The Barn Yard Blog

Our CNC machine is the hero of this new video-churning through wood and making it snow. Watch in 4K and see the precision for yourself. This is how we craft all the timber frame joinery for our post & beam structures. What you see here is a post being crafted for a Carriage Barn.

Watch as we assemble and raise 8 resawn Douglas fir posts, set a massive arched glulam beam, and place heavy timber rafters with great precision on our new wall panel shop. This new building will house design offices, meeting space, and a full manufacturing facility, and is adjacent to our existing 21,000 sq. ft. timber frame facility on the Great Country Timber Frames campus in Ellington, CT.

Exciting news from Ellington, CT-We are expanding our manufacturing & design campus with the addition of a new dedicated wall panel shop. Our talented craftsmen will use this new shop to build wall panels for our conventionally-framed garages & barns. We will also be expanding our existing shop to fit a second CNC machine to keep up with customer demand for our authentic timber frame structures.

From Great Country Timber Frames-It was an epic raising day at the new Fenton River Veterinary Hospital in Stafford, CT. Despite the cold and snowy conditions, our world class timber framing crew assembled and raised these massive douglas fir hammer beam style bents. This new space will be the reception and waiting area for the new Fenton River Veterinary Hospital.

From Great Country Timber Frames-It's raising day at the Revolution Hall project near Boston, MA. Watch our world class timber framers raise a 4,500 square foot commercial restaurant facility in just 2 days. The timbers are massive. The frame is complex. Parallel chord trusses, key beam posts, glulam rafters. Come along for the ride on this epic timber frame raising!

Plenty of space for entertaining & something for everyone in this ultimate party barn featuring a post & beam pool room with authentic timber frame joinery, full kitchen with bar & timber frame accents, space for entertaining & dining, attached garage with arched door openings, and a greenhouse.

Check out the fly-over video & interior photos of this 24' x 28' Post & Beam Carriage Barn with 10' Lean-To in Ludlow, Vermont. The post and beam barn is perfectly situated on the property to take in the beautiful views of autumn in Vermont. This barn features a 12' open timber frame lean-to and a 19' transom dormer.

Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from The Barn Yard & Great Country Garages family.

Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours.

The expert timber framers at Great Country Timber Frames built one of the largest clear span timber frame structures in New England: a 70' Timber Frame Octagon for a 50' antique carousel at Sonny's Place in Somers, CT. Host Everett Skinner IV, P.E. tells the story of design, manufacturing, and construction as the massive structure is built on site by the Great Country Timber Frames crew.