Over the weekend, I finally had the chance to visit this barn my brother has been working on for the last year. It is truly amazing. It's built in a post and beam style (notice the wooden pegs!) and has a stone foundation. All the wood, windows and doors are recycled. I think there's a bit more to do on it (painting, etc) but it is looking quite nice I think. More photos here.
Holy cannoli. That’s one seriously nice barn. Is he planning on living in it or is all that craftsmanship for regular ol’ hay?
He’s building it for my parents. I think they want to make the top floor of the barn into some sleeping quarters and the rest will be for regular old barn stuff like you say:)
This is absolutely amazing.
Wow – such an amazing feat. Your parents must be delighted with it!
it looks really beautiful!
GORGEOUS! congratulations to your brother!!!
Absolutely amazing! Your parents are incredibly lucky!
ah! A barn just in time for summer! How wonderful.
chelsea, this is incredible. what a guy!
this is amazing. the shape is gorgeous and the light? oh, man!
wow…beautiful!! the shape of it is just perfect.
That is incredible. I would love to build a barn. This particular one is gorgeous.
oh my goodness, that is amazing!!
HOLY COW! This is a dream barn for cows and other critters. It is so nice and so rustic, it could be a B & B for non-bovines 🙂
Laurie
oh my goodness. this is absolutely incredible! i am in love and green with envy.
wow, that is gorgeous. he must be very talented!
Blogs are good for every one where we get lots of information for any topics nice job keep it up !!!
It sometimes baffles me how one can construct a HOUSE. What an amazing accomplishment!
Oh, this looks absolutely gorgeous! I love the natural look…
I love it~!
Wow. Talk about an accomplishment. I think it looks so wonderful, and I love how natural it is.
That is so, so beautiful!
I noticed the pics on Flickr and wondered what the story was. Very impressive 🙂 What are his plans for the barn?
so beautiful–this blows my mind! and makes me feel totally unhandy!
How amazing, he built it? This looks incredible!
beautiful!
just amazing, chelsea. not only the house, but the setting.
This is beautiful! What a great project. Someday when we have space, I would love to have a barn, especially one that I or a loved one built with our hands. Wonderful.
Hey Victoria- He built it for my parents along with a small cabin (built in the same style). They are going to build their own house on the property. I think the top section of the barn will be a sleeping loft for when all their grandkids come and visit:)
Julia- Yes he designed it and built it. He’s sort of self-taught so we joke about it falling down all the time. But, I think it’s pretty stable:) He learned all the architect-y math stuff..or whatever it is you need to know to make a building stand:)
Great looking barn. Fantastic pictures too. 🙂
wow that rock foundations is impressive.
Absolutely incredible… He did a great job!
this is so amazingly gorgeous!! your brother is obviously pretty cool.
This barn is so beautiful. I love the shape and the wood. Thank you for sharing!
That is so beautiful. I can’t imagine how gratifying it must be to build something like that.