The Barn Yard Blog

Building a custom garage can be a daunting process. We're here to make it easy. Our 4 new custom garage special packages do just that. The special package garages are based on our most popular sizes & styles. They're all built on site by our own professional, locally-based crew. Even more, by purchasing a special package garage, you get extra features and options included for free.

The Barn Yard & Great Country garages is a family business going on its 30th year. Over the past 3 decades, we've delivered thousands of custom buildings to satisfied customers throughout the Northeast. Visit our locations in Ellington CT, Windsor Locks CT, & Bethel CT and see our sheds, garages, gazebos, and barns for yourself!

Spring is an exciting time at The Barn Yard. There is much hustle and bustle at our store locations as the delivery crew continues to set up the 2014 display areas. Already, the walkways and displays beg to be explored. Just imagine what it will be like when they're all done! Take a look at these progress photos.

Watch Chris, Roy, Keith, & Wade set up the 2014 display area at our Ellington showcase location. Many power tools-like the forklift & skid-steer-make the job much easier. Even though the sheds & storage buildings are thousands of pounds apiece, they're able to place them precisely to the inch. Soon, you'll be able to walk around & explore the new display area.

Over the years, The Barn Yard has been featured many times on Better Connecticut with Scot Haney. Here are all of the Better Connecticut segments in one place. Enjoy, and keep watching Better Connecticut on TV, WFSB Channel 3!

Make tracks this weekend to the Connecticut Home Show at the CT Convention Center in Hartford. We have a 14' x 20' Vinyl Pavilion on display at J&D Landscaping's booth, complete with all sorts of different pavers and outdoor hardscape ideas. Our pavilion plus J&D's pavers equals the best back yard dining, entertainment, & enjoyment.

The Barn Yard & Great Country Garages is proud to announce that we are working on a new manufacturing facility at the intersection of Lower Butcher Road & Windermere Ave. in Ellington! The new facility will be home to our wall panel manufacturing, delivery crew, construction crew, project management, and delivery coordination. Currently, the lot is being cleared by a logging machine that makes light work of the thickly wooded area. Click for a video of the logging operation & a panorama of the lot.

The state's best Elks Lodge is built! As promised, this blog post contains a photo of the custom timber framed portico entrance designed by The Barn Yard. Our goal with this and any custom project is to provide a comfortable atmosphere with our inspired design. Hopefully you'll agree that we accomplished this with the Elks Lodge.

What happens when you add a full second story apartment, extra windows, sliding barn doors, side stairwell, and deck to our Newport custom garage? You get this 2-story garage "house!"

Construction continues at a rapid pace on the 1,744 sq. ft. Cape-style home we're building in Ellington, CT. The weather-tight shell is nearly complete. Thanks to our customer for taking and sending these photos of the home.