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An Adirondack Fishing Lodge will come together in a matter of hours as part of The Columbus Dispatch Home & Garden Show presented by Ohio Mulch, demonstrating the idea of sustainability and the use of reclaimed materials. The lodge will be assembled using historic timber frame and other vintage components, said Doug Morgan of the Mount Vernon Barn Co. of Fredericktown. Morgan said his company specializes in finding the best and earliest hand-hewn barns and repurposing them as residences and other spaces. Among the company’s many projects was constructing the Wells Barn at Franklin Park Conservatory. The 200-year-old barn now hosts events. Many of Mount Vernon Barn’s projects are large-scale, but the Adirondack fishing lodge will be a smaller structure. The 24-by-17-foot lodge will have timber-framed walls and a steep pitched roof, almost 20 feet tall, made of reclaimed corrugated metal. Displayed with a pond, boardwalk and dock, the lodge will have a lot of character, he said. Interior designers and landscape architects contributed ideas for the concept. The lodge also will have a kitchen, bedroom loft and an antique potbelly stove. “I’ll be there to answer questions. It’ll be neat,” he said. “People will really enjoy it. It will be a nice mix of modern and vintage,” said Morgan.

The lodge was designed by WSA Architects, based in Columbus’ Brewery District. Ashley Kerwood of WSA said the goal was to create a lodge that felt modern and contemporary, while incorporating sustainability and reclaimed materials. “There’s a really big trend with tiny living,” Kerwood said. “We wanted to also showcase something along those lines. We achieved it with this design. “It should be very cool when it’s done.” The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is another collaborator on the project. The zoo’s ideas helped make the lodge’s yard wildlife-friendly — for example, a bat house is part of the layout — but pains were also taken to keep deer out of the area, said Peter Fingerhut, the zoo’s vice president of marketing and sales. The lodge is designed to be energy-efficient, with features compatible with an urban, suburban or rural setting, he said. Morgan said the barn will arrive ready for assembly in about four or five hours at the home and garden show. After the show, his company will keep the lodge in inventory, possibly selling it as a home or weekend getaway.

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