Fall harvest means barns across the Midwest are a busy place — but for a central Minnesota woman, they aren't just farm buildings, they're works of art.

"Most of my barns are 100 to 120 years old," said Heather Coleman.

While home buyers go house hunting, Coleman goes barn hunting across central Minnesota. The more beat up the building is, the better.

"This was a windstorm this summer that took this beautiful thing down," Coleman said while visiting a barn in Kandiyohi County.

The barnwood she gathers ends up in her shop near the town of Pennock — that's where it finds a new purpose.

"All these dilapidated barns out in the country either get bulldozed or just sit there and I'm all about refurbishing anything," Coleman said.

She's refurbishing while combining her love for farm life wi

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