The Barn Yard Blog

Flowers are nice...but what your sweetheart really wants are flower boxes filled with vibrant flowers on a beautiful new shed from The Barn Yard & Great Country Garages. Let us show you why. Find Valentine's Day inspiration in this blog post.

Think our garages are just garages? Think again. This 24' x 24' Newport was built without garage doors and instead with a loft, office, cathedral ceilings, and built in hot tub. Now it's a spa!

What better place to watch the big game than the man cave in the upstairs of this 26' x 38' Newport Custom Garage in New Canaan, CT. With a big TV, Shelby Mustang pool table, L-shaped couch, mini fridge, microwave, and half bath, it's easy to relax and enjoy the show.

Tour a completed post and beam barn built by The Barn Yard & Great Country Garages in Sutton, MA. Barn Yard owner & resident structural engineer Everett Skinner IV, P.E. leads the tour, pointing out the features, both inside and out, that make our post and beam barns better, stronger, and more appealing.

After researching New England post and beam builders extensively, David chose The Barn Yard & Great Country Garages to design, engineer, & build his post and beam barn on his property in Sutton, MA. This video tells David's story, his experience with The Barn Yard, and what he plans to use the new barn for.

The interior of this Saratoga Post and Beam Barn is spacious, intricate, and inspiring. Floor-to-ceiling posts, gorgeous center aisle loft, and perfectly cut heavy timbers provide ample eye candy in every direction. It doesn't get more beautiful than this.

This large barn garage, with cedar shakes roofing and western red cedar siding, is visually stunning. Inside, an expansive second floor in one half and cathedral ceilings in the other half ensure the garage functions to maximum storage and hobby potential.

We gathered as a team yesterday at Mill on the River in South Windsor CT for our Christmas party. It was great to reminisce with everyone about 2014 over fantastic food & atmosphere and look forward to an unbelievable 2015.

For over a dozen lucky customers, Christmas came early at The Barn Yard! That's because they purchased a qualifying building during our Blue Moon Sale in November and received a free iPad before Christmas.

This particular Post & Beam Carriage Barn required extra reinforcing due to the 26' span and heavier snow loading in Colebrook, CT. Upon structural analysis of the frame, traditional wood joinery with oak pegs was not found to be adequate enough to resist the significant tension loads the joint had to transmit.