We got alot done on the goat barn this weekend, but I am glad it's Monday and the kids are back in school, the husbands at work, and I can get to work on cleaning this house! I spent most of this weekend outside with my husband holding boards and whatnot! I would come in clear a space in the kitchen cook something and go back outside. Dishes aren't my favorite thing to do, so needless to say my kitchen looks like a bunch of lazy teens live here, oh wait they do LOL!!! Grandpa brought us a window yesterday so we added it to the barn, it's on the side that is mine and the goats will only be in there to be milked so I'm hoping it doesn't get busted out! We had to put a piece of metal over it because they already tested it out in the short time they were running wild while we redid their pen! I found two doors on Craigslist this weekend. One is a vintage door that had a glass window, we took the glass out so it will go inside the barn as the door to the milking area. The other is metal and is for the outside entrance for me to get in ☺ So far I think we are still under $300 for the build, we got the metal free from my dad, so all the cost has been lumber.
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| shabby chic don't ya think ♥ |
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| this is a picture of our back back yard the hubs builds targets when I don't have him slaving away as a farmhand ☺ |
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| a better view of the inside |
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| I found this buried in the dirt in the yard. It made me think of my grandad ☺ |
I prefer pepsi to coke too. ;-)
ReplyDeleteYour goat barn does look chic!
We will eventually paint it, but I think it has character right now ;) I ♥ Pepsi and my grandad used to drink them everyday.
DeleteVery nice ....
DeleteThanks!
DeleteUnless you get sick of seeing the multi-colored and eclectic looking goat barn, I wouldn't paint it. Good paint to be used on metal is expensive and eventually it will peel, giving the goats something to nibble on.
ReplyDeleteI'm still trying to get a "Goat Only" shed & milk parlor built. Right now they share a building with the chickens and it tends to get dusty quickly. Your's looks like it's coming along just fine!
I like the different colors it has character. One of our neighbors has already came over and made a comment that we better paint it because it's ugly! He was in a bit of jerk mode last night, but that's a whole other post on community which we are lacking around here :/
DeleteI like it ! Rustic, and built by hand. Special memories were had working on it, you will step back and smile everytime you look at it..
ReplyDeleteThanks JUGM! I'm always proud of anything we build ourselves! Rustic is the perfect word for that barn ☺
DeleteLove the project. Do you live in an area where neighbors have a say over how your outside structures look? If not, enjoy its rustic appeal!
ReplyDeleteOur first dog was named Pepsi!
What a cute name for a dog! Our neighborhood has no rules we burn, shoot guns, have animals, and all that. My neighbor is married into a well named family, they own most of the property on this street, so he thinks he has a say in everything!
DeleteWouldn't change a thing! It's RUSTIC CHIC and PERFECT for the GOAT FAMILY! They are IN STYLE and don't even know it! Hey, maybe you can name one RUSTY and one SHABBY! LOL! GREAT MEMORIES! Roxie
ReplyDeleteI knew you would love it Roxie! I like the description rustic chic better than shabby chic! Rusty is a cute name for a goat, I will have to remember that one ☺
DeleteLooks like a good building, should handle the water and ice. You guys have saved a lot of money on materials, just think if you got all the stuff new.
ReplyDeleteI know! The doors were $60 for both, so that was a hefty chunk of the cost, but if we had to buy the metal, this thing would have doubled in price!
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