This final reveal is sentimental for me for many reasons. It is hard to even believe that I am sitting here, in my very own barndominium, writing to you right now. As I have shared my barndominium online, many, many people have commented that everything looks so easy and smooth! While I loved sharing the …

Working on interior finishes at the end of your build is an exciting and stressful job. We so badly wanted to move in and finish everything later, but alas, many things had to be finished before we moved all of our things in. I once had a builder say “you are halfway done once you …

Throughout our building journey, many people have swooned over thinking about the drywall phase. “When you have drywall up, your house actually looks like a home!” Needless to say, with getting our insulation in and drywall up, this has been a big, exciting stage of our journey, and it has helped us to start thinking …

In part 11 of the series, we discussed our interior barndominium framing. After framing comes barndominium rough in work: HVAC, plumbing, and electrical. These tasks were exciting and overwhelming. All of the trades can, and for us, did work in the home all at the same time, which meant we were making tons of decisions …

We are excited to share that our barndominium framing is officially complete! Since our last update, our framing crew has built our second floor, framed our fireplace, and finished the extremely large wall that separates our kitchen and garage. We are so thankful to have been connected with this contractor and his team. Framing has …

In today’s update, watch our barn transform from a metal skeleton into a home because of interior framing. After our exterior was completed, we hired a two-man crew to come in to do our framing. In just one week, our home went from totally empty to having rooms and spaces, stairs and storage areas. During …

This has been a long time coming, but we are FINALLY finishing up our barndominium exterior. In our building journey so far, we have had ups and downs, but we are so in love with our home. In our situation, we decided to complete the exterior (concrete, metal trusses, exterior framing, siding, roof, windows and …

Looking for the other articles in the series? Check out part 7 here! Find a list of the articles in order on Instagram @morgan.homebuild and click the link in bio. Purchasing Materials for a Barndominium One of of the most important jobs that an owner has in the home building process is purchasing materials that …

Our DIY Barndominium Part 7: Lessons Learned While Building This is not your average update from us during our barndominium build, and that is because the last two weeks have not been so average. I could focus on detailing the progress, and I will do some of that, but I thought it would be more …

On this week’s update of our barndominium build, we get to talk about actually building the barndominium! For the last couple of weeks, our crew has been delivering materials, and working on the beginning stages of our structure. In the next couple of weeks, we will be totally finished with our metal siding, roof and …

The last two weeks have been an explosion of building progress, after months and months of planning, all with one goal in mind: pouring the slab foundation. This step is HUGE for many reasons, one of which being that it is so final. There is no crawlspace to get into to rework the plumbing if …

The first day you see a construction truck roll onto your land is a magical day. “Breaking ground” they call it. Months, sometimes years, of hard work planning and preparing finally has some substance to it. Everyone has different starting points when beginning construction due to different land situations, but for us, day one was …

How we found the BEST barndominium floor plan for us, redesigned it, worked with an architect, and are on our way towards finishing our dream barndominium! Check out our other articles in the series: Part 2: Benefits of a Barndominium Find more info and pics from our journey on instagram @morgan.homebuild The first day that …

By Morgan Ropeke Benefits of a Barndominium Thinking back many months ago, one of the biggest turning points in our journey was when we finally decided to build a barndominium over a traditional home. There are many benefits of a barndominium and also benefits when considering a traditional home. Trust me, this was a HUGE …

Something big and life changing. Deciding to build a house is one of those moments. I am Morgan Roepke, and over a year ago, my husband and I decided to take the road less traveled (literally), and jump head first into building a home. Along the way, we stumbled upon the barndominium community. With the …