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 …
While most barndominiums are built on slab foundations, you can erect a steel frame over almost any type of basement foundation. Can a Barndominium Have a Crawl Space? Here is what you should know before deciding to build your barndominium over a crawl space. What Is a Crawl Space? The purpose of a crawl space …
If you’re looking for that perfect little farmhouse in the country, then you’ll love what Christy Herbert Peltier and her family in South Louisiana built. This barndominium is right around 1,215 square feet of living area and features three bedrooms and two bathrooms. The overall exterior dimensions of the building are 40-foot by 60-foot. From …
Our featured home is located in Southeast Georgia, situated on the state’s coast that boasts of beaches, farmlands and mountains. This dwelling demonstrates the inherent characteristics of flexibility, durability and energy efficiency that only a barndominium can offer. Let us look at the Southeast Georgia Barndominium. Be inspired to design and build your forever home …
Introduction Have you been thinking about taking your dreams of an elegant and classically beautiful home and turning them into a reality? Luckily for you, barndominiums are not just rustic country homes with austere furnishings and a simple design. They can also be incredibly upscale and have ornate elements that bring a touch of class …
Many of today’s barndominiums are built with metal frames. The steel posts provide increased durability and allow for larger designs. However, as with any metal structure, you may worry about the risk of rust. So, do barndominiums rust? A lack of maintenance, poor construction, or severe weather may expose the metal to oxygen and moisture, …
Introduction This 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom Oklahoma City Barndominium was built by L&C Metal Buildings with a floor plan designed by Chad Tittle out of Rocky, OK. With custom touches and a personalized look, this barndo is beautifully executed. It sits starkly against the Oklahoma plains, but inside it has a cozy, lived in appeal. …
A barndominium, also known as a barndo, offers the rustic, open feel of a barn but with the custom amenities of a luxury home, such as an open concept kitchen and living room, a built-in loft, an outdoor living area, a spacious deck, and more, depending on your chosen floor plans, which is what makes …
If you’re looking for a place where you can stretch out and relax with all the room you need for you and your family, these 5 bedroom barndominium floor plans are the perfect choice. These barndos will give you plenty of space for play time, entertaining, family gatherings, and even a home office. Even if …
Bonieca Boatright, a retired corrections officer with a decade of duty on Death Row in the toughest prison in Texas, shows she still has a creative side by building an amazing small barndominium. Using nothing but totally recycled, reclaimed or repurposed materials, she built her 2500 sq ft barndo within the framework of a steel …
When you first began to dream about luxury barndominiums as your “forever home,” you probably did what thousands of folks still do every day: Google for images of barndos and prowl Pinterest for floor plans and interior design inspiration. But did you ever think of looking on YouTube? If you type in the keywords “luxury …
The Best Barndominium Pictures on the Internet (That we know of) If you live in Texas, you gotta love the pictures of this barndominium Only three bedrooms and two baths, but it sits on 20+ acres of rolling Texas hill country. When you step inside, you’ll lose all doubt that a born-here, gonna-die-here Texan decorated …
Today’s topic for discussion: barndominium design ideas No one seems to know exactly who originated the idea of decorating the inside of a dwelling place with corrugated tin, but today we’re applying the concept to create a few barndominium design ideas Traditionally, corrugated tin has perched atop farmhouses and outbuildings, or even silos — for …
Here’s your chance to see barndominium images, ideas, and inspiration you might not have thought of or seen — ever! All of which can go straight into your dream barndo scrapbook, corkboard or shoebox to await the day you can incorporate it into YOUR barndominium. Ready to see things you’ve never seen before? Here we …
When Texas antique dealers Amy and Brian Kleinwachter decided to buil their Forever Home, they decided to stick with the mantra: “Washed and worn rustic elegance—nice stuff that’s not ‘stuffy’”. The result? A wonderful, sprawling barn home that is just full of quirky fun touches you can apply in your own Forever Home. From the …
The barndominium has become a fast, unique way to combine a rustic country lifestyle with the comfort of modern household features. And when we say fast, we mean it. To convert these barns into your dream house it’s actually a pretty quick turnaround. You may be wondering – how long does it take to build …
Used to, you’d have to look far and wide to find even the slightest reference to a barndominium. Then, within the last year or so, builders started touting their classic barndo builds, and really, some of them are amazing. Anyway, looking for some interior or exterior design inspiration? Look no farther… https://youtu.be/tEsxw8P3BKE
So as we were updating our articles archive yesterday, we came across a hidden link to an amazing photo spread on how ro use corrugated tin as a design element. Houzz.com has done the heavy lifting here by assembling this collection of ideas you can steal to give your barn home a conversation starting feature. …
It isn’t often that we run across an article from our archives that we feel is worthy of posting one more time. But this one on outstanding Barndominium Interiors more than qualifies. Settled on a dusty two lane farm road outside West Monroe, Louisiana is the 2200 square foot home of Kelly Moore Clark, husband …
Seems like the barndos receiving all the attention lately are in the 2500 to 5000 sf ft range, shop space not included. So, we got to wondering. How many square feet is the “right” amount of livable (heated or air conditioned) space? Turns out, the majority of barndominium builds across the United States is around 2500 …