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Re: Black Shadow Barn Update we have been making progress and are about a month from finishing interior and moving in the stuff.

Interior Details: Six Sections: showroom, workshop, double garage, wash/lift bays; 2d floor studio; screened porch and patio. About 5,000 square feet finished. Full bath upstairs + half bath down; laundry on the first floor. All interior walls are tongue and groove #2 knotty eastern white...

I haven't reported on the progress on Black Shadow barn in a while. The post and beam frame and structural insulated panels are complete. The plumbing and electrical are roughed in, all the windows are installed, and the slab is finished. We will be receiving doors over the next month, the...

thanks for all the input on colors. I have done the natural cedar finish before and find that it grays out pretty quickly here unless it is stained with something that is pretty opaque. While I like the gray, I was looking for something more finished and uniform. I am leaning toward the...

We are now 2 weeks and a day into construction. The great crew from Maine Barn Company (5 very talented timber framers) finished the frame in a little less than 2 weeks and all of them, except John Connelly, the owner and master timber framer, have returned to cooler weather in Maine. John now...

In the last couple days, we finished most of the details on the middle barn, added the cupola, and added the screened in porch (to the right). We are a little held up by the fact that the company that is fabricating the structural insulated panels is behind schedule and did not deliver panels...

roof is follansbee stainless steel standing seam--pretty shiny but will weather down. generally silver color. blackshadow

Just started my barn/garage this week in MD. It is a series of joined post and beam structures. This is the center barn, which will have a double garage in the back and a large workshop facing the water. There are stairs to a full second floor. The photo on the left corresponds to the top...

Hello garagefans, I have been following the posts and studying for a couple of years. Now, my foundation is laid and the post and beam structure will arrive Monday. I am off and away on the build, which I think will take 6-7months. The project is in Annapolis, MD and has a lift bay, a wash...