My Old Kentucky Home... Built for each of our parents, that used to live in Alaska, so that they had a place to relax while on extended stays. Located on our property (far from the house) is one of Boone Counties Historic grave sites for the Smith family. The Shack is located directly behind our main house, and we live here year around. We have 6 dogs with us on our property that love chasing the birds, deer and rabbits that show up. We felt like it would be fun to build what looked like the “old Smith shack”, but with all the modern luxury. We think we accomplished our objective. The house uses old barn beams that are from a barn in Indiana that housed Morgans Raiders in the Civil War. http:// war/general-morgan-s-raid-on-indiana. We used tobacco sticks from a local families barns as the isles for the railing of the loft. Even the stove is “old timey”. We combined this with custom built cabinets in the galley kitchen and an old school shower head that ‘lets water flow’.