In April 2006 we featured the beautiful new Barn Home built by Larry & Shirley McCollum from Silver Lake, KS. Larry is a database administrator for the state, in Topeka and Shirley's a business office administrator for Edward Jones, also in Topeka. They started with our 28x40 Barn House plans and, with a good helping of creativity and vision, came up with this great design for their Gambrel Barn Home.
Larry says, "The 'barn' part is 28x38 outside with 2x6 walls, the wings are 28x28 outside and the loft is about 500 sq/ft. It depends on who is asking what the total is....I don't need the tax man thinking it is too big! I'll forward pictures taken of the 'barn' on the inside but realize we didn't clean up for pictures and the work is not 100% complete."
Well, finished or not, you'll see how our two story Gambrel Barn design with it's totally open floor plan allowed the McCollum's to create their living space just the way they like it....totally open! Larry describes the layout...."the left/north wing is a 22 ft garage and a 5.5 ft food pantry/laundry room/small bathroom (mud room). The right/south wing is two bathrooms (main and master), two bedrooms (guest and master) and a walk-in closet in master bedroom. Most people can't quite believe it is a two bedroom house. The entrance to the garage is from the rear because I don't like garages that open to the street."
The basement foundation is poured and ready for the floor joists.