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Home is where the Barn is
When Rose & Chris wanted to add a garage to their home in Lunenburg, MA, they remembered seeing The Barn Yard & Great Country Garages at the Big E. They fell in love with The Barn Yard's barn-style garages. They knew The Barn Yard could design, engineer, and build a barn garage that perfectly complimented the main residence. And that's exactly what we did.
Read More Posted to Blog: Friday, July 17, 2015
Barn Garage Inspiration
We build barn garages every day. In fact, barn-like garages are The Barn Yard's signature look. Why build a standard garage when you can bring rustic charm to your new building. Find many pictures of barn garages to inspire you in this blog post.
Read More Posted to Blog: Friday, June 12, 2015
How To Heat a 12,614 sq. ft. Commercial Building
Radiant in floor heating was selected as the best way to efficiently heat the new 12,614 manufacturing & design facility. Rather than heating the entire air space, a radiant floor system heats just the floor space people actually use. Hany Mechanical of Ellington, CT was on the job this week installing the heating system.
Read More Posted to Blog: Friday, May 29, 2015
31st Anniversary Celebration
31 years of quality...now that's a reason to celebrate! Thanks to everyone who visited to celebrate 31 years with us today! It's hard to believe it's already been over 30 years since Everett Skinner started The Barn Yard, back when his son Jr. was only one year old.
Read More Posted to Blog: Saturday, May 16, 2015
Our Authentic Post & Beam, Now Available as a Shed
Introducing the post and beam shed, done right. With the same precision joinery, same authenticity, same finished planed surface, same windows, same dormer options, and same heavy timber roof rafters as our Carriage Barn, this is the whole package, in a smaller package.
Read More Posted to Blog: Thursday, May 14, 2015
Construction Continues at the New Manufacturing & Design Facility
The crew continues to make great strides on the new building. Since our last post, metal roofing, metal siding, faux barn doors, and rusty metal + reclaimed clapboard siding have gone up.
Read More Posted to Blog: Thursday, May 14, 2015
20x24 Post & Beam Carriage Barn, Medfield, MA
We love the green color of this Post & Beam Carriage Barn in Medfield, MA. We just can't stop looking at it. And neither can the homeowner.
Read More Posted to Blog: Friday, May 08, 2015
32x32 Post & Beam Carriage Barn, Millbury, MA
The Barn Yard built this beautiful Post and Beam Carriage Barn in Millbury, MA. Situated next to a pool, the timber frame roof overhang will provide elegant patio space and shade.
Read More Posted to Blog: Friday, May 08, 2015
The Barn Yard in Yankee Magazine
Have you seen our Post & Beam ad in the current issue of Yankee Magazine? If not, we'd recommend picking up a copy and flipping to page 13, where you'll see The Barn Yard's full page ad.
Read More Posted to Blog: Friday, May 08, 2015
Crane Day and Beyond
Our own skilled carpenters, hired and employed by The Barn Yard, craned over 100 60' trusses at the new Manufacturing & Design Facility last week. Every day since, the building begins to look more and more like the rendering on the banner out front.
Read More Posted to Blog: Friday, April 24, 2015