JASPER, Fla. — Mary Anne and Bubba McCray of Mayo were selling their creations at Sweets N the Streets in Jasper when I met up with them this past Saturday morning. It was cold out, but there was still a decent crowd eating and looking at what all of the vendors had for sale. Mary Anne sat and talked with me while Bubba talked to the customers that walked into their tent.

When I asked her how her company, ReVision, got started she said, “We like old stuff.” She started out by making birdhouses and small tables. Mary Anne would take what she made to the master gardener plant sales. In 2015 Bubba started helping her and the business officially started. One of the neatest things about their creations is the material they use. They mainly use the wood from old barns and houses.

The way it usually works when they approach someone with an old barn or house on their property that looks run down, is that they are able to keep what ever wood they can salvage in return for tearing down the structure and hauling everything away. They have torn down barns and houses in Lafayette and Suwannee counties. The couple usually makes something to give to the landowner out of the wood they took out of their rundown house or barn. Marry Anne’s mother Sarah enjoys helping them salvage the wood and demolishing the structures. Sarah is 77.

When I asked Marry Anne what her least favorite part of the business is for her, she looked over at the dolly behind their tent and said she does not like moving their larger pieces. Her favorite part is looking at the material they find and deciding how to use it. She likes seeing how the old structures were built and the interesting things they find inside them. She calls it “Redneck Archaeology.”

While I was talking to Mary Anne a young couple purchased one of their Christmas trees made from old chairs, cribs, and other interestingly shaped wood. They have sold nearly 75 of these trees. A small piece like that sells for $40. The most expensive item they had for sale was a large piece made from wood salvaged from a smokehouse and a cast iron sink from one of the houses they tore down. You can own this piece of history for $250.

ReVision makes potting benches that some of their customers use for entertainment centers or TV stands. They also make sewing cabinets, signs and tables. Marry Anne says they can do custom work by request and she added, “Each piece of ours is one of a kind.” The history of these old structures is important to Marry Anne and Bubba. She started to tell me about Thomas Dowling and George Drew and their role in the lumber business in this area. She then told me a website where I could look to find out more about the rapid growth of this part of North Florida due in part to the lumber business.

I could tell she and her husband enjoy talking about their creations and the process involved in making them. I really enjoyed meeting them and seeing the fruits of their labor.