An old barn in a state of disrepair in the scenic rural landscape. What are the alternatives? To add a tin roof or to destroy? Not necessarily.With the right knowledge you could carefully restore the old building – and preserve a historical monument that would otherwise run a serious risk of devastation. This transregional project spreads the knowledge of building traditions and old craftsmanship.– Our project has been very ambitious with a large number of events,both in Norway and Sweden where we have involved more than 800 persons up to now, says project leader Einar Engen. There is much to gain from collaboration across the border. Norwegian and Swedish building traditions are in parts very similar in this region with the same type of purposes and the same materials. Craftsmen and museums on both sides of theborder possess expertise that because of the project can be shared and spread to house owners, folklore societies, students and other interest groups.– The museums in Norway and Sweden welcomed the project. At last a heritage project about buildings! By tradition the museums do not collaborate across county borders but in this project, the borders are eliminated and knowledge may be shared. The project team has organised seminars, viewings, courses and school programmes. Craftsmen have studied cleaving shingle and stone-building, schoolchildren have tried paintingusing calcimine and how to putty windows. The public has been invited to ongoing renovations to see how to replace decayed logs on old buildings, to replace a slate roof or to make calcimine paint. This has been an opportunity for people to discuss their own renovation projects with the specialist craftsmen, and in some cases also to try splitting a log or two.