And from about 8 a.m. to after 6 p.m., as the temperature soared from 55 to 85, Daughter #3 and I were on ladders slinging oil-based, International Harvester-red paint onto the south-facing, broad ...

Barns of all ages remain red because it has always been the cheapest paint, and will always remain the cheapest paint. The reason for this eternal discount isn’t found in the manufacturing plant ...

The barn on state Route 821, just outside of Marietta on the eastern edge of Ohio, is old. Its gray wood panels are wide and full of holes. The left side was once painted with an ancient “mail ...