I have had so many friends asking me about my barn and I FINALLY have some pictures of what it looks like so far. A few months ago, Ryan (who is married to Jeff's cousin) said the distributor of MD brand barns for Arizona was getting rid of his "yard" of barn odds and ends. This consisted of 10 years worth of misordered barn components, barns removed from various locations, scratched or damaged pieces, roofing, etc. The deal was we had to take it all or nothing. Ryan is the MD barn installer for all of Arizona and he said we could piece together a barn then sell the other parts we don't use to help offset the cost. So, I took a little road trip with Ryan to Scottsdale to look at it all. The yard was a big unorganized mess of barn parts, and was quite overwhelming, but with Jeff's blessing, I decided to tackle the project.
It took 4 semi loads and 1 huge flat bed to get everything to our property. Then, several man hours just organizing and trying to determine what was there. The walls are prefabricated and come in 8' and 12' lengths and are VERY heavy...like 400-600 lbs each depending on the type of material. It took 4 guys to move and lift these pieces around. I had them lift up each piece so I could snap a picture and give it a number. Then, I organized all the pictures in a notebook so I knew what I had to sell. It has taken lots of time, but will be sooo worth it in the end.
This is my barn with just the walls. It will have a tack room, grooming area, 6 horse stalls with outside runs and a 16' breezeway. One of the stalls will be split in half for the chickens and goats.
Two weeks ago the perlings, trusses, gables, and stall doors were added.
Last week, I stained the front and inside of the barn which is all tongue and groove wood. 
This week I have started painting. The walls come pre-painted, but since we were putting it together with mis-matched pieces, I have to paint it to match.
This is the front. There will be an arched window put in when they come back to install the roof next week.
This is the side I have painted.
It took 4 semi loads and 1 huge flat bed to get everything to our property. Then, several man hours just organizing and trying to determine what was there. The walls are prefabricated and come in 8' and 12' lengths and are VERY heavy...like 400-600 lbs each depending on the type of material. It took 4 guys to move and lift these pieces around. I had them lift up each piece so I could snap a picture and give it a number. Then, I organized all the pictures in a notebook so I knew what I had to sell. It has taken lots of time, but will be sooo worth it in the end.This is my barn with just the walls. It will have a tack room, grooming area, 6 horse stalls with outside runs and a 16' breezeway. One of the stalls will be split in half for the chickens and goats.
Two weeks ago the perlings, trusses, gables, and stall doors were added.
Last week, I stained the front and inside of the barn which is all tongue and groove wood. 
This week I have started painting. The walls come pre-painted, but since we were putting it together with mis-matched pieces, I have to paint it to match.This is the front. There will be an arched window put in when they come back to install the roof next week.This is the side I have painted.I was a little worried about selling my left over parts, but have had lots of interest. Using the notebook and the pictures I compiled, I was able to design and sell a 4 stall barn and an 8 stall barn. I also have two other people interested in buying misc. parts for various projects they are doing. It has been VERY time consuming, but I have really enjoyed the challenge. And, now I will have a barn to escape into on those windy and stormy days in Snowflake.
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