The Barn Yard Blog

This afternoon, we welcomed the family of Gunnery Sergeant Thomas J. Sullivan and the Mayor of Springfield, Domenic Sarno, to our manufacturing & design facility in Ellington, CT. Tommy gave his life while defending his country on Thursday July 16, 2015 during an attack on a Naval Reserve Center in Chattanooga, TN. The Skinner Family, owners of The Barn Yard & Great Country Timber Frames, have donated a timber frame pavilion to be built at Gunnery Sergeant Thomas Sullivan Park, a new park currently under construction in East Forest Park, Springfield, MA. Mayor Sarno and Tommy's family were able to view the pavilion being manufactured on The Barn Yard & Great Country Timber Frame's state of the art CNC machine.

We built this beautiful 2-car garage in Wellfleet, Cape Cod, MA. It fits in with the Cape home very well. Some of the notable features include a transom dormer, a clear-span downstairs (no posts), and a timber frame open overhang off the back. See photos of the exterior features and the interior, both downstairs and upstairs, in this blog post.

Our Carriage Barn makes a great barn home. Here is a 22' x 36' Carriage Barn timber frame kit with (2) 12' Lean-To Overhangs that we shipped to North Carolina and raised for the customer. The frame features (2) 10' x 20' Hipped Roof Open Porch Overhangs on the gable ends. The result is a true post & beam barn home, perfect for taking in a view like that.

We recently sent a crew to raise a Carriage Barn timber frame in Fredricksburg, Virginia. The customer was thrilled with our crew and sent us these pictures and a nice testimonial.

We're proud to have the most skilled, professional, and experienced build crew around. They are all our employees, not subcontractors.

This massive 24' x 24' Jackson Timber Frame Pavilion is a key part of this backyard oasis in Ellington, CT. Located close to the house, it has an outdoor kitchen, fireplace, TV, seating, and dining area. Check out these inspiring photographs.

For the second year in a row, The Barn Yard was voted Best Place to Buy a Shed or Garage and Best Family Business by the readers of the North Central News.

Our previous brochures have been combined into one beautiful new catalog with more information and photos than ever before. We think you'll find it to be the best catalog yet. Pick one up at the Big E or our stores, or download online.

Our one-of-a-kind authentic Timber Frame Pavilions are a customer favorite. So, we decided to create Special Packages for the most popular styles & sizes. Each package includes a built price, a timber frame kit price, as well as pricing for a larger size.

The Big E is the 17-day fair that every New Englander looks forward to all year. The Barn Yard is proud to be part of the Big E for 33 years. Each year, we put together a big display of buildings at the Big E, and this year, we've outdone ourselves once again.