The Barn is FINISHED!!!

Well it has taken Trev almost 2 years but he is finally finished with the barn. Mental note to self: If your husband tells you he wants to build a 800 square foot barn maybe you should disagree. :) Just kidding!

When we first bought the house it had a dilapadated, old horse barn. He was originally going to keep that and build a new barn in a different spot. Then one evening he had a vision that this old dilapadated thing could be built into something grand and I found him on his computer drawing out plans. I must tell you the magnitude of it did not shine through on the drawings to me and probably not to Trev either. Here is the barn in it's orignal form when we first bought the house.

Trev stripped everything down to the original telephone poles that supported the old barn and started from there. He hired a contractor to pour the slab and then began the framing.

Trev's Dad came for one weekend and helped him put the metal on the roof and that was a big help. The rest of the work he did all by himself.
The side of the barn was done in rough sawn cedar boards. This was the longest part of the project and were he began to run out of steam and took a short 9 month break. :) So, the barn sat somewhat like this for a while.

Last 4th of July all of our friends prompted us to have a 4th of July party this year so that we could legally set off fireworks. Trev made it his goal to have the barn finished in time for the party. So, back to work he went. :) We had the party Friday night and everything went great despite the neighbors setting fire to the pasture twice...at least it wasn't the barn. Here are some final pictures of the barn. Come on out and see it when you get a chance!