluded place to go. Put some wrought iron table and chairs on the foundation and it could be a romantic get-away place for you and your SO. Or, a great place for the children to play hop-scotch. If you're looking to save it, vines may not be the best choice. In that case, I would mow around it and plant native wildflowers. Tons of them. And native grasses, so you won't have to mow but perhaps once or twice a year. It depends on what you want to do with this barn, and what would look best with your home. So many possibilities!

You may not want to prime it. You may want to stain it with a solid color stain. Those are usually self priming. Is the wood in sound condition? Is it clean? You can choose a variety of wood stains in various colors. My daughter painted a roughsawn cedar patio room with Cabot Solid Color Siding Stain in cream and it looks gorgeous. It's called PRO. V.T Solid Color Acrylic Stain. Michael

Thank you, sis! I got very lucky when I found this place. It's a lot of work, which is good, mostly spring, summer, and fall, of course. And oh, wish I could put it on wheels and move it to a nicer and more friendly town…but, can't have everything, I guess! What do you think of that photo of the barn window opening outward? I wonder how that would look on a wall, like an illusion of looking out the wall at a field? Might be interesting! And back at you, re: beautiful homes. This post was edited by Tibbrix on Sat, Feb 7, 15 at 20:25

Here are the chairs. #1 Here's a close up of the edge of the underside. This is the only thing that could be a makers mark but it could be an accident. Either way it doesn't say much. #2 - Same design as the first chair, but I think they did some repairs to it. On the underside there are two pieces of wood where the front legs attach to the seat that are not on the first chair. There is also a mark on the underside of the number 94. It has some kind of finish that the first chair doesn't have and I'm wondering if there is a way to remove the finish because it''s peeling off on the front of the seat where you thighs rub on. Here you can see the part where it looks like they made a repair possibly. And here's the only mark on this chair. Chair #3- This chair is smaller so maybe it was for a youngster?