If you’re planning to build a home, why not build a barn at the same time? That was exactly what Dan and Karen of Townshend, Vermont, decided to do when they sat down with Rob Wadsworth of Vermont Barns a few years ago.
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We probably aren’t supposed to play favorites, but we do indeed have favorite customers. We love seeing familiar names of those who come back to Barn Light Electric over and over for their lighting needs. We get particularly excited when these customers share photos so we can see how our handcrafted lights look in their building and renovation projects.
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Built in the late 19th century, the old hay barn in northwest Connecticut served well as a storage building and shelter for farm animals for decades. Fast forward 100 years and the building took on new life with living spaces on the first and second floors.
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Our Instagram feed is chock full of building and remodeling projects, so if you need some serious inspiration, be sure to pop over and check it out!
One of our favorite builds to watch from foundation pouring to switching on the lights came from our friend Lindsey over at The Pleated Poppy. Lindsey and her husband purchased 2.5 acres in San Luis Obispo, a small town on the central coast of California, where they designed and built their dream home.
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It’s no secret that the farmhouse trend shows no signs of slowing down. A parallel trend of creating homes in renovated barns offers another creative way to showcase rustic style.
And now meet Shawn who brings the two trends together into one stunning space. Shawn’s new barnhouse, located in Bertram, Texas just northwest of Austin, features a barn on the first floor with living space above. The home offers the perfect blend of traditional materials with updated details.
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When the ongoing pandemic closed gyms, parks, and other recreational facilities across the country, Americans were forced to get creative with workouts at home.
Luckily for Chris and Nancy, the perfect space for health and recreation was right in their own back yard. The construction of a pole barn on their property in Newaygo, Michigan, wrapped up right as the Covid-19 disaster started to unfold.
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