The Barn Yard Blog

For 31 years, we've been on Route 75 in Windsor Locks. With a showcase location just down the road in Ellington, and a new Manufacturing & Design Facility also in Ellington, we are moving our Windsor Locks operations to Ellington.

We offer all our post & beam barns as timber frame kits. This particular center aisle Saratoga barn was purchased as a kit, and our timber frame crew helped raise the frame for the customer in NH.

The Barn Yard builds barns all over New England. We recently raised this post and beam barn in Winhall, Vermont. It features a 16' timber frame gable dormer, enclosed lean-to, and full ridge beam.

Mark your calendars for an Open House at Great Country Timber Frames, a new sister company of The Barn Yard. Tour the new facility, watch our state of the art CNC machine in action, and get door prizes. It's all on Saturday, January 23, from 9am to 3pm, at 9 Village Street, Ellington, CT.

These two display garages are offered at an unbelievable deal. Hurry, these garages will sell fast! Click each flyer for details.

The new Manufacturing & Design Facility will be home to Great Country Timber Frames, a new sister company of The Barn Yard. Great Country Timber Frames will serve the growing custom timber frame home and commercial project market, as well as design & cut timber frames and timber components for The Barn Yard, other builders, & general contractors.

Our Fall Festival sure was a lot of fun this year! The hay ride was a big hit and everyone enjoyed the Hummel hot dogs, apple cider donuts, and apple cider. Plus plenty of pumpkins for everyone, complete with a carving template. It was a festival to remember!

Introducing our newest design: the Alpine Timber Frame Pavilion. Featuring hammer beam trusses with powder coated strapping, this new outdoor pavilion is available completely built in CT, MA, RI & New England or as an outdoor pavilion kit shipped nationwide.

The Grand Victorian is a truly one of a kind building. It can be a shed, single bay garage, home office, pool house, and more. For this customer, the Grand Victorian Cape Garage became "The Hangar," an airport-inspired hangout with a beautifully finished interior.

The Barn Yard was recently featured on WWLP NBC Channel 22's program "Mass Appeal." This segment was broadcast on September 23 and is available to watch online. In this video, Seth Stutman, host of Mass Appeal, visits The Barn Yard at the Big E and talks with Chris Skinner about the extensive display of sheds, garages, and pavilions.