What a difference a little time makes. . . .

 Almost the same view, but about 26 years apart.

Taking something old and making it new again.

 I have a good friend who often comes out to help at the cabin.
He is an artist, photographer and someone who is always interested in how something works.
Once while visiting he became very intrigued with this original door latch on the Pitts blacksmith building.
At the time he was remodeling his basement using lots of old lumber and even some log building techniques in the build (even chinking between some lumber to add the log cabin look),

He rebuilt a modern version of the old latch which he now uses in the basement bathroom.
Old lumber attached a little differently but works exactly the same.

See what you can do with a little imagination.