Because of the eBarn’s construction, it had limited usefulness as an agricultural barn on a horse farm. The only place for stalls was on the cement slab -not ideal for horses; and floor framing would never support tons of hay storage.  I had always thought it should be returned to human housing (without the elephants).            

 

My husband, Ken restores antique fire apparatus for museums and private collections and I would like to relaunch my stained glass studio.  We plan to consolidate studio space on the ground floor and live on the second floor, where we can sit on the deck, watch horses, sandhill cranes and sunsets... and have a beer.

 

The eBarn is a combination of post & beam and balloon framing built with railroad car salvage.  We want have an energy efficient home/studio while maintaining the “barn” character.  A new interior post and beam frame adjoins the original frame;  new timbers and parallams are connected with bolts and steel plates - all of which will remain visible.  Original pine floors will be refinished. Plank stall walls will be reused in interior wall partitions.