barndo progress

(This is a very long post with lots of photos.)

Our wee barn-turned-bardominium is slowly progressing along; we hope to begin moving in over Labor Day weekend. Above is the sketch I made of the existing barn the first time I saw it in November 2018 -- we were looking at a property next door and this one wasn't even on the market yet. The siding was rotting from the damp climate, requiring us to choose metal barn siding instead.

This is how it looks this morning. Hard to photograph much detail as it faces south and is backlit by the sun. Eventually we will put that longhorn sculpture back above the entrance! We extended the east side to enclose what had been a lean-to -- that is where Bill's new and improved woodshop is located.

These two shots are from the back kitchen looking towards the entry doors and from the front living area looking back towards the kitchen. We kept the original slanted roofline and center beam but it doesn't show well here. (We love downsizing to tiny spaces!)

The ceilings are knotty aspen and the other woodwork and cabinets are knotty alder. Floors are engineered hardwood in distressed light brown hickory and cut travertine stone.

This is looking into my studio / library / office / guest room / laundry room. Our stacked washer-dryer will be behind that far partition and there will be bookshelves on that left wall.

Later on, we may get a chair for this room that converts into a twin-sized bed; our livingroom couch converts into a queen-sized bed so we haven't decided on this additional guest accommodation yet.

A barn door leads from the small hallway into the bathroom. Bill is in there working on electric switch-plate covers today.

A peek into the shower shows the same travertine stone that we have as flooring in the studio, hall, bathroom and bedroom. Small river stones make up the floor of the shower and are repeated as a vanity backsplash.

I love rocks, can you tell?

Looking into the bedroom with it's slanted ceiling . . .

. . . and another barn door leading to a small walk-in closet.

The wide back patio extends the total width of house + woodshop. This will be our family gathering spot with lots of seating, including my grandmother's old kitchen table just under the huge kitchen windows. Inside, there is only room for a kitchen bar and barstools -- we'll be drinking our morning tea / coffee outside on the patio. I can view both sunrise and sunset from this space!