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…no, but maybe I wish I were. Did that comment ever come up in your childhood, when you’d leave the door open and you ran outside to play? In my family “born in a barn” was always mentioned when doors were left open. Sorry, I digress. This post was inspired by a friend’s son and his fiance who originally thought they wanted to have their 2014 wedding in a barn.
They choose a different venue but the seed of inspiration was planted…I started looking at barn images. There are some incredible barns. Working barns, as well as barns that have been converted into amazing homes.
Most of these barns reeled me in.
Granted, this barn would make for an enormous home, I love the main entrance of the barn and could imagine the upstairs being a grand master suite with a few extra bedrooms thrown in for guests.
This is one of my favorites, I love the barn doors and the cupola. I’m also fond of the weathered wood finish on the planked walls of the barn.
Architectural Digest has several articles featuring barns. As expected, each one is spectacular and very livable, if not luxurious.
{AD Gil Shafer; photo Billy Cunningham}
{Photo – Mary E. Nichols}
{Photo – Matt Wargo}
{Photo – John M. Hall}
I love the looks of this 2-story beauty, built in 1895 in Connecticut, orininally to house horses.
{New England Barn Company Homes}
I’ve saved the best for last…I love the inside of this barn…
Could you live in a barn? I think I could. I love this final picture. The dining chairs, antler candlestick, even the horse sharing the space is so appealing to me.
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